52 FLORA INDICA. [Ranunculacea. 



rinm of the Linnean Society, and by the flgnre qaoted. The Khasia plant is re- 

 marltahle for the extremely disagreeable odour of the flowers. 



10. D. vestitum (Wall. Cat. 4715 !) ; caale hispido paucifoliato, 

 foliis reniformibus palmatim 5-fidis, lobis cuneato-ovatis grosse inoiso- 

 dentatis, racerais elongatis strictis multifloris, pedicellis flores inagnos 

 superantibus, calcare inourvo sepalis Eequilonga. — Royle ! III. 55. D. 

 reotivenium, Royle! III. 56. 



Hab. Ill Himalaya temperata et subalpina, alt. 8-13,000 ped. : 

 Simla ! Kanawer ! Garhwal ! Kumaon ! Nipal ! — (¥\. Aug. Sept.) 

 (v. v!) 



Caulis ereetus, 2-3-pedalis, pilis rigidis subreflexis dense hispido-pilosus. Folia 

 ra-dlcalia petiolo 6-12-poll., utrinque hispida, diam. 4-5-pollicaria; caulina 1-2, sub- 

 sessilia, floralia bracteffifornaia triloba vel lauceolata. Injtorescentia subramosa vel 

 simplex, racemis scepe pedalibus. Bracteolm inembranacea?, subopposita3, laneeolattC, 

 fiori non adpressse. Sepala |-poll., extus pilosa, membrauacea, fere rotuudata. Petala 

 postica antiee obtuse angulata, bidentata, calcare subulato ; autica bUoba, dorso parce 

 pilosa. FoUiculi 3, pilosi. 



11. D. Kashmirianam (Royle ! lU. 53. 1. 13); caule folioso sub- 

 siraplici, foliis reniformibus palmatim 5 -lobis, lobis iaoiso-dentatis, 

 racemis pauoifloris corymbosis, floribus longe pedicellatis, calcare recto 

 saccato obtuso sepalis pauUo breviore, ovariis 3-7. — D. Jacquemon- 

 tianum, Camb.! in Jacquem. Voy. Hot. viii. t. 7. 



Hab. In alpibus Himalayfe oco. Tibetiose, alt. 11-16,000 ped. . 

 Gilgit, //'i)2^. .'; Dras ! Suru, lance! ILmxAwex, Jacquemont! Kumaon, 

 Sir. et Wint. !—{v. v.) 



Canlis ereetus, 1-2-pedalis, glabriusculus vel pilis mollibus patentibus sparsis pilo- 

 sus, plurifoliatus. Folia, longe petiolata, 3-4-pollicaria, pubescentia vel pilosa, orbi- 

 culari-reniformia, lobis grosse et sa;pins argute incisis ; caulina superiora sessilia tri- 

 partita, floralia lanceolata. Hacenms simplex vel ramosus, ramis elongatis apice pau- 

 oifloris. Pedicelli bracteolas plures lanceolatas gerentes. Flores cicrulci. Sepala 

 poUicaria, extus dense pilosa, late ovalia, membranacea, nervosa. Fetala postica antiee 

 obliqua et obtusa, angnlata, apice bUoba, atropurpnrea, calcare subulato uncinate ; a7L~ 

 tica lamina profunde bifida, dorso aureo-pilosa. FoUiculi 3-7, pubesceutes, f poll, 

 longi. 



13. D. viscosum (H.f. et T.); caule ramose paucifoliato, foliis re- 

 niformibus palmatim 5-7-fidis, lobis grosse et obtuse crenatis, ramis 

 elongatis plurifloris, floribus longe pedicellatis, calcare cylindrico incurvo 

 sepalis sequilongo, ovariis 3 glabris. 



Hab. In Himalayae alpibus interioiibus : Sikkim, alt. 15-16,000 

 ped.!— (M. Aug. Sept.) (w. ».) 



Caulis ereetus, bipedalis, pilis fulvis patentibus brevissimis tectus, paniculatira ra- 

 mosus. Folia breviter petiolata, in caule 2-3, secus nerves parce pilosa, caiterum 

 glabra, 3-4-pollicaria, crenato-lobata, lobis glandula apiculatis ; superiora parva, triloba 

 vel tripartita. Pedicelli bracteolas 2-3-lineares flori non adpressas gerentes. Flores 

 purpureo-casrulei. Sepala late ovalia, subacuta, f-poll., membranacea, nervosa, extus 

 pilosa. Petala postica atropiQ'purea, calcare subulato incurvo, lamina antiee oblique 

 obtuse angulata et angnstata, Integra vel crenulata; antica utrinque albo-pilosa, obtuse 

 biloba. FoUiculi 3, i-pol)., glabri, sutura veutrali longe ciliati. 



This species appears distinct both in habit apd characters, but our specimens are 



