Ranunculus. | RANUNCULACES. nigh 
Nort Istanp: High mountains of the interior, from the East Cape south- 
wards: Hikurangi; mountains near Waikaremoana; Tongariro and Ruapehu ; 
Ruahine Mountains; Tararua Mountains. SourH Isnanp: Nelson mountains, 
not uncommon as far south as Lake Tennyson, 7’. F. C.; Kaikoura Moun- 
tains, Kirk. Var. b: Marlborough—Kowai River and Mount Fyffe, Kirk. 
A beautiful plant, varying much in size, stoutness, degree of hairiness, &c. 
I have seen no South Island specimens equalling in size and number of flowers 
those collected by Colenso more than fifty years ago on the Ruahine Mountains, 
aud now preserved in his herbarium. Mr. Kirk’s variety lobulatus is not in 
flower, and may prove distinct. 
4. R. Godleyanus, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fil. 723.—Stout, 
erect, glabrous, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves all radical, on thick fleshy 
petioles 2-6 in. long by 4—3in. diam.; blade 3-6in. long, broadly 
oblong, rounded at the apex, cordate rounded or cuneate at the 
base, coarsely crenate, fleshy or coriaceous; veins reticulate. Scape 
stout, usually longer than the leaves, naked below, bearing above 
the middle 2-4 large sessile or shortly stalked oblong or rounded 
bracts, from the axils of which proceed several simple or branched 
flowering peduncles, each of which usually bears 1-2 secondary 
bracts. Flowers numerous, large, 1-2 in. diam., golden-yellow. 
Sepals 5, broadly oblong. Petals 5, cuneate-obovate, emarginate, 
with 2-3 naked glands at the base. Receptacle broadly oblong, 
pilose; achenes numerous, somewhat turgid, sparingly pilose or 
nearly glabrous, gradually narrowed into a slender curved style.— 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 8. 
SourH Isnanp: Southern Alps, at Whitcombe’s Pass, at the head-waters 
of the Rakaia River, alt. 4000ft., Haast! Armstrong! Hnys! Mount Cook, 
Herb. Petrie ! 
A remarkable species, apparently with a very restricted distribution. All 
the specimens I have seen are more or less imperfect, with the exception of 
two gathered by Enys, and not one of them shows perfectly ripe achenes. 
5. R. Monroi, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 11. 323.—Short, stout, 
4-12 in. high or more, more or less silky-villous or almost glabrous. 
Rootstock short, clothed with the persistent bases of the old leaf- 
sheaths. Leaves all radical, on short stout petioles with broad 
sheathing bases, coriaceous or almost fleshy, sometimes thinner and 
submembranous; blade variable in outline, 1-4in. diam., reniform 
rounded or ovate, cordate or rounded at the base, coarsely crenate 
or crenate-lobulate. Scapes simple or sparingly branched, 1-3- 
flowered; bracts entire or deeply lobed. Flowers yellow, 4-1 in. 
diam., rarely more. Sepals 5, linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous or 
silky. Petals 5-8, almost twice as long as the sepals, narrow 
obovate-cuneate, each with a single glandular pit at the base. 
Achenes numerous, forming a small globose head, usually glabrous, 
turgid, keeled at the back; style straight or recurved.—Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 9. BR. pinguis var. a, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 5. 
R. Muelleri, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 215, t. 16. 
