Or 
Ranunculus} — RANUNCULACE (Harv.) 
Var. 8. ternata; leaves ternate 4 segments cordate, serrate. 
Var. y. simplicifolia ; leaves simple, cordate, serrate, Drege 7604. 
Has. In rocky mountain ground, Round Table Mt., &c. ; and at the Paarl, 
Drege, W.H.H. &c., Caledon, £. & Z. / Uitenhage and Albany, Zeyher, &c. (Herb. 
T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
Leaves 6-9 inches broad, on long, somewhat hairy petioles ; the leaflets 1-2 inches 
long and nearly glabrous, Umbel varying much in composition and pubescence.—A 
smaller and less common plant than X. vesicatoria, with more sharply serrate leaves, 
smaller fruits and longer styles. Vars. 8. and y. are remarkable forms, seemingly 
depauperated. 
3. K. gracilis (DC. Syst. 1. p. 219) ; sparsely hispid ; leaves biter- 
nate, segments subglabrous, ovate, acute, sharply serrate, the lateral 
ones subsessile, obliquely truncate at base; peduncles tall, erect, 
branched near the summit ; petals broadly linear; ovaries densely 
setose, half as long as the filiform styles. DC. Prod.1.p.23. Deless. 
Ic. 1.t, 19. Eck. & Zey! En. No.9. Drege, No. 7600, 7601 ! 
Has. Near Constantia, £. &. Z./ at the Paarl and French Hoek, W.H.H. 
Dutoits Kloof and Drackenstein, Drege / (Herb. T.C.D., Hook. Sond.) 
Petioles and scapes thinly sprinkled with soft, spreading hairs ; leaves nearly 
glabrous, except along the veins. Scapes 2 feet high or more. Ovaries densely 
ate with rigid, white bristles ; by which character this species is readily known 
ep x : 
4. K. hirsuta (DC. Syst. 1. p. 220) ; thickly hairy with spreading 
; leaves biternate, segments ovate, cuneate at base, sharply 
sertate, the lateral ones unequal-sided ; peduncles umbellato-cymose, 
their branches long and spreading, simple or divided ; petals very 
narrow, acute ; ovaries nearly glabrous, as long as the styles. DC. 
Prod. 1. p. 23. B. & Z.! No.to. Burm. Afr. t. 5% / Adonis capensis, 
Thunb. Cap. p. 441. K. daucifolia, BE. & Z. 1 No. 11 (non DC.) 
Has. Near Capetown, in dry, scrubby places, E. & Z./ W.H.H. &e. (Herb. 
T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
Every part of the plant densely hairy. Petioles 4-5 inches long, spreading, as 
well as the short flower stalks. The ovaries have a few bristles, which soon off. 
The flowers are a dingy, greenish yellow. 
_5. K. daucifolia (DC. Syst. 1. p. 220) ; sparsely pubescent ; leaves 
biternate, rigid, thick, glabrescent, segments bipinnatiid and much 
incised, the laciniz linear, with a thickened margin ; flower stalks erect, 
umbellate, the umbel compound ; petals obovate, obtuse. DC. Prod. 1. 
D. 2360 = . 
Has. 8. Africa, Herb. Hook / near George, Dr. Alewander / (Herb. Hook., Alex.) 
Root thick and woody. Radical leaves numerous, on laxly villous petioles, 3-4 
inches long, the segments petiolate and very much divided in a pinnate or bipinnate 
manner, their divisions very narrow. Peduncle much taller than the leaves. 
Petals fewer and broader than in the other species, from which this is readily known 
by its leaves being as finely divided as those of the narrow-leaved variety of Anemone 
capensis. It appears to be of rare occurrence, and was not gathered by Ecklon and © 
Zeyher, whose specimens, distributed under this name, belong to K. hirsuta, 
V. RANUNCULUS, Hall. He 
Sepals 3-5, green, imbricate in bud, deciduous. Petals 5-10, 
with a sania fleshy scale, or a pit near the base, inside, Co 
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