14 FLoaA INDICA. [Ranimculacea. 



Herba 2-4-pedalis et ultra, laxe ramosa. Panicida magna, terminalis, ramis demum 

 elongatis, raeemiformibus, fere aphyllis. Stipulce foliorum inferiorum maximiE, pe- 

 tiolia adhccrentes, membrauaceEe ; sfipellts cito decidufe. Foliola magnitudine valde 

 varia, diametro -i—li-uiiciali. Mores longe pedicellati,. majusculi, interdum maximi 

 diametro plus quara uncial], purpurascentes, 8a!pe pulclire purpurei. Sepala eUiptica, 

 obtusa- FiJamenta fiUformici, apice vix dHatata ; anthnrai mucronatie. 



An excessively variable plant iu the size of the leaves, but otherwise pretty con- 

 stant to the characters above given. The powdery pubescence of the under surface 

 of the leaf seems to be invariably present. In the variety 7, which has usually very 

 large flowers, the fruit appears to enlarge without a corresponding development of 

 the embryo, which, though always present, is seemingly abortive. In a very nume- 

 rous suite of specimens from Sikkim not one exhibits a dilated achenium, or any 

 indication of a perfect seed, all being quite flat. The great amount of variation in 

 the size and shape of the fruit indicates disease, and many of the specimens are evi- 

 dently in an abnormal state, having muricated or tuberculated bulbous masses, instead 

 of branches, in their axils. 



4. T. pauciflorutn (Royle ! 111. 52); foliis biteniatis subsessili- 

 bus, foliolis inoiso-trilobis, floribus in paiiicula pauoiflora longe pedi- 

 cellatis, aoheiiiis 5-15 breviter stipitalis dolabriformibus nervosis stig- 

 mate dilatato apiculatis. — T. macrostigma et T. secundum, Edgeworth! 

 Linn. Tr. xx. 26. 



Hab. In Himalaya ocoidentali interiore, alt. 7-13,000 ped. : Kash- 

 mir! Kishtwar ! Garhwal! Kumaon! — {v. v.) 



Herba 1-2-pedalis, glaucescens, apice tantum ramosa. Folia snbsessilia, biternata, 

 petiole folioli medii elongato lateralium abbreviate ; foliola basi rotundata vel 

 cuueata, i-uncialia, nervosa ; floralia angustiora, pediccUis breviora. Flores parvi. 

 Sepala ovata, acuta, trinervia. Filamenta filiformia ; aniherre mucronata:. 



By an oversight, perhaps by a typographical error. Dr. Eoyle describes the leaves 

 as triternate, so that it is not surprising that Mr. Edgeworth should have failed to 

 recognize his plant in Royle's description. The leaves are uniformly biternate, and 

 always sessile or nearly so ; they are nearly uniform in size from the base to the 

 summit of the stem. 



Sect. 2. EuTHALiCTEUM, DC. — Achenia ovali-oblonga nee com- 

 pressa, stipitata vel sessilia. 



§ 1. Achenia elongata, stipitata. 



5. T. virgatum (H.f. et T.); subsimplex, foliis ternati-partitis 

 subsessilibus, foliolis rotundatis lobatis rigidis, panicula terminali ra- 

 mosa foliosa, acheuiis plurimis breviter pedioellatis oblongis costatis. 



Hab. In Himalaya oriental! temperata, supra rapes humidas : Sik- 

 kim in montibus iuterioribus, alt. 8-10,000 ped. ! — (Fl. Mai. Jun.) 

 {v. V.) 



Radix tuberosa ; caulis ereetus, l-lj-pedalis, strictus, glaucus, ssepe purpurascens, 

 simplex vel apice tantum ramosus. Folia ternatim partita, petioUs brevissimis; 

 stipulce minuttc, scariosas ; foliola -^-l unciam longa, rigida, nervosa, rotundata, basi 

 cuneata vol cordata, 3-5-ioba, lobis integris vel obtuse tridentatis. Flores parvi, 

 albi. Sepala eUiptica, multinervia. Filamenta filiformia ; antherie mutica;. Achenia 

 10-25, utrinque acuta, stigmate sessili persistente apiculata. 



6. T. rutsefolium (H.f. et T.) ; foliis pinnatim docompositis, fo- 

 liolis membranaoeis parvulis varie inciso-lobatis, tioribus racemosis, 



