4 I. RANUNCULACBiE. (Hook. f. <% ThomS.) [CT««t?. 



AwoQdyoUpiter. Stem, deeply f«m>w*d. J,e<ms, about 5, 1-2 in., broadly ovate 

 or cordate: acuminate, iAciw-serrate or SJobed,, v{llo„? on l"'*/"'-^''"!! °'./^^'?; ? 

 above. Panichs often exceeding the leaves decompound, Flowers |-1 in. aiam., 

 cream-coloured. Sepah tomentose outside. Mtaments narrow-lme?,r ; anthers short. 

 Achfim densely pubesceflt.— Vari?,b.le in habit and pubescence. 

 ■ 9. C. Courlana, Eoxb. Fl. Fnd. ii. 670 ; usually glabrous, leaves pimiate 

 2-piiinate or 2-ternate, flowers very small m dense pamcles. Vb. Y^r]. 

 3-, Wall. Qat. 4673 ; W. & A. Prodr. % ; Wight let. QZZ-i;, H.f. & A HI. 

 Ind.8. C. cwa,, WaU. Gat. 4672. C. 3a.yma,, DCFrodr.!. 7. 



Hillv, districts from the Western HmALArA, alt. l^aOOO ft. to CEYiON and the 

 Eastern Penihsdla.— Distrib. Java, Philippines. . r, " 



An extensive climber, young parts pubescent ira/ete membijanons, ovate^blong 

 or cordate, acuminate, shiping above, sometimes pubescent beneath. _ Famdes^ uHUp,lly 

 exceeding the leaves. Flowers, ^-k in. diam., yellowish or greemsh-white. Sepals 

 obovfvte or oblong, revolute, puberulous, edges tomentose. J^itemente narrow-linear. 

 Achenes narrow-oblong, hairy.— Resembles, 0. vitalba, and is very variable; two torn^s 

 with many intermediates are widely diffused, one with larger leaflets tomentose below 

 and less, shining above, the other with leaves glabrous on b(jth surfaces. 



10. C. puberula., B.f. & T. ; pubescent, leaves pinnate, leaflets simple 

 or 3-sect, powers small few (3-9) in a lax panicle. 



Western Temperate Himalaya, from Simla to Garwhal; Khasia bills, alt. 

 2-4000 ft. 



Climbing stem deeply grooved, slender, downy. Leaflets membranons, 1-li in*, 

 ovate-lanceolate, entire or remotely toothed, pubescence scattered. PamiMt, shorter 

 than the leaves ; pedicels slender. Sepals i in., linear-oblong, acute, Snerved, silky 

 outside. Mlaments narrow-linear; anthers short. Achenes silky. — Confounded in 

 Fl. Ind. with 0. nutans. 



tt Filaments glabroys ; connective of anther more or less produced. 



11. C, hedysarlfolia, DC. Syst. i. 148; nearly glabrous, leaves simply 

 pinnate, leaflets reticulate, connective much, produced. H.f. d; T. Fl. Ind. 7 

 {excl, citation of Bat. Meg.). 



CoHOAK, Law; BELaAUM, SiicJiie; Peou, Sore (in Brit. Mug.). 



A woody climber. Leaflets 3-5, 2-4 in., coriaceous, ovate or oord&te, acuminate, 

 entire or coarsely toothed, fanicles many-flowered. Flowers | in. diam. Sepals 4-0, 

 long-acuminate. Anther-cells marginal. Achenes hairy, margins tubercled. 



12. C. aploulata, H.f . & T. ; pubescent, leaves 3-f oliolate long pe- 

 tioled, connective very shortly produced. 



Khasia hills ; Nunklow, Griffith ; Churra, H. f. & T. 



A woody climber. Leaflets short-stalked, ovate-oblong, acute, base rounded, coarsely 

 toothed from the middle upwards. Panicles many-flowei-ed. Flowers small. Sepals 

 J-^ in., oblung, tomentose outside. Filaments broa,dly linear, short, scarcely exceeding 

 the anthers. Achenes broadly oval, hairy. 



ttt Filaments hairy ; connective of anther not produced,, 



13. C. graveolens, Zindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. i. 307 ; glabrous except 

 the flowers, leaves pinnately decompound, sepals elliptic obtuse. C parvi- 

 f olia, H. f. S T. FL Ind. 9 (not of Fdgeworth). 



Western Temperate Himalaya, from, Mani to Kulu and Kumaon alt 

 6-11,000 ft. 



A slender climber. Leaflets 4-1 in., toothed or incised, or 3-lobed or -partita ter- 

 minal segment oblong, acute or obtuse. Panicles 3-7-flowered; upper flowers ' ' 



