Anemone.] ploea indica. 21 



kim, ubi in jugis exterioribus humidissimis non obvia, usque ad alt. 

 11,000 pedum occurrit. — (Fl. Jun.-Aug.) {v. v.) 



_ Herha data, I-S-pedalis. Radix perpenclicularis, cylindriea, lignosa. Tolia 

 diametro 4-8-uncialia, rotundata vel ovata, late 5-loba, lobis acutis argute inciso-den- 

 tatis, superne pilis sparsis adpressis teeta vel glabra, subtus cum petiolis et scapo 

 niveo-floccosa rarius demum subglabra. Oijma decomposita, floribus gradatim evo- 

 lutis, in plaata junlore ramls lateralibus nondum evolutis ad speciem uni- vel pauci- 

 flora. Sepala 6-8, ovalia, unciaUa, extus adpresse sericea, albida. Achenia in capi- 

 tulum globosum coalita, minima, stylo nudo ffiqnilongo apiculata. 



Sect. 3. Anemonanthea, DC. — Involucra 1-2-floi-a. Pedicelli 

 nudi. Achenia oblonga, cylindriea, angulata vel subeompressa, 

 parva, distincta, nee in capitulum concreta. 



B. A. Griffithii (H.f. et T.) ; foliis involucralibus 3 longe petio- 

 latis tripartitis sparse pilosis, floribus 1-3. 



Hab. In Sikkim interiori in sylvis densis yallis Laoben, alt. 8-9000 

 ped.! et in Bhotan, Oriffith! (No. 1720 in Herb. Hook.)— (». v.) 



Speeies A. nemorosie et A. ranunculoidi affinis, sed specimina valde manca. JJadix 

 et folia radioalia non suppetunt. Scapi 3-6-unciales. Folia involucri tripartita : 

 segmentis aentis incisis et serratis, lateralibus oblique bilobia, terminali trilobo. Se- 

 pala 6, ex sicco rub^scentia, ovalia, obtusa, \ unciam longa. 



6. A. Falconer! (Thorns, in Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 899 !) ; foliis tri- 

 partitis, segmentis late cuneato-ovatis trilobis, involucri tripliylli foliis 

 basi ooalitis oblongis apice tridentatis vel obtusis, flore solitario, acheniis 

 angulatis oblongis sericeo-pilosis. 



Hab. In Himalaya ocoidentali, alt. 6-10,000 ped,, in sylvis umbro- 

 sis: Kashmir! Kishtwar ! — (B'l. Apr. Mai.) (». v.) 



Herba pusiUa, moUiter pilosa. Rhizoma borizontale, lignosum, fibros plurimos 

 emittens. Folia numcrosa, 1-2-uncialia, longe petiolata, siibmembranacea, adpresse 

 sericea, tripartita. SegmentalsiexaVts. obliqua biloba, terminale trilobum. Petioli pilis 

 longis patentibus tecti. Scapi 3-6-unciales, folia Eequantes. Pedicelli flomm invo- 

 lucro breviores vel fequales. Flares parvi, diametro -l-J-unciales. Sepala obovata, 

 obtusa. Achenia stylo brevissimo apiculata. 



This is the plant mentioned by Falconer in the introduction to Boyle's Illustra- 

 tions, p. 25, as a new species of Hepatica. Its relationship to that genus or sec- 

 tion is certainly very close, not only in general habit, but also in flower and fruit. 

 Its pedicellate flowers, however, are an obstacle to its being placed in the section (or 

 genus) Hepatica, and seem to indicate that that section is not a natural one, but 

 that A. Hepafica ought probably to find a place in the section Anemonanthea, along 

 with A. Falconeri. 



Sect. 4. Anemonospermos, DC. — Involucra pluriflora. Pedicelli 

 laterales involucellum gerentes. Achenia prioris. 



7. A. rupestris (Wall. Cat. 4696 !) ; foliis trisectis, involucri tri- 

 folii foliis basi angustatis foliorum segmentis conformibus, floribus 1-3, 

 acheniis oblongis vix compressis glabris stylo uncinato apiculatis. 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori alpina : Kashmir ad Pir Panjal jugum, 

 Jacquemont! Nipal ad Gossain Than, Wall.! Sikkim, alt. 15,000 

 ped.!— (Fl. Aug.) (».».) 



Radix lignosa, subhorizontalis. Canlis basi vestigiis petiolorum delapsorum fibril- 



