RANUNCULUS. /5 



congcsta, oblique ovata aut oblonga, compressa, hinc in styluin desinentia , glabra. Styli ovaiiis breviores, 

 glabri. Stigmata simplicia. Capsuls monospcrma?, indehiscentes, in capitulum subglobosum conglomerata;, 

 sessiles, obliquc obovatac, compressic, hinc basi styli umbonatasj L-eves, glabra;, subchartacea*, magnitudine 

 grani sinapis. Semina erecta {fig. 3.); in spcciminibus nostris immatura. 

 Ranunculo scricco Poir. similis. 



7. RANUNCULUS pilosus. f 



R. caulibus adscendentibus, subsexfloris, hirsutis 5 foliis tcrnatis, adpresso-pilosis; foliolis 

 ovato-rhomboidcis, inciso-serratis, 2-3-lobis aut fissis; calycibus cxterne pilosis, reflexis; cap- 

 sulis lxvibus. 



Ranunculus pilosus. Decand. Syst. veg. i.p. 287." 



Crescit prope S. Fe de Bogota 9 alt. 1370 hex. % Floret Septe?nbri. 



Radix fibrosa; fibris crcbris, crassis , elongatis, cylindraceis, fuscis, glabris. Caules adscendentes, 

 superne subdichotomo-ramosi, subsexflori, striati. hirsuti; ramis alternis. Folia radicaliapetiolata, tcrnata. 

 utrinque adprcsso-pilosa, crassiuscula, 1- 1 ~ pollices longa, 10- 15 lineas lata. Foliola inciso-serrata; 

 latcralia sessilia, ovato-rhomboidea, intcgra aut bi-iriloba; intcrmedium majus, longe petiolatum, subro- 

 tundum, trilobum aut trifidum; lobo terminali itcrum trilobo. Petiolus communis bipolhcaris, pilosus; 

 partialis 2-6 liucas longus, pilosus. Folium caulinum infnnum majus, profundius fissum, breviter petio- 

 latum, in rcliquis simillimum foliis radicalibus. Folia caulina supcriora gradatim simpliciora; summa 

 tripartita ; laciniis lanceolatis, integerrimis v Folia floralia simplicia, liucari-Ianceolata, scssilia. Flores pedun- 

 culati, erecti, magnitudinc floris Ranunculi bulbosi; pedunculis sericco-pilosis. Calyx pentaphyllus; foliolis 

 ovatis, acutiusculis, mcmbranaceis, externe pilosis, corolla duplo triplove brevioribus, reflexis, deciduis. 

 Petalv quinquc, rarius scx, hypogyna, oblonga, unguiculata, apice rotundata, flabcllato-ncrvosa, flava(?). 

 glabra, intus supra ungucm squamula orbiculata instructa, quinquc lineas longa. Stamina creberrima, 

 Iiypogyna, corolla duplo breviora. Filamenta lincari-capillacca , glabra. Anthbiue basi affixa;, cum filamcnto 

 haud articulata-, crccta;, oblongai, biloculares, longitudinaliter dchisccntcs. Ovaria crebra , sessilia, 

 oblique ovata, compressa, in stylum attenuata, glabra. Stylus longitudine ovarii, glaber. Stigma simplex. 

 GAPSDLfi tot quot ovaria , monospcrnias indchiscentcs, in capitulum globosum congcst;c, oblique subro- 

 tundo-obovata^, compressrc, stylo pcrsistentc rostratao , laevee, glabrae, magnitudine grani sinapis; in speci- 

 minibus nostris immatura*. 



8. RANUNCULUS petiolaris. f Tab. CCCCXXVIII. 



R. caulibus erectis, subsexfloris, puberulis; foliis tripartitis, supra pubcscentibus, subtus 

 adpresso-pilosis; laciniis inciso-scrratis, trilobis; radicalibus longissime petiolatis; calycibus 

 pilosis, rcllcxis; capsulis Ixvibus. 



Ranuncuhis pcliolaris. JJecand. Sjst. veg. i.p. 287. 



Crescit inter Los Joares et Puerto de Santa Rosa , alt. i.^oo hex. (Regno Mexicano.) 

 % Floret Septembri. 



Caules erecti, striati, puberuli , supcrne corvmboso-ramosi, subscxflori. Folia radicalia longissime 

 petiolata, tripartita, supra viridia et adprcsso-pubescentia, subtus pallidaet adpresso-pilosa, membranacea, 



