three, gradually smaller upwards, sessile, less compound, 
with more linear segments. Stem and the terminal solitar 
peduncle erect, with close- pressed hairs, énale-lomue 
Flowers large, bright yellow. Calyx of five ovato-lanceo- 
late, rather acute, glabrous, green leaves, the margin yel- 
lowish, appressed to the corolla. Petals five, spreading, 
obovato-cordate, the pore at the claws covered by a small 
scale. Pistils collected into an oblong, crowded spike: 
styles attenuated, recurved at the extremity; in fruit, these 
are recurved for nearly their whole length. 
Ranuncuwus millefoliatus is an inhabitant of the northern 
parts of Africa, especially the mountains about Tunis, of 
Greece, Sicily, and the Neapolitan dominions. I have 
specimens gathered by Vaut, in Barbary, others collected 
by Witiam Swainson, Esq. in Sicily, and Italian ones 
from Professor Tenore; but I am not aware that it has 
been known to our cultivators till the latter Botanist sent 
seeds to the Glasgow Garden about two years ago. The 
plant has succeeded well, is perennial, and aided by the 
shelter of a frame in winter, it produces its large and hand- 
some blossoms, which continue long in perfection, in the 
month of April. 
_ Fig. 1. Calyx-leaf, 2. Petal. 3. Pistil. 4. Spike of Carpels scarcely 
ripe (nat. size). 5. Single Carpel or Capsule.—All but fig. 4, more or less 
magnified, 
