6 FLORA INDICA. {Ranunculocea. 



4. C. Nipalensis (DC. Syst. i. 164; Prod. i. 9) ; foliis ternati- 

 partitis, pedioellis brevibus supra medium involucratis, filamentis elon- 

 gatis e basi plana filiformibus glabris. — Wall. Cat. 4680 ! C. montana, 

 Bon, Prodr. 192 ; non alior. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata ; Garhwal ! Kumaon ! Nipal ! Bhotan ! 

 — (Fl. Dec. Mart.) {v. v.) 



Rami glabrati ; Juniores angulato-sulcati, seniorea rotundati. Folia longe petio- 

 lata, interdum puberula, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis vel linearibus integerrimis vel 

 parce dentatis lateralibus interdum trilobis vel tripartitia. Pedicelli numeroai, foliia 

 breviorea, aupra medium blbracteati. Bractets in involucrum breve cupiiliforme 

 acute bilabiatum connatse. Pedicelli supra iuvolucrum incrassati, dense sericei. 

 Sepala 4, oblonga, vix semi-uncialia, extus dense adprease sericea, intus glabra. 

 Achenia compreasa, dorao gibboaa, parce sericea. 



The young bud is sessile within the inTolucre, but the upper part of the pedicel 

 gradually elongates, so that when the fruit is ripe the involucre is nearly in the 

 middle. 



5. C. montana (Ham. ex DC. Syst. i. 164); foliis ternatisectis, 

 pedioellis nudis folia sequantibus vel superantibus, staminibus sepalis 

 dimidio brevioribus, filamentis planis anguste ligulatis glabris. — DC. 

 Prod. i. 9 ; Wall. Cat. 4681 ! ; Plant. As. Bar. iii. t. 217 ! C. Pun- 

 duana. Wall. Cat. 4682 ! C. anemoniflora, Bon, Prod. 193. Anemone 

 curta, Wall. Cat. 4690 ! 



Hab. Per totam Himalayam temperatam et subalpinam, alt. 6000- 

 13,000 pad. ; exceptis jugis exterioribus Sikkim, ubi non infra 10,000 

 pedes ocourrit; et in montibus Khasia, alt. 4-5000 ped. — (PI. vere.J 

 {v. V.) 



Rami glabrati vel rariua adpresse sericei. Folia longe ^etiohtai; foliola ovata 

 obtusa acuta vel acuminata, grosse dentata vel lobata. Flares majuaculi, interdum 

 raaximi, suaveolentes. Sepala l-lj-uncialia, elliptica vel ovata, alba, obtusa vel acu- 

 minata, nervosa, glabrata vel extus adpresse pilosa. Achenia sericea longe caudata. 



The most beautiful of aU the Indian species, but extremely variable. The lai'ger- 

 flowered forms are very sweet-scented, and when in flower, in April and May, visible 

 from a great distance, forming dense white patches in the thickets on the hiU-sidea. 



Sect. 3. Flammula, DC- — Achenia plumoso-caudata. Plores pa- 

 nioulati (rarissime abortu subsolitarii). 



§ 1. Sepala per antJiesin patentia vel rejlexa. 



6. C. smilacifolia (Wall, in As. Kesearches, xiii. 414) ; glaber- 

 rima, foliis maximis simplioibus late ovatis rarius ternatipartitis. — 

 BC. Prod. i. 10; Wall. Cat. 4683 !; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4359 ! C. 

 subpeltata, Wall. Plant. As. Par. t. 30. Cat. 4684 ! C. Munroiana, 

 Wight, 111. i. 5. ^. 1. C. affinis, Wight, III. i. 5. C. smilaoina, Blume, 

 Bijd. 1. C. glandulosa, Blume, Bijd. 1? 



Hab. In provinciis humidioribus ; in montibus inferioribus Sikkim !, 

 a basi ad 5000 ped. alt.; Khasia, 3-5000; in montibus Concan, 

 Sykes ! Nilghiri, Munro ! Travancor et Diadigal, Wight ! Ceylon, 

 i'hwaites ! Ava, Wall .'— (Fl. Jun. Aug.) {v. v.) 



DiSTRiB. Java, Blume; Timor, Spanoghe. 



