24 FLOKA INDICA. [RanunculacecB . 



13. A. narcissiflora (L. Sp. 763) ; foliis palmatira 5-secti3, seg- 

 meutis oimeatis profunde inoisis, laoiniis angustis, involuoralibus 3-5 

 tridentatis vel incisis, ttoribus umbeU'atis, acheniis ovalibus late alatis 

 stylo obliquo rostratis. — DC. St/st.i. 213, Frod. i. 31 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 

 i. 18. A. umbellata, fFUld. ; BO. Syd. i. 213, Prod. i. 22 ; Ddm. Fc. 

 sel. i. t. 18. 



Hab. Ill montibus Kashmir borealis versus Gares, TFinterboitom! — 

 (Fl. Jul.) {v. s.) 



DisTRiB. In alpibus EuropEe mediae et australis, Asiee temperalse 

 at AmericEe bor. oooid. 



Planta podalis, sericea vel glabriuscula. Folia longe petiolata, diametro 2-polli- 

 caria, ad basiu usque secta, segmentis inciso-lobatis linearibus vel oblongis obtusis 

 vel acutis, plerumque adpresse sericeis. Pedunculi nudi, abbreviati, uuiflori, rarius 

 elongati. Sepala 5, elliptica, -i— f poll, longa. 



The specimen of this speeies, wMcb was eoUected by Mr. "Wintcrbottom, is in uo 

 way diifereut from some forms of the European plant, which is evidently very vari- 

 able. The lobes of the leaves are, however, less deeply cut, and the teeth not so 

 narrow, as in the ordinary state. It is very silky, and in so far belongs to the var. 

 ! of DC, or the var. 5, Led. 1. c. 



13. A. polyanthes (Don, Prod. 194) ; foliis reniformi-oordatis 

 5-7-lobis, segmentis trilobis grosse crenatis, involucri foliis 3-5 tri- 

 lobis, lobis varie inciso-crenatis, pedunculis subquinis uiiifloris vel ura- 

 bellatim maltifloris iuterdum decorapositis, involuoellis incisis vel tri- 

 lobis, acheniis ovalibus stylo subulato oblique rostratis late alatis. — A. 

 longiscapa, TTall. Cat. 4691 ! A. viUosa, Royle! 111. 53. A. obtusi- 

 loba, Lindl. Bot. Fieg. 1844, t. 65, et A. Govaniana, lb. p. 45, non 

 Wall, nee Bon. A. scaposa, Edgew! Linn. Tr. xx. 27. 



PIab. In Himalaya interiori, alt. 10-13,000 ped.: Kishtwar! Kana- 

 wer! Garhwal! Kumaon! Nipal! Sikkim ! — (Fl. Jun. Jul.) (v. v.) 



Flanta. 1-2-pedalis, sericeo-pilosa, pilis plerumque patentibus. Folia saipius 

 longe petiolata, 3-6 uneias lata, ultra medium vel fere ad basin lobata. Scapi validi, 

 erecti, foliis lougiores. Involucri folia magnitudine valde varia, 1-ii-uncialia. 

 Fedtinctdl nunc uuiflori, involucro breviores vel lorigiores, nunc elongati umbellatim 

 deeompositi. Sepala 4-5, i-f-nucialia, alba, extus adpresse sericea vel subglabra. 

 Ovaria glabra vel parce pilosa. Achenia \ unciam louga. 



This is much larger and stouter thau the last species, to which, however, it is so 

 nearly allied that future observations may render it necessary to unite them. The 

 umbels of A. narcissiflora are occasionally compound, and those of the present 

 species arc not always so ; so th^t the shape of the leaves is the only valid mark of 

 distinction, and that, as we know, is a very variable character in this genus. The 

 discovery by ]\Ir. Winterbottom of A. narcissiflora, L., in Kashmir, throws still more 

 doubt on the distinctness of this species. 



14. A. tetrasepala (Royle! 111. 53); foliis reniformi- vel rotun- 

 dato-cordatis 5-lobis vel 6-partitis, segmentis plerumque acutis inte- 

 gris vel trilobis argute subduplioato-serratis, involucro srepius maximo 

 3-4-phyllo, foliis basi angustatis late obovato-cuneatis trilobis, lobis 

 argute dentatis, pedunculis umbellatim decompositis, acheniis oblongis 

 late alatis stylo arete deflexo terminatis. 



