44 p UAXUNCULACEjE. 



multo minora, brevitcr petiolata, obovata, trifida aut summum integrum, in rcliquis simillima radicalibus. 

 FtOBBS erecti, magmtudinc floris Anemonis coronariat. Calyx pcntaphyllus, coloratus; foliola orbiculata, 

 flabcllato-nervosa, mcmbranacca, colorata, cxtcrnc liirsuta, intcrne glabra, pollicaria. Petala quinque (cx 

 Bonpl.),in speciminc suppetcnte sex, hypogyna, suborbiculata, basi cuneata et unguiculata, flabcllato- 

 ncrvosa, foliolis calycinis tenuiora ct minora, extcrne Icviter hirsuta , internc glabra, rubro-aurantiaca, intus 

 supra basim caruncula aucta ; caruncula cunciformi, petalo adnala, in unguem dccurrcntc, apicc truncata ct 

 undulata. Stamina creberrima, bypogyna, corolla dimidio breviora. Filamenta lincaria, glabra. Anther* basi 

 affix», cum f.Iamcnto haud articulata S erccUe, oblong^, biloculares, longitudinaliter debisccntcs. Recep- 

 taculum magnum, obovato-globosum, pistilliscreberrimis densissime obsitum, inframediumnudum. Ovaria 

 ininnta, scssilia, ovala, compressa, in stylum altenuala, glabra. Stvli ovario longiorcs, glabri. 



5. RANUNCULUS perutianus. 



R. Caulibus i-3-lloris; foliis radicalibus longc petiolalis, orbictilato-rcniformibus, crcnatis, 

 crassiusculis, margine piloso-ciliatis; caulinis subsessilibus, 3-5-partitis; pcdunculis calycibusque 

 hirsutis. 



Ranunculus peruvianus. Pcrsoon. Synops. a. p. io3. (auct. hcrb. Juss.) Dccaml Syst. 

 veg. i. p. 274. Benj. de Lessert. fcones selectw u t. 3?. 



Crescit locis humidis inter Pintac ct Chusulongo , in monte Antisana , alt. 1700- 1900 

 liex. f£ Floret Junio. 



6. RANUNCULUS gerasioidw. | Tab. CCCCXXVIL 



R. caulibus flagelliformibus, subbifloris foliisque scriceo-hirsutis, tcrnatis; foliolis pctiolatis, 

 Li-aut tritidis, inciso-serratis; pcdimculis oppositifoliis; calycilms birsutis, reilcxis; capsulis 

 lrevibus. 



Ranunculus gcranioides. Decand. Sjst. veg. i./>. 286. 



Crcscit in yindibus Quinduensium^ alt. 1000- 1-200 hex. (JRegnO Novo- Granatensi.) 

 1£ Floret Octobri. 



R:\nix fibrosa; fibris crcbris. erassis, tcretihus. nigro-fnscis, glabris. Caules adscendentes, flagclliformcs, 

 simplices, subbiflori, scriceo-hirsuli. 5-G-poIIicarcs. FoiU radicalia pctiolatu, ternuta, utrinquc prasertim 

 subtus scriceo-birsuta, membranacea, i5- iS lineas lata; ioliolupetiolata,inciso-scrrata; latcraliurhomboidea, 

 bi-aut trifidu; intcrmedium paulo majus, rhombeum, triiidum. Petioli communes sesqui-aut bipollicares, 

 scricco-hirsuti, basi vagina menibranacca fusca glabriuscula instructi; petioli partiales i-iylincam lonei , 

 hirsuti. Folia caulina niinora. brcviua petiolata, tripartita aut trifida, in rclfcruis similliina foliis radicalibus. 

 I ; lores circiter duo, altcr tcrminalis ( demum opposilifolius? ), altcr opposilifolius, valde distantcs, pedun- 

 oulati, magnitudineflorisRanunculi Flammulse, erecti; pcdunculis birsuto-sericeis, $-9 lincaslongis; Iructi- 

 fcris duplo longioribus, divaricalis. Calyx pentaphyllus; foliolis (fig. 5. ) ovato-oblongis, obtusis, concavis, 

 mcmbranaccis, Irincniis, cxternc hirsutis, rcflcxis. Petala (Jig. 4. ) 5, clliptico-obovuta , apicc rotundata, 

 basi squamula instructa et unguiculata, flabellato-io-i i-ncrvia, flavu (?), calyce parum longiora. Stamina 

 crcberrima, hypogyna, petalis triplo breviora. Fii.asienta lincaria, glabra. Axther£ basi aflixa-, lineari-ob- 

 longa!, obtusa 1 , bilocularcs, longitudinalitcr dehiscentcs. OvARU (fig. \. 2. ) crcbra, scssilia, capitato- 



