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duas lineas longa ct lata; lacini.-e oblonga; aut rarius obovatm, basi cuneatre, rcmotc inciso- serratie , 

 trilobx auttrifida:; intermcdium lateralibus paulo majus; lobis lanccolatis. Folium caulinum brcviter pctio- 

 latum, tripartitum, laciniis angustioribus integerrimis 2-3-fidis, in rcliquis simillimum foliis radicalibus. 

 Folia floralia lineari-filiformia. Petioli adprcsso-pilosi, basi membranacei et vaginantcs, foiiorum radica- 

 lium 6-7-pollicarcs, foliorum caulinorum 8-9 iineas longi. Flores pcdunculati, erecti, magnitudine floris 

 Ranunculi Flammulsc; pcdunculis adprcsso-pilosiusculis. Calyx pentaphyllus; foliolisovato-oblongis, acutis, 

 trinerviis, meinbranaceis, cxiernc pilosis, corolla dimidio brcvioribus, rcflexis, deciduis. Petala quinque, 

 obovala, apice rotundata, inferne cuncata, basi squamula instructa et unguiculata, flabellato-nervosa, 

 flava, glabra, vix quatuor lineas longa. Stasjina creberrima, hypogyna, corolla triplo brcviora. Filamenta 

 linearia, glabra. Antherx lineari-oblongjc, basi affixa;, bilocularcs, longitudinaliter dcbisccntes. Ovaria 

 crebra, sessilia, oblonga, compressa, apicc in stylum desinentia, glabra. Stvli longitudine ovarii, glabri. 

 Stigmata simplicia. Capsulx [Jig. 1.) monospermce, indehiscentes, crcbrai, scssilcs , in capitulum sub- 

 globosum aggrcgatx, obliquc obovato-subrotundas, stylo pcrsistcnte coronata?, comprcssiuscukc, hevcs, 

 glabrai, chartacex, magnitudine grani sinapis. Seuen basi afljxum (Jig. 2.), ercctum, lcnticulare; in 

 specimine a me viso nondum completum. 



2) Corollis 10- 1 5- petalis. 



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R. caulibus a-3-floris, pilosiusculis; foliis trifidis, tripartitis aut tcmatis, supra glabris, 

 subtus pubescenti-pilosis; foliolis crcnato-serratis, 2-3-lobis; calycibus pilosis, reflexis ; 

 petalis 10- 12. 



Crescit in Regno Novo- Gmnatensi, alt. 1000- 1200 hex. ^ 



Herba erecta, subao-pollicaris. CALLEsramosi, bi-aut triflori, striati, pilosiusculi; ramisaltcrnis, clongatis. 

 Folia radicalia longe petiolata, trifida, tripartita aut ternata, supra glabra, subtus pubcsccnti-pilosa et 

 pallidiora, ciliata, membranacca, 1 rpollicem ionga ct lata; foiiola irregulariter crenato-serrata, acuta; late- 

 ralia sessilia, rhomboidco-oblonga, bi-aut triloba; intermcdium pctiolatum , subrotundum aut obovato- 

 subrotundum, trilobum, latcralibus paulo iongius. Pctioli 3-4-pollicarcs, pubcscenti-pilosi, basi mcmbra- 

 nacei et vaginantes. Folium caulinum radicalibus similc, nisi minus et brevius petiolatum. Folia floralia 

 sessilia, linearia, acutiuscula, integcrrima. Flores longe peduncuiati, erecti, magnitudinc floris majoris 

 Ranunculi repcntis; pedunculis adprcsso-pilosis. Calyx peutaphyllus; foliolis ovatis, acutis, mcmbranaccis, 

 cxterne pilosis, corolla triplo brevioribus, rcflcxis. Petala 10-12, hypogyna, oblonga, iufcrnc cuncato- 

 angustata, basi unguiculata , apice rotundata, flabellato-nervosa, flava(?), glabra, cequalia, patentissima, 

 semipollicaria. Stamina creberrima, hvpogyna, petalis triplo quadruplove breviora. Filamenta Iineari-capil- 

 lacca, glabra. Antherj: basi affixa-, ercctic, lincari-oblonga?. Ovaria crebra, sessilia, obiique obovato-subro- 

 tunda, comprcssa, glabra, hinc in stylum brevcm desinentia. Sticmata simplicia. Capsulx inonospcrma» , 

 indehiscentes, in capitulum globosum conferta;, sessiles, angulato-lenticulares, apicatai, hcvcs, fuscescentes , 

 glabrEe. coriacea-. Semina sublcnticularia; in specimine nostro immatura. 



DilTert a Ranunculo prccmorso, cui simillimus, prccsertim statura majore, foliis supra glabris, subtus pubes- 

 centi-pilosis et petalis apice rolundatis- 



