10 FLORA INDICA. [Eanunculacea. 



will probably also be met with in Afghauistan. It is a conspicuous plant, with a 

 vei-y peculiar habit for the genus ; and an erect species certainly grows on the moun- 

 tains between Kabul and Bamian. See Griffith, Itin. Notes, p. 307. 



13. C. nutans (Koyle ! 111. p. 51); adpresse sericea, foliis pinnatim 

 decompositis, panicula pluriflora, filnnientis sepala sequantibus e basi 

 plana pilosa filiformibus glabris. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali calida, alt. 3-5000 ped. : Simla! 

 Garhwal ! Kumaon ! ; in montibus Khasia ad Nartiang, alt. 4000 ped. ! ; 

 et in monte Parasnath provincise Behar ! — (Fl. Jul. Sept.) (v. v.) 



Rami graciles, angulati. Folia pinnatim decomposita; segmenta ovata, oblonga 

 vel lanceolata, 1-3-uncialia, iutegerrima dentata vel varie lobata. Panicults ramoscc, 

 braoieis parvis. Sejiala oblonga, acuta, eitus pubescentia. I'ilamenta angustissime 

 ligulata, basi pilosiila, supra medium filiformia, glabrata. Achenia ovata, compressa, 

 sericea. 



Oar Khasia specimens are in young fruit only, but they have quite the foliage of 

 Dr. Eoyle's plant, and appear to be tlie wet-ciiniate form of it, with lax, fewer- 

 flowered panicles. The specimens from Parasnath have larger leaves than those from 

 the Western Himalaya, the terminal leaflet being often as much as three inches in 

 length. 



14. C. Wightiana (Wall. Cat. 4674 !) ; pubescens, foliis pinnatis, 

 segmentis late ovatis, panicnlis magnis decompositis, filamentis anguste 

 ligulatis sericeo-pilosis. — TV. et A. Prod. i. 3 ; IFiglit! Icones, t. 935, 

 III. 5, Nellg. Plants, p. 3. t. 3. 



Hab. In montibus Peniusute : Nilghiii, JFiyM I Concan, Law! Dek- 

 han, Sykes ! Oi'issa, in coUibus socus llumen Kistna, Wight. 



Eami validi, rotundati, adpresse pilosi. Foliola ssepius 5, crassa, velutino-pubescen- 

 tia, 2-3 uncias longa, ovata, basi cordata, triloba, lobo medio longiore, vel 5-loba, 

 interdum tripartita, grosse dentata, subtus dense villosa. Panicnlce foliis longiores ; 

 iradea foliacea;, lobatsc vel dentata;. Sepala 4, late ovata, patentia, extus viUosa, 

 i-unciali. Stamina sepalis paullo breviora. Achenia ovata, compressa, dense sericea. 



This species has the habit aud general appearance of C. (jrewiceflora ; it is how- 

 ever always smaller, and the shape of the expanded flowers is very different. In the 

 "Wallichian distribution, specimens of C. Buchananiana, y ioriuom, have been, by 

 some accident, mixed with this species, as in some collections (in Herb. Lindl. for 

 instance) that plant occurs under No. 4674. 



§ 3. Sepala per anthesin erecta, apice revoluta. 



15. C. grewiseflora (DC. Syst. i. 140, Prod. i. 4) ; dense fulvo- 

 tomentosa, foliis pinnatisectis, foliolis 3-5 orassis late cordatis 5-lobis 

 sen-atis, alabastris ovalibus, filamentis e basi ligulata dense pilosa fili- 

 formibus glabris.— i)o«, Prod. Nep. p. 191; JFall. Cat. 4678 ! 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata et calida, alt. 3-5000 ped.. Kumaon ! 

 Nipal ! Sikkim ! — (H. autumno.) (v. v.) 



Rami validi, rotundati. Foliola 4 uncias longa et lata, supeme adpresse pilosa, 

 subtus dense tomentosa, profunde lobata. Paniculai axillares, plmiflorffi ; iraj;teie 

 opposita; vel verticillatae, trilobse vel grosse dentatrc. Flores magui, late campanulati. 

 Sepala oblonga. Filamenta sepalis scquilonga. Achenia oblique ovata, sericea. 



16. C. Buchananiana (DC. Syst. i. 140, Prod. i. 4) ; incana 

 vel fusco-pilosa, foliis pinnatisectis, foliolis 5-7 fere rotundatis lobatis 



