36 TLOKA INDICA. [Ranuticulacea. 



canle camoso ssepius ramosissimo. Folia radicalia reniformia, 1-3 undas lata, ad 

 basin fere tripartita, segmentis obovato-cuaeatis trifidis et obtuse incisis ; caulina 

 (esceptis infimis) sessilia, tripartita, segmentis anguste obloBgis 1-2 uncias longis in- 

 ciso-pinnatifidis vel trideutatis. Mores diam. -i— i-poll. Sepala refleia, petala ob- 

 longa asquantia. Achenia in capitulum 3-4 lineas longnm collecta, numerosa, mi- 

 nutu, oblique obovata, obtusa vel stylo brevissimo apiculata. Receptacul-um oblon- 

 giiin, pilosum. 



§ 4. Folia seda. Caulis erectus, rarius prosiraius. Achenia plano- 

 compressa. 



16. R. difFusus (DC. Prod. i. 38); prostratus vel diffusus, pilis 

 patentibus hirsutus, foliis tripartitis, pedunculis unifloris oppositifoliis, 

 ftonbus paiTis, sepalis patentibus, acheniis in capitulum globosum col- 

 leotis punctatis, receptaculo parvo piloso. — Don, Prod. 195. K. Na- 

 paiilensis, DC. Prod. i. 39. 11. trilobatus, Don, Prod. 194. E. gera- 

 nioides, Blime, Bijd. 2. R, hydrocotyloides, JFall. Cat. 4703 ! K. 

 mollis, JFall. Cat. 4704 ! ; Don! in Royle III. 53. E. oblectus, TFall. 

 Cat. 4705 ! 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 6-8000 ped. : Simla! Garhwal! 

 Kumaon ! Kipal ! Sikkim, 9-11,000 ped.! — (S\. per totam sestatem.) 

 {v. V.) 



Caules pilis patentibus albis vel rufis longe pilosi, interdum basi glabrescentes, 

 prostiati, ad nodos interdum radicantes, vel apice adscendentes. Tolia 1-3-pollicaria, 

 ntrinque moUiter pilosa, radicalia primordialia in adulto SEcpe evanida, trisecta, fo- 

 liolis triiobis, CEetera et caulina profandc triloba, lobis inciso-dentatis. Pedunmli op- 

 positifolii et terniinalcs, 1-flori, foliis sequilongi vel duplo longiores. Flares parvi, 

 diam. -I— | poll. Sepala oblouga, pilosa. Petala obovata, sepalis subduplo lougiora. 

 Achenia ovata, margiue acuta, lateribus ntrinque intra marginem 1-costatis, in stylura 

 sensira altcnuata. 



The position of the costa or elevated ridge of the disk of the carpels, in this and 

 allied species, varies very much, being sometimes close to the margin, at other times 

 distant from it. 



17. R. subpinnatus (W. et A. Prod. i. 4); diffusus, pilis patenti- 

 bus hirsutus, foliis triseotis, segmentis petiolatis, pedunculis unifloris op- 

 positifoliis, floribus magnis, sepalis patentibus, acheniis in capitulum 

 globosum collectis punctatis, receptaculo parvo piloso. — Wight! Ic. t. 49. 



Hab. In raontibus Nilghiri, Wight! — {v. s.) 



PJiizoma horizontal. Caules elongati, prostrati vel rarins adscendentes, patentim 

 pilosi. Folia ternatim rarius quinatim pinnatisecta ; /b/io/a moUiter pilosa, longe 

 petiolata, late cordata, tripartita, segmentis profunde incisis, floralia snbsessilia tri- 

 partita. Flores oppositifolii et terminales, ultrapollicares, longe pedunculati. Sepala 

 villosa. Petala late obovata. Aclie,ua in capitulum 3 lineas longum collecta, mar- 

 ginata, 2 lin. longa, carinata, stylo recto vel recurve compresso apiculata. 



Very like the last, but the leaves are much more divided, and the flovfers a good 

 deal larger. "When carefully examined in their native country, conuecting links will 

 probably be found. Both require comparison with R. repens, L., which is a widely 

 dilfused plant, and varies very much. 



18. R. IjEtus (Wall. Cat. 4702 ! excl. lit. C. partim) ; erectus, ad- 

 presse pilosus, foliis tripartitis, panioula multiflora, sepalis patentibus, 

 acheniis in capitulum globosum eongestis epunctatis, receptaculo ob- 



