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P. Elliotti Kunze in Linnoea, 20, p. 33. — Lake Winnipeg to Florida, 

 Texas, and Colorado. 



Var. L^viGATA. Fere glaberrima, laevis prteter pilos conicos per- 

 breves ad margines foliorum et calycis ; petiolis sat longis ; foliis nunc 

 ovatis nunc tVre linearibus. — P. loncjifolia Nutt. 1. c. P. pumila ? 

 var. Sonorce Torr. 1. c. — Nebraska to Texas and Arizona. 



Var. HiRTA. Forma hirsutior, pilis nonnullis 2-3-furcatis ; foliis 

 ovatis vel oblongis. — Texas, E. Hall, no. 501, Kansas, J. A. Carruth. 



IV. Characters of various New Species. 



Ranunctjlus oxtnotus. Glaber, perennis; rhizomate brevi fibroso 

 multicipiti caules laxos 4-5-pollicares 1-2-foliatos 1-2-floros profer- 

 ente : foliis radicalibus confertis subreniformibus nunc cuneato-rotun- 

 datis, crenato-5-9-lobatis longius petiolatis, caulinis subsessilibus late 

 cuneatis 3-5-fidis, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis ; petalis sajpe 6 obovatis 

 basicuneatis aureis sepalis pilosis multo majoribus; receptaculo primum 

 ovato demum cylindraceo crasso ; carpellis perplurimis laevibus semi- 

 orbiculatis compressis dorso acutissime carinatis stylo brevi subulate 

 subrecurvo acuminatis. — California, near summit of Castle Peak, 

 Sierra County, at 9,000 feet, J. G. Lemmon. Radical leaves much 

 crowded : petioles about 2 inches in length ; the blade less than an 

 inch in diameter. Peduncles 2 or 3 inches long. Sepals and petals 

 deciduous •, the latter 3 or 4 lines long, 2 lines broad, deep yellow; scale 

 at base of the claw conspicuous. Head of carpels 3 lines long in flower^; 

 in fruit half an inch long, the apparently fleshy cylindraceous receptacle 

 smooth and hardly areolate. Ripe carpels a line long, much compressed, 

 glabrous or occasionally with a very few scattered deciduous hairs, 

 acute-edged both dorsally and ventrally, the dorsal margin conspicu- 

 ou>ly carinate, twice the length of the subulate flattened style. A 

 strongly marked species, allied to it. Eschscholtzii and R. nivalis. 



Ranunculus Lemmoni. R. alismcefolio proximus, subacaulis, inferne 

 villoso-pilosus ; foliis lanceolatis linearibusve integerrimis ; pedunculis 

 scapiformibus pra;longis (spithamajis) simplicissimis ; petalis spathulato- 

 oblongis parvulis; carpellis pubescentibus turgidis submembranaceis 

 rostro brevissimo subulato inflexo apiculatis in capitulum depresso- 

 globosum digestis. — Sierra Valley, California, alt. 5000 feet, J. G. 

 Lemmon. Petals 3 or 4 lines long, narrow, deep yellow. Sepals tar- 

 dily deciduous. Mature head of fruit 3 lines high, but 4 lines broad ; 

 the turgid and somewhat vesicular carpels 1 ^ to 2 lines in length. 



