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Caltha sagittata. Arrow-leaved 

 Fig-Marigold. 



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Class and Order. 



PoLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Ranunculace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx coloratus quinque-sepalus, sepalis suborbiculatia 

 petaloideis. Petalao. Stamina oo. Ovaria 5 — 10. Capsules 

 5 — 10 (vel oo) compressae paten tes 1-loculares oo-spermaj. 

 — Ylerhsd perennes glaberrimas. DC. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Caltha sagittata ; caule repente radicante, foliis basi late 

 vaginantibus longe petiolatis ovato-sagittatis subacutis 

 margine sinuato-dentatis auriculis sursutn inttexis, se- 

 palis 8 — 10, staminibus pistillisque numerosis. J. D. 

 Hooker. 1 



Caltha sagittata. Cav. Ic. 5. n. 456. t. 414. Gaud, in 

 Freycinet's Voyage Botan. p. 136. D'Urville FL des 

 Isles Malouines in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, v. 4. p. 615. 

 — C. multicapsularis. Sol. MSS. in Bibl. Banks. Forsl. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 8. p. 324. 



First discovered by Sir J. Banks and Dr. Solander in 

 Success Bay, Terra del Fuego, in 1769 ; again found at 

 Port Egmont, W. Falkland Island, by Ludoyic Nee, who 

 accompanied the Spanish Navigator, Malaspinas, in his 

 voyage to South America ; and more lately gathered in the 

 Falklands by Gaudichaud, after the wreck of Capt. Frey- 

 cinet's ship, ec L'Uranie," and by Capt. DTJrville in the 

 voyage of La Coquille. The specimens from which the 

 present figure was made, were collected in Hermit's Isle, 

 ° Cape 



