20 PLOEA INDICA. [Ranunculacea. 



Sect. 2. EuiocEPHALUS. — Achenia lana compacta involuta, in 

 capitulum densum globosum vel oblongum conglomevata, stylis 

 nudis apioulata. 



3. A. biflora (DC. Syst. i. 201, Prod. i. 19); radice tuberosa, 

 foliis radicalibus rotnndato-reniformibus tripartitis, segmeiitis rotun- 

 datis indivisis vel sfepius palraatiiu lobatis vel partitis, lobis crenato- 

 lobatis, involucri triphylli foliis sessilibus basi cuneatis ad medium pal- 

 matim incisis, floribus in involucro 1-3. — A. Gordschakowii, Kar. et 

 Kir. Emm. PL Soong. No. 14 1 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 727. — Griffiih, Bin. 

 Notes, 319. 



Hab. In Beluchistau pvope Kelat, Stocks! Afghanistan, Griffith! 

 Kashmir, alt. 6000 ped., Jacquemont ! — (Fl. Apr. Mai.) (v. v.) 



DiSTKiB. Persia ! Sibiria altaiea I 



Serha florifera 2-4-uncialis, fructifera interdum 8-uncialis, glabra, vel jiedicellis 

 sparse adpresse pilosis. Folia crassiuscula. Mores pallide rubicundi, -l-l-uuciales, 

 terminalis nudus, laterales involiicello diphyllo muaiti. Sepala 5, ovalia, obtusa 

 vel acutiuscula, adpresse pilosula, parallele uervosa, subpersistentia. Achenia stylo 

 Eequilongo marcescente apicalata. 



The terminal flower often falls away before tlie lateral ones are developed, so tliat 

 there are often appai-ently only two flowers in the involucre, each of which is invo- 

 lucellate. The remains of the peduncle of the flrst-developed flower may, however, 

 always be discovered. 



3. A. rupicola (Camb.! in Jacq. Voy. Bot. p. B. t. 2) ; caule sub- 

 terraneo horizontali, foliis longe petiolatis tripartitis, segmentis plus 

 minus petiolatis trilobis inciso-dentatis, involucri triphylli foliis subses- 

 silibus, floribus 1-2. 



a. sericea ; tota molliter pilosa, alabastris et pedicellis prEEsertim 

 sub flore dense tomentosis, foliis obtusius incisis. 



/3. glabriuscula ; coUo, vaginis folioi'um, basi involucri et pedi- 

 cellis pilosis, caeterum glabra, foliis argutius incisis. 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori alpina, alt. 11-15,000 ped. : Balti, 

 Winterbottom ! Dras ! et Zanskar ! Kashmir, Jacquemont ! Kumaon, 

 Str. et r/iui.! Sikkim!— (Fl. Jul.) {v. v.) 



Molliter albo-])ilosa, rarius subglabresccns. Rhizoma sajpe elongatum, vaginis 

 foliorum delapsorum tectum. Involucri folia ad medium triloba, lobis trilobis vel 

 incisis. Scapus Vl-pedalis. Folia 1-2-uucialia. Flos terminalis exinvolucellatns, 

 lateralis involucello diphyllo munitus. Sepala 5, late obovata vel elliptica, obtusa 

 vel retusa, e.\tus molliter pnbescentia 1-li-uncialia. Aclienia ovalia, stylo brcvi 

 subulate nudo apiculata. 



This species approaches A. si/lvestris, L., but that is always one-flowered, and has 

 the involucral leaves pedicellate. 



4. A. vitifolia (Ham. in DC. Syst. i. 210, Prod. i. 21) ; foliis 

 amplis cordatis .5-lobis subtus niveis, involucri triphylli foliis longe 

 petiolatis foliis radicalibus conformibus, cymse multitiorfe ramis latera- 

 libus bis terve divisis involucellatis. — Bon, Prod. 193 ; Lindl.Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1385 1 Wall. Cat. 4695! 



Hab. Per totara Himalayam temperatam, alt. 5-8000 ped. : occi- 

 dentem versus prfesertim in jugis exterioribus humidioribus, in Sik- 



