N. O. RANCNOULACE/E. 
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glabrous above, slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers yellowish 
or greenish white, -f in. diam , small in dense axillary panicles. 
Sepals ovate or oblong, revohite, puberulous, in., margins 
tomentose. Filaments narrow-linear. Aclienes hairy, lanceo- 
late, Style 1 1-2 in. long, narrow oblong, in fruit very slender, 
hairy. 
Medicinal Properties and Uses .-—The leaves of the fresh 
stems, if bruised and applied to the skin, cause vesication. 
They abound in an acrid poisonous principle. Watt. ii. 369. 
4 . Anemone obtusiloba, Don. h.f.br.i., i. 8. 
Syn. Anemone discolor, Royle. 
Vern. : — Rattanjog, Padar (Pb.). Kakriya (Kumaon). 
Habitat : — Temperate and Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir 
to Sikkim ; altitude 9-15,000 ft. 
A perennial herb, densely tufted, glabrate, or softly hairy. 
Rootstock woody, fibrous, clothed with old root-sheaths. 
Radical leaves, many stalked, suborbicular, deeply cordate ; 
Segments broad, cuneate, variously cut and lobed, rarely shortly 
petiolate. Scapes 6-12 in., 1-3 — flowered ; invol. leaves 3-fid. 
Flowers white purplish or golden ; pedicels long, slender. 
Sepals silky outside, generally lead-coloured near the claw. 
Aclienes strigose, rarely glabrous. Very variable in size, hairi- 
ness and colour of flower. 
Parts used : — The root and seeds. 
Medicinal Properties and Uses: — In Hazara the pounded root, 
which is acrid, is mixed with milk and given internally for 
contusions. In Bessahir it is said to be used as a blister, but 
to be apt to produce sores and scars (Stewart). The seeds, if 
given internally, produce vomiting and purging. The oil ex- 
tracted from them is used in rheumatism. (Watt). 
Aiiemoniu is found in this plant . — It occurs in many of the Jtununculacew ; 
it is a toxic substance? and produces paralysis of the central nervous system. 
The compound lias the formula C IS H n 0 6 , and is deposited in rhombic 
crystals melting at 152°. It is volatile with steam, and, on exposure to air at 
ordinary temperatures, is slowly converted into anemonic acid ; the oxidation 
