12 PLORA INDICA. [RauunculacetB . 



Rami graciles, sulcati. Folia longe petiolata, Integra vel sscpius 3-secta ; 

 coriacea, reticulato-venosa, 3-4 unciaa longa, l-J-Z lata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata 

 acuminata basi rotundata vel cordata, iategerrima vel subserrata. Fauicul^ decom- 

 posita3. Bractece ssepius minuta;, sod interdum foliacea;. Pcdicelli longi, graciles. 

 Alahastri cyUndracei. Sepala erecta, oblonga, 4-5 lineas longa, subacuta, margine 

 pra3sertim puberula. Tilamenta ad antberam usque longe sericeo-pilosa. Achenia 

 sericea. 



Species dubice et vix notce. 



1. C. loascefolia (DC. Syst. i. 140, Prod. i. 4), 

 Described from a flowerless specimen, is indeterminable, but must be either C 



ceflora or C. Wightiana. C. loasifolia of Don, Prod. 191, is also indetermi- 

 nable witbout an authentic specimen, but it is probably a form of C. Buchananiana. 



3. C. scabioscefoUa (DC. Syst. i. 154, Prod. i. 7); in India? (Herb. 

 Mus. Par.) 



3. C. villosa (DC. Syst. i. 154, Prod. i. 7) ; in India ? (Herb. Mus. 

 Paris.) 



4. C. comosa (DC. Syst. i. 156, Prod. i. 8) ; in Ind. Or. (Herb. Mus. 

 Paris). 



This may perhaps be C. triloba, Heyne. 



5. C. grossa (Wall. Cat. 4671 ! non Benth.) Taong Dong, Ava. 



We have examined the specimen of this plant in the Linnean Society's Herbarium. 

 It is not in flower or fruit, and is the terminal shoot of a young plant. The leaves 

 are 8-10 inches in length, bipinnate, the leaflets of thin texture, oblong-Ianoeolate, 

 coarsely toothed or incised, and about 3 inches long. It is probably an undescribed 

 species. 



Tribus II. ANEMONEiE. 



Sepala sestivatione imbrioata. Petala nuUa vel plana. Carpella mo- 

 nosperma, semine pendulo. — Herbse /o^iis alternis. 



3. THALICTRUM, L. 



Involucrum sub flora nullum. Sepala 4-5, Eestivatione imbrioata. 

 Petala nulla. Stamina numerosa. Carpella monosperma, indehiscen- 

 tia, ecaudata. — Herbae perennes.; caulibus annttis ; floribus panioulatis, 

 albisjlavis vel purpurascentibiis. 



This is a very extensive genus, the species of which are abundant throughout the 

 northern hemisphere aud the mountains of the tropics, but which is only represented 

 south of the tropics by one or two species at the Cape of Good Hope. AU the species 

 are subject to great variation in the size and form of the leaves, which are usually 

 much divided. They are very widely spread over the mountainous parts of India, more 

 especially in the Himalaya, and the Indian species seem quite as variable as those of 

 Europe, the number of which is, we are convinced, very much over-estimated in 

 modern systematic works. Most of the Indian species inhabit the shady moun- 

 tain forests of the Himalaya during the rainy season, and are very different from 

 those of Europe, some of them being the same as those which inhabit the Indian 

 islands, while others will probably be found to extend iato the still unknown moun- 

 tain districts of "West China. The alpine species however are European, and are 

 quite as plentiful in the Himalaya as on the mountains of Europe and Siberia. It 



