242 PLANTS OF VAN DIEMAN’S LAND. 
| 9. C. gentianoides ; erecta? dioica, pedunculis axillaribus 
solitariis unifloris, foliis indivisis ovato-seu-oblongo-lanceo- 
latis integerrimis vel raro serratis trinerviis brevi-petiolatis, 
sepalis 4—5 oblongis marginibus pubescentibus.— De Cand. 
Syst. Veget. v. i. p. 159. De Less. Ic. v. i. t: 5. De Cand. 
Prodr. v. i. p. 8. 
Mr. Lawrence, 1831. Mr. Gunn, (n. 53.)—Habit of C. 
integrifolia, L.; but the petals are far less coriaceous. De 
Lessert's figure represents the fructified state of the plant, 
and the leaves are shorter than in our specimens, which, 
moreover, are all male. 
1. Ranunculus cuneatus, n. sp. ; decumbens hispido-hirsutus, 
foliis omnibus longe petiolatis ovalibus raro trilobis grosse 
inciso-serratis basi cuneatis integerrimis, floribus (flavis) pe- 
dunculatis terminalibus axillaribusque minimis, petalis 4—5 
vix calyce piloso longioribus, carpellis 6—8 orbicularibus 
compressis levibus submarginatis stylo brevi reflexo ter- 
minatis, 
Swamps. Mr. Gunn, (n. 228).—This is very distinct from 
any plant with which I am acquainted. i 
.2. R. inundatus. Br. in De Cand. Prodr. v. i. p. 34 
Salt-water swamps. Mr. Gunn, (n. 396.) — The petals of this 
species are narrow-oblong: the carpels subglobose, slightly 
compressed, a little wrinkled, with a reflexed style more 
than half the length of the carpels. 
3. R. nanus, n. sp.; caule subunifloro perbrevi petiolisque 
basi dilatato-membranaceis subzequalibus patenti-pilosis, foliis 
glabriusculis trifidis segmentis acutis integerrimis vel incisis 
apicibus glandulosis, calycinis foliolis ovatis membranaceis 
glabris, petalis 5 flavis, carpellis 5—7 orbiculatis compressis 
stylo acuminato longiusculo apice recurvato terminatis. 
Mr. Lawrence (n. 324.) —Whole plant from 1 to 2 inches 
high, with one or two linear and nearly entire leaves on the 
stem, and one or two rather large, bright yellow flowers 
There is a very conspicuous gland at the apex of each lobe 
or division of the leaf. Root consisting of fasciculated 
fibres. i i 
