RANUNCULUS JAVANICUS. 565 
Note on RANUNCULUS Javanicus, BL; by W. J. H. 
Tas. XVII. 
Beautiful specimens of this plant, in flower and in fruit, gathered 
by Mr. Thos. Lobb, in Java, enable me to give a representation 
of the species, and some further particulars than are contained in 
Blume's * Bijdragen." 
RawuwcuLUs Javanicus, Bi. 
Parce pilosus, caulibus elongatis flagelliformibus, foliis omnibus 
petiolatis (radicalibus magnis longissime) inferioribus oblongo- 
cordatis obtusis crenatis superioribus remotis cordatis ovatisve 
supremis lanceolatis incisis, pedunculis oppositifoliis unifloris, sepalis 
patentibus hirsutis, fructus capitulis globosis, acheniis ovatis punc- 
tatis stylo incrassato brevi terminatis. 
R. Javanicus, Blume, Bijdr. 1, p. 8. 
Has. By mountain rivulets in Java, Blume ; Thomas Lobo. 
Professor Blume justly allies this to R. Bonariensis ; it belongs 
to the same group, but it is a much larger and handsomer species, 
sparingly and unequally hairy, or rather hispid with appressed 
rigid leaves, most so on the young leaves and apices of the stems. 
These stems are simple in all the specimens I have seen, weak, 
flagelliform, a foot and a half long, rarely rooting. Radical leaves 
4-5 inches long (upon petioles sometimes a foot in length), 
oblong or ovato-cordate, obtuse, crenated, with a very deep and 
narrow sinus at the base, the lobes of which generally overlap - 
each other. Cauline leaves remote, on shorter petioles, the lower 
ones broadly cordate, with a wide sinus, becoming gradually 
smaller upwards, and narrower, till the upper ones are almost 
lanceolate, and more or less incised. Sheaths of the petioles long, 
membranaceous, hispid. Peduncles 1-2 inches long, inserted op- 
posite the leaves, single-flowered. Petals obovate, about twice as 
long as the hairy sepals; nectariferous scale near the base. 
Head of fruit globose, as large as a good sized pea. Achenia | 
rather numerous, ovate, slightly laterally compressed, dotted, ter- 
` minated by a rather short, recurved, or uncinate style. 
Tas. XVII. Fig. 1. Petal. f. 2, achenium :—magnified. 
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