Anemone griffithii Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 24. 1855 & in Fl. Brit. India 1: 8. 1872.

Herbs, with horizontal woody rootstock; .stems slender, up to 15 cm high. Radical leaf solitary, 3-sect or 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate, 2- or 3-fid, cuneate at base, acute at apex, subacutely serrate or incised along margins, 1.5 - 3 x 1 - 3 cm, sparsely pubescent; petioles 5 - 15 cm long, 2 - 4 times as long as lamina, sheathing at base; cauline leaves 3, whorled, similar in shape to radical leaf, but petiole much shorter than lamina. Scapes 5 - 40 cm long; involucral bracts similar to leaves. Flowers 1 - 2 on slender hairy peduncle, 2 - 3 an across, white or pinkish; pedicels 2 - 7 cm long; receptacle hemispheric, glabrous. Sepals 4 - 5, obovate, 0.7 - 1.25 x 0.5 - 0.7 cm wide, white, sometimes purple on margins, subglabrous. Stamens ca 30, glabrous; anthers elliptic; filaments filiform. Carpels 25 - 30, glabrous, compressed. Achenes ovoid, ca 4 x 2 mm, glabrous; beak minute.

Fl. & Fr. June - Sept.

Distrib. India: Streamsides and damp clearings, 1900 - 2800 m. Sikkim and Aruna- chal Pradesh.

Bhutan and China (E.Tibet).