20 ART, I.—B. HAYATA : 
oblonga apice rotundata, 4mm. longa. Stamina circ. 10, 14 mm. 
longa, antheris oblongis apice rotundatis, filamentis complanatis 
basi plus minus brevissime hirtellatis. Carpella circ. 10. Syn- 
carpium globosum, 
Has. Kagi: Arizan, ad 7000 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawaxamr et 
U. Mort, (No. 3646). 
The present plant appears very near to R. Cymbalaria 
PursH and also to R. jlaccidus; bat differs from the former 
in the shape of the flowers and especially in having very 
few carpels, and from the latter in the hairy form of the 
plant. 
Ranunculus taisanensis Hayara sp. nov. Perennis; caulis 
ascendens, hirsutus, pauci-ramosus, 14 cm. longus. Folia radicalia, 
longe petiolata, hirsuta, petiolis 4 cm. longis basi dilatatis caulem 
amplectantibus, laminis late orbicularibus, 3-lobatis, lobis rotundato- 
rhomboidalibus, Jeviter lobulatis vel irregulariter serratis basi 
truncato-cordatis, apice subrotundatis. Folia caulina iis radicalibus 
conformia, petiolis basi dilatatis, caulem amplectantibus. Folia 
superiora trilobata, lobis acutis. Panicule pauci-florate vel ad 
florem unicum rednete, bracteis minutis, lanceolatis, 2 mm. longis, 
pedunculis 15 cm. longis, floribus apertientibus. 7-8 mm. in diametro. 
Sepala 5, oblongo-elongata, apice obtusa, vel rotundata, 34 mm. 
longa, 1 mm. lata, dorso hirsuta. Petala 5-10, obovata, cuneata 
apice rotundata, basi cuneata, 4mm. longa, 2 mm. lata basi 
distincte glandulifera. Stamina circ. 20, 2 mm. longa, antheris 
rotundatis apice emarginatis, filamentis plus minus complanatis ; 
earpophorium oblongo-cylindraceum. Caipella numerosa. Acheenia 
cblique rotundata, 14mm. longa, rostrata, rostris brevissimis, facie 
minute punctata. 
