50 FLOKA INDICA. [Ranunculace/B. 



sua angustata et bidentata ; antioa profunde biloba, ntrinqne longe pilosa. FolKculi 

 3, pilosuli vel subglabri. 



A very commoa plant in the outer mountains of the Western Himalaya, varying 

 much in size, but in general readily recognizable by its few-flowered, much-branched 

 stems. D. paucijlorum of Don is probably correctly referred by Wight and Arnott 

 to their plant of the same name, which is apparently a state of D. eonsolida ; but 

 Don's description is not certainly referable to any known plant, for though the greater 

 part of it can apply only to Z). eonsolida, the petals are those of a plant of the sec- 

 tion Delphimistruni, 



5. D. dasycaulon (Fresen. Mus. Seiikenb. ii. 373); caule ra- 

 moso paucifoliato, foliis radicalibus amplis rotundato-reniformibus late 

 5-lobis, lobis trilobiset grosse inoisis, caulinis 5-partitis segmentis ar- 

 gute incisis, racemis laxis elongatis, sepalis extus incano-tomentosis, 

 calcare conico subrecurvo duplo longioribus. — Walp. Rep. i. 53. 



Hab. In summis montibus Dekhan oocidentalis prope Jtinir (Joo- 

 neer), Slocks! Gibson! — (Fl. Aug. Sept.) (m. s.) 

 DiSTKlB. Abyssinia, Scliimper! 



CauUs erectus, li-3-pedalis, piUs incanis vel fulvis villosus vel tomentosus. Folia 

 radicalia uumerosa, plerumque longe petiolata, diam. 3-6-pollicaria, lobis late trape- 

 zoideis, utrinque pubescentia, sericea vel villosa, subtus pallida et conspicue rctieu- 

 latim nervosa ; canlina ad basin secta, segmentis linearibus incisis ; fioralia indivisa, 

 linearia. Pedicelli flores sequantes vel duplo superantes, tomentosi, bracteolis 2 

 alternis subulatis. Flores Ifete CEerulei. Sepala |-pollicaria, versus apicem macula 

 pallida dense pilosa notata. Fetala postica cartilaginea, calcare subulato recto, an- 

 tice obliqua, angustata, acuta vel bidentata; antica biloba, pilosa. FollicuU 3, recti, 

 f poll, longi, tomentosi. 



We can find no diflerence between Dr. Stocks' specimens and those distributed by 

 Schimper, except that the latter are more villous, and want the radical leaves. As 

 Fresenius in his diagnosis describes the leaves as quinquepartite, the same deficiency 

 probably exists in all the specimens coUected by Schimper. As a species B. dasy- 

 caulon seems very distinct, and its occurrence in Western India is very interesting as 

 a proof of the affinity which exists between the flora of that country and that of West- 

 ern Africa. Many more instances of this wiU be met with in the course of our work. 



6. D. incanum (Eoyle! 111. 55); caule folioso, foliis tripartitis 

 segmentis lineari-multifidis, racemis elongatis multifloris, pedicellis flores 

 majuscules eequantibus vel superantibus, calcare recto sepalis longiore. 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori occidentali, alt. 6-8000 ped. : Kashmir! 

 Kanawer ! — (Fl. Aug. Sept.) (o. v.) 



Tiad'ix lignosa, cylindriea vel tuberosa, perpeudicularis. Caulis strictus, erectus, 

 bipedalis et ultra, striatus, Sfepe angulatus, ineanus vel sublomentosus, basi interdum 

 glabrescens. Folia petiolata vel subsessilia, petiolis basi dUatatis. Injloresoentia 

 subsimplex vel rarius paniculata, pedicellis bracteolis pluribus linearibus munitis. 

 Flores Isete cserulci. Sepala ovalia, f -poUicaria, incana. Fetala postica antice ob- 

 tuse angulata, bidentata, calcare subulato ; antica bifida, pilosa. FollicuU 3, i-polli- 

 cares, brevissime tomentosi. 



A handsome, tall, large-flowered species, strikingly like some forms of B. grandi- 

 florum, L,, but with bifid (not entire) anterior petals. The petals seem to be inva- 

 riably entire in that species, and they are always bifid in the Indian plant, except in 

 some specimens (unfortunately flowers only, without leaves,) from the mountains of 

 Tibet behind East Nipal, in which they are very slightly emarginate. It is, never- 

 theless, extremely probable that our species is not distinct from D. grandiflorum, 

 which seems to be very widely distributed. 



