Anemone.] I. haiJunculacejs. (Hook, f. & Thoins.) 9 



outside, generally lead-coloured near the claw. AcJienes strigose, rarely glabrous. — 

 ^ery variable in size, hairiness, and colour of flower ; the most abnormal form is de- 

 eoribed as var. glabra in FI. Ind. from W, Tibet ( WmierbottOm), it is quite glabrous 

 with very many golden sepals. 



S. A. rupestFls, Wall. Cat. 4696; slightly hairy, rootstock stout 

 fibrous, radical leaves 3-partite, segments narrow petioled, invol. leaves 

 small sessile free, scape 1-3-flowered. S.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 21. 



Alpine HiMALAXA, from Kashmir and Sazara to Sikkim; ascending to 15j000 ft., 

 WcMioh, &o. 



Probably a statfi of A. obtusilola, but smaller, more slender, less hairy, with narrower 

 .Segments to the more out leaves. The Sikkim specimens have more divided leaves and 

 hooked glabrous aohenes, but the latter are immature. — Flower golden yellow. 



9. A. truIUfOlia, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 22 : densely hairy, rootstock 

 stout fibrous, radical leaves oval 3-lobed, invot leaves small sessile free, 

 scape 1-3-flowered. 



Alpine Eastebh HiMAt^ATA, Sikkim, alt. 11-15,000 ft., Hooker f. ; Bhotan, 

 Griffith. 



Probably another form o^ A. ohtmsUoha, with more entire leaves, and more silky 

 hairs, the flowers are golden yellow and achenes densely .strigose. — Amongst Straohey's 

 specimens of A. ohtusiloha, are some with similarly entire leaves, but tJbey are longer- 

 petioled and less hairy than in A. tmUifolid,. 



10. A. rivularls, Ham. in BO- Syst. i. 211 {not of Wall. Gat.) ; silky 

 pubescent, rootstock stout woody, radical leaves 3-partite, segments lobed 

 and serrate, invol. leaves large free, cymes many-flowered. Don Prodr. i. 

 93 ; H.f. (Is T. Fl. Ind. 23. A. hispida. Wall. Gai. 4694. A. Wightiana, 

 Wall. Gatimi; W. & A. Prodr. Z; Wight Ic. t. 936. A. dubia. Wall. 

 Gat. 4698 ; W. & A. Prodr. 3. A. geraniifolia, WaU. Gat. 4693. 



Temperate regions above 5000 ft. throughout Inbia, and Cetlon. 



Stem 1-3 ft., branched. liadlcal leaves long-petioled, 3-6 in. diam. ; segments 

 caneate at the base, broadly oval or trapezoid, deeply 3-lobed, lobes cut and serrate. 

 Cyme compound ; branches spreading, elongate, 2-bracteolate ; invol. leaves large, 3- 

 partite, ultimate segments linear-oblong, acutely inoiso-serrate. Flowers l-lj in. 

 diam., white or bluish outside. Sepals 5-8, silky outside. Achenes large, oblong ; style 

 liooked. — A monster with the inflorescence or leafy umbel often 6 in. diam., is common 

 in the W. Himalaya. 



Sect. IV. Omalocarpus, BG. Achenesmth a short style, not imbedded 

 in wooi, much compressed, almost winged. (Flowers usually many in the 

 umbels ; pedicels not involuceUate.) 



* Flowers in dmple umbels {sometimes compound in 12, polyanthesX 



11. A. demissa, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 23; softly hairy, leaves 3-paltite, 

 segments petiolate, scapes decumbent. 



Alpine Easteen Himalaya ; Sikkim, alt. lS-l6,O0O ft., Sookerf. _ 



Bootstoch woody, clothed with old leaf-sheaths. Leaves 1 m. diam., orbicular; seg- 



inents ouneate-obovate, variously cut. Scapes 6-16 in., stout; invol. leaves small, 



S-lobed. Flowers 3-6, 1 in. diam., blubh. Achenes very flat, orbicular, glabtous ; style 



deflexed. 



12 A. polyanthes, Bon Prodr. 194 ; densely silky, leaves 6-7-lobed, 



■scapes erect. H. f.&T. Fl. Ind. 24. A. longiscapa. Wall. Gat-f^l- A. 



Scaposa, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xx. 27. A. villosa, Eoyle III. 52. A. 



Govaniana, lb. p. 45 {not of Wall. & Bon). 



