IBIS-Flora

Angiosperm Flora of India

Ranunculus falcatus L.

L. ; leaves 3-fid or pinnatifid, scapes longer than the leaves 1-flowered. Ceratocephalus falcatus, Pers. ; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 28 C. orthoceras, DC. ; Deless. Ic. sel. i. t. 23. Anemone cynosurus, Griff. Ic. Pl. iv. t. 660, f. 1.
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kishtwar westwards. PUNJAB, dry grassy places at Peshawur, Steioart.—DISTRIB. S. E. Europe and W. Asia.
Glabrous or a little woolly. Leaves all radical, segments narrow-linear, entire or 3-fid ; petiole margined, tapering downwards. Scapes 1 or more, 1-3 in., longer than the leaves. Flowers small. Stamens 5-15. Achenes with the beak straight or curved. —Avery variable little plant, of which 7 or 8 species have been made ; Boissier re¬duces them to 2, a hooked and straight beaked, having never seen immediates, of which we have seen many.

BookTaxonWithAuth: 
Ranunculus falcatus L.
BookAuthor: 
J.D.Hooker
Book: 
The Flora of British India
Publisher: 
State For India In Council.
BookVolNo: 
1
BookPage: 
16
BookYear: 
1872
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