RANUNCULACE.E. 7 



Ranunculus LINN. 



Ranunculus cheirophyllus HAYATA n. n. 



Ranunculus Kaivalcamii HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 19 ; Ic. PI. For- 

 mos. I. p. 27, t. 6, (non MAKING). 



As the name R. KaiuaJcamii had alread}' been given to a Japanese 

 plant, it is much desirable to give to the Forraosan plant another new 

 name, R. dieirophyllus. 



Ranunculus geraniifolius HAYATA sp. nov. Radices fibrosse 

 tuberoso-incrassatse ; caulis basi repens ad nodos radices non emittens, 

 patento-hirsutus 20 cm. longus, sursum erectus, parti bus erectis 10 cm. longis 

 1-2-ramosis. Folia radicalia cum petiolis 7 cm. longa, lamina late triangularia 

 in circumscriptione, 28 mm. lata 17 mm. longa, herbacea, basi late cordata, 

 alte 3-lobata vel 3-fida, lobo terminali cnneiformi 1^ cm. longo 9 mm. la to 

 apice 3-lobato, (lobis oblongo-triangularibus apice acntis), lobis lateralil)us 

 oblique cuneiformibus obliquis latere superiore lobo 1, latere inferior! lobis 2 

 instructis, (lobis triangulavi-acutis), sinibus inter lobos obtusis ; lamina trinervia, 

 nervis 60-90 a se egressis, utraque pagine patento-hirsuta, pilis fulvescenti- 

 bus, petiolis 5- 6 cm. longis hirsutis intus late et tenuiter sulcatis basi 

 dilatatis vaginatis basi amplexicaulibus vaginis latere uno fissis 1 cm. longis in 

 explicatio 4 mm. latis trinerviis extus patento-liirsutis iiitus glabris. Flores 

 terminales vel solitarii longe pedunculati, pedmiculis gracillimis 5 cm. longis 

 pateiito-hirsutis. Flores apertientes non visi ; torus fructifer oblongo-clavatus, 

 3 mm. longus 1^ mm. latus. Achsenia semi-rotundata 1 J mm. longa, basi obli- 

 qua acuta, apice rotundata, complanata, dorso veiitralique tenuissime costata, 

 facie IpBvia sub microscopio minute obscuivque punctata. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, 11000 ped. alt., leg. S. SASAKI, 1908. 



Ranunculus leiocladus HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 3.) Radices iucras- 

 satse ; caulis 2-3-c0espitosus, 25 cm. longus. Folia fere ornnia radicalia longe 

 petiolata, petiolis 10 cm. longis basi dilatatis, (partibus dilatatis ovatis 5 mm. 

 longis 3 mm. latis), lamina simplici (vel tripartita), late semi-rotuudata 2^ cm. 



