8 1. RANUNCtJLACE-E. (Hook. f. & Thoms.; [Anemom. 



3. A. mpicolek,Camb.mJacq. Vby. Bot. 5, t.2; rootstock long slender 

 woody, scape silky, leavers 3-partite, segments acutely toothed or out> flowers 

 1-2 large. E.f. & t. Fl. Ind. i. 20. 



Inner alpine -valleys of the HiualatA, from Gores and Kashmir to Bikkim, alt 

 12-15,006 ft., JacqiUmout, &o. 



Scape 12 in. softly Silky. Madiad leaves long-pelabled, ..'segiBents more or less 

 petioled, sharply incised or SJobed. Invol. leaves almost sessile, 3-lobed to the middle ; 

 segments toothed and cut. Mowers sho\^ ; lateral pedicels involucellate. Sepals 1-1 J 

 in., broadly ovsil, downy outside. Achenes in an oval head. — Variable in pubeeoenoe 

 and acuteness of leai-lobes. 



Vae. 1. sericea; leaves coarsely toothed, softly silky. 



Vae. 2. gtahnvsettla ; nearly glabrous, leaves sharply cut. 



4. j^. vltifoUa, Ham. ex I>G. Syet. i 210 j rootstock stout woody, scape 

 branched many-flowered, leaves orbicular-cordate. Don Prodr. 193 ; Hook. 



. Bot. Mag. t. 3376 ; WaU. Got. 4695 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 20. 



Tempeeate Himalaya, alt. 5-10,000 ft. ; in Sikkim found otnly on the inner ranges. 

 MiSHMi, Qriffith. 



Stem 1-3 ft., stout, erect, branched. Badical leaves 4r-% in. diam., deeply 5-lobed, 

 glabrous above, densely tomentose beneath ; lobes sharply lobulate and cut. Invol. 

 leaves petiolate, like the radioal. Flowers 1 j-2 in. diam., white, in decompound cymes ; 

 lateral peduncles involucellate. Sepals 5-8, silky outside. Achenes m large heads. — 

 Habit oi A. japonica, but leaves 3-foliolate. 



Sect. III. Anemonantbea, DC. Ackenes tipped by a short style, not 

 imbedded in wool, oblong cyliudric or slightly compressed. 



5. A. Griffithii, H.f. &f. Fl. Ind. 21 ; rootstock horizontal woody, 

 invol. leaves Uke the radical long petioled free, scape 1-2-flowered. 



East Himalaya, Lachen valley in Sikkim, alt. 8-^9000 it., H.f.; Bhotan, near 

 Chuka, alt. 8000 ft., and MiShmi hills, Griffith. 



A small plant. Leaves 3-partite ; segments cuneate at the base, taperiug upwards 

 tr> a point, 3-lobed; lobes inciso-orenate. Flowers 1 in. diam., white or pinkish.-»- 

 Habil of A. netnotosa, L., and A. rariwunulcndes, L. 



6. A. Falconerl, Thorns, m EooTc. Ic. PI. t. 899 ; footstock short stout 

 fibrous, invol. leaves small sessile connate, flowers solitary. H.f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 21. Hepatica sp. Falc. in Royle III. 25 (m «ofe). 



West Temperate Himalaya, in shady woods ; Kashmir, Falconer; Kishtwar, 

 Themsmi, ; Hazara, J. L. Stewart, 



Soltly hairy. Madkal leaves many, long-petioled, 3-partite ; segments ovate-ouneatfe, 

 lobed. Scapes 3-6 m. ; %nvol. leaves oblong, entire or obtusely 3-lobed. Flowers i-J 

 in. diam., white, shortly pedioelled. Achenes oblong, angled, silky.— Habit oiHevatiea, 

 but flpwers pedicelled. 



7. A. obtuslloba, Bon Prodr. 194; rootstock woody fibrous, radical 

 leaves 8-partite, segments brOad sessile, invol. leaves small sessile free, 

 scape l-S-flowered. i?./. & T. Fl. Ind. 22. A. Govaniana, Wall. Gat. 4688. 

 A. discolor, &>yle III 52, t 11, 1 1 A. micrantha, Khtmh in Bot. Heis. 

 Fr. Waldem. t. 38. A. mollis, Wall. Cat. 4689, in part. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim alt 9-15 000 ft 



Densely tufted, glabrate or softly haiiT.. Sootstock clothed with old ' leaf-sheaths. 



Badical leaves many, stalked, suborbicukr deeply cordate ; segments broad, cuneate, 



variously cut and lobed, rarely shortly petiolate. Scapes 6-12 in., 1-3-flowered ; invol 



leaves 3-fid. Flowers white purplish or golden; pedicels long, slender. SepJs silky 



