Bridgesiane. N. O. Ranunculacez. 
TAB. DCLXXVII. 
RANUNCULUS STENOPETALUS, Hook. 
Humilis dense ceespitosus glaberrimus, foliis omnibus radicali- 
bus longe petiolatis cordatis ternatim sectis, lobis foliolisve 
lateralibus ovatis integris vel inzequaliter bifidis, intermedio 
obovato-cuneato integerrimo v. tridentato dentibus segmen- 
tisque obtusis, scapo folio brevioribus, sepalis 5 rotundato- 
. ellipticis concavis, petalis 5 lineari-lanceolatis prope medium 
nectariferis, : a 
Has. Shores of the Bay of Valdivia, S. Chili, growing within 
tide-mark, Bridges, n. 11. 
This has a considerable resemblance to R, biternatus of the 
Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego. figured at our TAB. 
ePXCVII, especially in size and general aspect; but in that the 
leaves are more compound, with their lobes or leaflets distinctly 
petiolulate, and the petals are 6-8. It approaches still nearer 
to £. acaulis, Banks and Sol., and Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. Tab. 2, 
“from New Zealand and Lord Auckland’s Islands, especially in 
the form of the leaves; but that species has creeping or stoloni- 
ferous, filiform stems, spathulate petals, and a nectary placed 
above the middle of the petal. 
Fig. 1. Leaf. f. 2. Flower. /. 3. Outside view of a flower, 
showing the calyx, J. 4. Petals ;—magnified. 
