22 RANUNCULACES. (Ranunculus. 
rather longer than the sepals in the only perfect flower I have 
seen; gland a little below the middle. Achenes forming a rather 
large rounded head, compressed, margined, with a stout slightly 
hooked style—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 7; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 16. 
_ CAMPBELL Istanp: Apparently rare, Dr. Lyall (Antarctic Expedition), 
Lieut. Rathowis! Dr. Filhol! Kirk ! 
A specimen in my possession collected by Dr. Filhol, of the French Transit 
of Venus Expedition, almost exactly matches a drawing taken from the type 
specimen at Kew. Mr. Kirk’s specimens are much taller and more slender, 
with long petioles and a flowering-stem much exceeding the leaves, but evidently 
belong to the same species. It is probably a variable plant, and better speci- 
mens are required to furnish a good description. Its nearest ally is R. hirtus, 
from which it differs in the short rigid punescence, in the leaves, in the sepals 
not being reflexed, and in the larger heads of achenes, which are more turgid 
and have much stouter beaks. 
96. R. Hectori, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 16.— Erect, 6-15 in. high, 
whole plant more or less clothed with strigose or appressed hairs. 
Rootstock short. Leaves chiefly radical, reticulate above when 
fresh, fleshy, hairy on both surfaces; petioles 4-7 in. long, slightly 
sheathing at the base; blade 1-l}in. long and _ broad, ovate- 
orbicular, 3-lobed to below the middle, truncate or slightly cordate 
at the base, lobes acute or subacute. Scapes 1-2; peduncles 2 or 3. 
Cauline leaves petiolate, 3-partite, the segments sparingly lobed 
or toothed. Receptacle ovate or conical, papillose, sparingly hairy. 
Flowers not seen. Achenes glabrous, narrowed below, oblique, 
slightly turgid, faintly keeled or margined ; style shortly subulate, 
slightly recurved. 
AUCKLAND Is~tanps: Sir James Hector ! 
This is based on a single very imperfect specimen in Mr. Kirk’s herbarium, 
and in the absence of additional information I have reproduced his description. 
It is probably a mere state of Rk. aucklandicus with longer petioles and a 
branched scape. 
27. R. aucklandicus, A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped. i. 8.— 
Rather stout, 6-12 in. high, strigose-hirsute in all its parts. Rootstock 
short, stout. Radical leaves on petioles 3-6in. long, sheathing at 
the base; blade 1-]4in. diam., rounded-reniform in outline, silky- 
strigose on both surfaces, 3-cleft to or beyond the middle, with the 
sinuses usually closed; lobes broadly cuneate, again 2—3-lobed or 
coarsely cut and incised. Scapes 1-3, rather stout, 6-10in. high, 
1-flowered, usually with 1-2 cauline leaves towards the base. 
Flowers not seen. Fruiting-receptacle +in. long, eylindrie or club- 
shaped, papillose, hairy. Achenes ovate, compressed, not mar- 
gined ; style subulate, short, straight.— Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
793; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 16. 
AucKLAND Istanps: U.S. Exploring Expedition, Kirk ! 
In habit approaching very near to some forms of R. lappaceus, but its 
nearest ally is undoubtedly R. swbscaposus. I suspect that it and the two 
preceding are varieties of one species, but to prove this much more complete 
material will be required. 
