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pressula, lateribiis convexulis, stylis inferne arrectis , a 

 medio revolutis, ^/.^ carpelli longitudine. Receptaculura 

 summo apice parce-pilosum. Torus pilis nullis obsitus. 

 R a n u n c u 1 u s V i 1 1 a r s i i Willd. Rhizoma 

 subramosum , horizontaliter protensum. Foha radi- 

 caHa 3 — 6, patula 1. erecto-patula ; petiolus varia h)n- 

 gitudine (2 — 3-pollicaris) , LTmina duplo triplove lon- 

 gior, adpresse-pilosus, tandem magis glabratus; lamina 

 utrinque crebre - pilosa, margine patule-ciholata , am- 

 bitu triangulo-orbicularis (latitudine sesqui - pollicari), 

 fere basin versus profunde - tripartita , partitione media 

 rhombea, 1. ex rhombeo-cuneata, 3-loba, lobis apice et 

 parce et porrecte inciso - dentatis , partitionibus latera- 

 libus bilobis, lobis inaequaliter inciso-dentatis, hiciniis 

 terminalibus omnibus majusculis , acuininatis, obtusulis, 

 laterahbus et praecipue quae in sinu petiolari exse- 

 runtur, gradatim minoribus. Caulis gracihs fohis duplo 

 triplove ahior, basi ghibratus, apicem versus sensim 

 magis pihs adpressis jiilosus, raro ramulo auctus, in- 

 pedunculum teretem longuhim transgrediens. Foha cau- 

 hna 1 — 2, ut foha radicaha pilosula et cihata, plerum- 

 que minuta '/2 — % pohicis longa, subsessiha, 5 — 3- 

 partita, partitionibus ad basin fere usque productis, an- 

 guste- ]. et peranguste-hnearibus , porrectis (fohum ul- 

 timum interdum simplex, hneare). Calyx e sepahs 

 ovato-ehipticis, obtusis, flavescentibus , dorso patule-pi- 

 losis. Corohae diameter pohicaris. Petala hite-obovato- 

 cuneata, apice fcre subtrimcata, calyce duplo longiora; 

 fovea nectarifcra squauuda producta retusa obtecta. 

 Pistiha in capituluiu sphacricum cohocata, ghabra, 

 styhs brevibus recurvis. Torus inter stamina crebre 



