1892.] P. Briihl — Be Ranuneulaceis Indicia Bisputationes. 301 



v. saccato, staminibus saopius lamina brevioribus, carpellis hirti.s, 

 folliculis circiter 5 fei'G 1*5 cm. longis. 



var. a. paradoxa P. B., 



saepe caespitosa, caule florifero 4-16 (-24) cm. altitudine, sepalis 

 (12-) 20-25 mm, longis, calcare ant uncinato aut recto aut incui'vo 

 efc tenui v. crassiuscule cylindrico. Himalaya occidentalis, Gilgit. 

 Lecta in Gilgit (Giles sub nominibus A. glaucae var. nivalis et A . 

 vulgaris var. pubiflorae) ; Kashmir (herb. Falc ! H. Sah ! Winter- 

 bottom!) ; Tibetia occidentalis (H. E. I. 0. No. 58!); Kunawar 

 (Scz!). 



var. (3. saccocentra P. B., 



caule florifero 20-30 cm. altitudine, sepalis 35-40 mm. longis, 

 calcare saccato medio 3-4 mm. crassitudine. In valle fluminis 

 Chenab alt. 11000 ped. (E. !) 



Descriptio subspeciei. 



Rhizoma fusiforme v. irregulariter cylindricum, descendens v. horizontale, sub- 

 gracile v. percrassum, atro-brunneum, saepe pluriceps, collo vaginis folioruni delap- 

 sorum dense vestitum, caides 1—3 edens. 



Caulis erectus v. ascendens, simplex v. subsimplex saepissime uniflorus interdum 

 biflorus, inidus v. folium unum alterumve edens, 3-30 cm. altitudine, prope basim 

 1—2 mm. crassitudine infra aut denso glanduloso-hirtus aut pubescens aut glaberri- 

 mus, sub flore semper dense glanduloso-hirtus. 



Folia basilaria longissime v. partim longe petiolata ; petiolus basi in vaginam 

 membranaceam brunneam 1-2 cm. longam convergentim plurinerviam dilatatns supra 

 basim leviter canaliculatus striatus (1-) 2-8 cm. longus, 5— 13 mm. crassitudine, 

 glaber v. birsutus ; lamina biternata v. folii unius alteriusve ternata ; petioluli 

 primarii striati glabri v. plus minus pilosi, terminalis 2-20 mm. longus ; foliola 

 marginibus sese obtegentia tenuia 3-16 mm. longa supra viridia infra pallidiora 

 glabra v. vix pilosula, medium reniforme v. deltoidoum v. semiorbiculare basi lata 

 obtusum v. subcordatum rarius manifesto cunneatum circiter ad medium regulariter 

 v. subirregulariter trilobum latitudine -|— f longitudinis, lobo medio obovato plus 

 minus cuneato raro subintegerrimo (in foliis perpaucis tantum) saeiDissime trilobu- 

 lato, lobis lateralibus oblique obovatis v. late irregulariterque obtriangularibus saepius 

 bilobulatis, lobulis integerrimis v. -plus, minus crenatis ; foliola lateralia oblique 

 reniformia latitudine ^— | longitudinis, basi subcuneata v. obscure cordata, plus 

 minus profunde (mterdum ad basim usque) irregulariter biloba, lobo interno 

 subregulariter trilobulato v. tricrenato, externo bilobulato, lobulis crenatis v. sub- 

 integex*rimis, crenis foliolorum omnium breviter ovatis v. mediis rotundato-sub- 

 quadratis plus minus obtusis v. rotuudatis. 



Folium caulinum infimum, aut unicum, (ubi adest,) longe v. longissime petiola- 

 tum maiusculum v. parvuin, foliis basilaribus interdum omnino conforme, saepius 

 flori apiDroximatum, petiolo basi in vaginam conspicuam lanceolatam dilatato l-2'5 

 cm. longo, lamina saepissime ternata, foliolis nunc fcripartis sectisve et foliolis foliis 

 bas. subsimilibus, nunc bi- v. trifidis laciniis lanccolatis nunc lanceolatis integerrimis ; 

 folium caulinum summum (v. unicum) saepe lineari-lauceolatum S-12 mm. longum 

 petiolo ad vaginam conspicuam redacto. 

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