16 RANUNCULACES). [ Ranunculus. 
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with very numerous long fleshy rootlets. Leaves 2-3, all radical, 
on short stiff petioles 1-2in. long, with broad sheathmg bases ; 
blade 1-2in. diam., suborbicular or broader than long, slightly 
cordate or almost cuneate at the base, 3-lobed to the middle; lobes 
overlapping, sharply and finely toothed or crenate. Scape solitary, 
stout, naked, 1-flowered, about equalling the leaves. Sepals 5, 
oblong. Petals 5. Achenes few, forming a small rounded head, 
turgid, glabrous; style straight, subulate. 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury—Débris of limestone rocks at Castle Hill, 
Middle Waimakariri, alt. 2500 ft., J. D. Enys ! 
Much more complete material is required before a good description can be 
given of this curious little plant. It is very close to the preceding species, but 
seems sufficiently distinct in the less fleshy and more coriaceous habit ; fewer 
leaves, which are broader, and much less divided; longer scape, and broader 
petals. Only one flowering specimen has been obtained. 
15. R. Berggreni, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 325; 
lc. xxxi. (1899) 352, t. 26.—Small, stemless, perfectly glabrous. 
Rootstock stout, with numerous fleshy rootlets. Leaves all radical, 
coriaceous ; petioles slender, flattened, 4-lin. long; blade orbicular 
or reniform, with an open sinus, $—?in. diam., unequally 3-lobed 
to the middle, rarely almost 3-partite; lobes rounded, irregularly 
erenate or crenate-lobed Scapes 1 or 2, 1-flowered, naked, 1-3in. 
long. Flowers $—3in. diam. Sepals 5, ovate, margins scarious. 
Petals 5, obovate, rounded at the tip, with a single conspicuous 
gland at the base. Styles rather long, recurved. Ripe achenes not 
seen.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 12. 
Sourn Isnanp : Otago—Carrick Range, alt. 4000 ft., Petrie ! November— 
December. 
A pretty and distinct little species, the exact relationship of which cannot 
be determined until ripe achenes are obtained. 
16. R. nove-zealandie, Petrie im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi. 
(1894) 266.—Small, stout, somewhat fleshy and glaucous, perfectly 
glabrous. Rootstock short, stout, clothed with the remains of the 
old petioles; root-fibres long and thick. Leaves all radical, coria- 
ceous, on short flattened petioles 4-1 in. long; blade 3-1+in. long, 
trifoliolate ; laterai leaflets sessile, terminal long-stalked, all more 
or less deeply 3-lobed or -partite, sometimes to the base, segments 
crenate. Scapes 1-3, short, stout, naked, 1-flowered, 1-3 in. long. 
Flowers 4-2 in. diam. Sepals 5, oblong, much shorter than the 
petals. Petals 5, obovate-cuneate, rounded at the tip, with a single 
broad gland near the base. Ripe achenes not seen.—Kirk, Stu- 
dents’ Fl. 13. 
SoutH Isranp: Otago-—Rock and Pillar Range, opposite Middlemarch ; 
Old Man Range, alt. 4000 ft., Petrie! November—December. 
This looks like R. Berggrent with trifoliolate leaves; in fact, the terminal 
leaflet often exactly matches a small-sized leaf of that species. But it is pre- 
mature to speculate as to its affinities until the ripe achenes are known. 
