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4, lanceolatis aristatis, 1 em. longis 24 mm. latis, margine albo- 
lamellatis, extus intusque glabratis ; staminibus 2-3-seriatis intimis 
longioribus 6 mm. longis, filamentis nigricantibus, antheris angustis 
connectivis latioribus productis acheenia subglabrata ovata, stylis 
longe barbatis, barbis rubris. 
Has. Taiko, leg. T. Kawaxamt, Aug. 1908, (No. 58). 
The present variety differs from the type in having much 
smaller flowers, ovate-lanceolate leaves, and not leafy inflo- 
rescence. It resembles the type in stamensand achenes, and 
especially in glabrous sepals turning black when dried. The 
type has usually larger flowers, with sepals twice as longer as 
that of the variety, and longer, looser, and less flowered in- 
florescence, with longer peduncles. The present variety is 
represented at Kew by a specimen from Hongkong, which is 
labelled C. uncinata, but is different from the type of the species 
mentioned. 
Ranuneulus Lixy. 
Ranunculus Kawakamii Hayara sp. nov. Herba_perennis, 
tenuis, 7 em. alta, hirsuta, pauci-ramosa. Folia radicalia fasci- 
culata, longe petiolata, petiolis 4-5 cm. longis, hirsutis vel subglab- 
ris, basi dilatatis stipulam squamosam formantibus, laminis 
semi-orbicularibus, vel rhomboidalibus, apice rotundatis vel obtusis 
brevissime 5-lobatis, (lobis obtusis), inferiore integris basi acutis, 
truncatis, interdum reniformibus vel cordatis, prope marginem 
hirsutis, 10 mm. longis, 12 mm. latis. Folia caulina minora, hirsuta, 
petiolis basi dilatatis amplexicaulibus. Flores ad apicem ramorum 
solitarii, vel axillares, pedunculis 1cm. longis hirsutis; flores 
apertientes 5 mm. in diametro. Sepala 4-5, rotundata, valde coneava 
apice bifida vel rotundata, 2 mm. longa extus pilosa. Petala 3-5, alba, 
