33 FLORA INDICA. [RammculacecB. 



losis involutas, multifolius. Folia glabra vel pilosula, 1-2-uiicialia, trisecta. 5^^- 

 menta pedicellata, tripartita Tel piEnatifida, varie incisa, lobis ultimis cuneatis vel 

 late liuearibus. Scapi pilis patentibas Mrsuti, 4-8-unciales. Pedicellus termiualis 

 nudas, laterales bracteis 2 oblongis integris vel inciso-dentatis involncellati. Sepala 

 5-6,.obovata, i-uncialia, ca;ruleseentia. 



8. A. trullifolia (H.f. et T.) ; foliis late ovalibus basi rotimdatis 

 vel suboordatis trilobis, lobis obtuse tridentatis, involucri trifolii foliia 

 oblongis subintegris vel profunde trilobis, floribus 1-3, acheniis ovali- 

 bus subcompvessis rigide pilosis. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali inteviori : Sikkim, alt. 11-15,000 ped.! 

 Bhotan, Griffith!— {n. Jul.-Sept.) (u. v.). 



Tota planta dense pilosa. Radix crassa, valida, subligno8a. Folia e collo cras- 

 sissimo, reliquiis foliorum fibrosis involute, plnrima. Petioli late vaginantes, foliis 

 breviores, rarius elongati. Folia obtnsissima, subintegra vel plus minus profunde 

 triloba, rarius pinnatisecta, l|-3-uncialia. Scapi intra folia uidulantes vel elongati 

 pedales filiformes prostrati. Involucri folia magnitudine valde varia. Flos termi- 

 nalis nudas, lateralium pedicellis involucelio e foliis 2 oblongis indivisis constante 

 munitis. Sepala 6-8, ex slcco aurea estus pallide cserulea, obovata vel oblonga, 

 i-1-uncialia, extus adpresse serieea. Achenia parva, ovalia, subcompressa, stylo 

 nudo apicnlata, setis strigosis erectis hispidis tecta. 



This speeies closely resembles in babit the next, but the leaves in all our speci- 

 mens, which are from many localities, are very different. The achenia scarcely differ. 



9. A. obtusiloba (Don, Prod. 194); foliis rotundatis oordatis 

 trisectis vel tripartitis, segmentis varie lobatis, involucralibus 3 cu- 

 neato-obovatis trilobis, lobis integris vel incisis, iloribus 1-3, acheniis 

 compressis ovalibus stylo rostratis pilis reotis rigidis hirsutis. — A. Go- 

 vaniana, IFall. Cat. 46881 A. discolor, RoyU! III. 52. t. xi. /. 1. A. 

 mollis. Wall. Cat. 4689 ! ex parte. 



/3. glabra; scapo foliisque glabris vel glabrescentibus. 

 Hab. In Himalaya occidentali tempei-ata et alpina, alt. 9-15,000 

 ped. . Marri, Fleming ! Hasora, Balti et Kashmir, Wint. ! Kishtwar ! 

 Sirmur, Roijle! etc. Kanawer, Munro! Garhwal, Sir. et Wint.! Nipal, 

 Wall. ! Sikkim ! ^. In alpibus Tibetiee occideutalis, Wint.! — (PI. 

 Mai. Jun.) (v. v.) 



Radix lignosa, crassa. Caulis basi reliquiis foliorum fibrosis involutus, poly- 

 phyllus. Tota planta hirsuta vel moUiter pilosa, rarius glabrescens. Folia diametro 

 l_2i-uncialia, profunde cordata, segmentis basi angustatis pediceUatis vel sessilibus, 

 latissime cuneatis varie incisis, lobis rotundatis. Scapi i-1-pedales, sfepius pilis pa- 

 tentibus hirsuti. Involucri folia magnitudine valde varia. Pedicellus terminalis 

 nudas, laterales (dam adsunt) bracteis 2 oblongis iuvolucellati. Flores -i— li-unciales, 

 cffirulescentes albi vel aurei, sepalis basi cteruleo-plumbeis. Sepala obovata vel ro- 

 tundata, 5-10. Aclienii immaturi rostrum recurvura, maturi rectum rigidum. 



A very widely diffused plant in Western Himalaya, flowering on the grassy slopes 

 of the mountains in early spring, as soon as the snow has melted. Like most very 

 common plants, it varies a good deal in size and degree of hairiness ; but these va- 

 riations depend chiefly on situation, and perhaps on the age of the plant. The dif- 

 ference iti the colour of the flowers is very remarkable, but seems quite unconnected 

 with the variations in leaves and hairiness, as specimens of the golden-yellow and of 

 the blue forms inay be selected which are in every other respect undistinguishable. 

 The glabrous state is a very striking variety, and we should have kept it separate 

 had not the specimens collected in Balti and Kashmir by Mr. "Winterbottom pre- 



