﻿RANUNCULUS CALANDRINIOIDES, Olve. 



Ranuncdlacej:. Tribe Ranunculej:. 



, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; perennis 4-6 pollicaris, fib 

 radicalibus longiusculia carnosulis, foliis confornribus ov 

 acutiusculis basi in petiolum canaliculatum angnstatis integris glabi 

 v. margine parce et laxe pilosis tenuiter carnosnlis Ion. 

 3-5-nervosis nervis supra hand prominulis subdepressisve, radicalibus 

 longe petiolatis, caulibus quam folia radicalia brevioribus 1-3-floris, 

 floribus niajusculis breviter pedunculatis albis purpureo ri 

 laxe adscendentibus coloratis oblong 

 obovatis obtusissimis inWris retusisve tenuiter longitudinahter 



venosis calyce 2-3-plo longioribus, receptaculo glabro, carpelhs 

 globoso-capitatis oblique ovoideis carnosulis glabris, stigmate sessile 

 pulvinato. 



Hab. Marocco, on Taurirt, 8,000-10,000 ft. alt., I. Thomson, 

 Atlas Expedition, 1888. 



Folia radicalia lamina lf-2 poll, longa, 6-8 lin. lata; petioles l£-4 



lata; petiolui 

 lo H poll. 

 10-12 lin. 1 



foveola nectarifera squamula oblonga integra v. apice bidentata tecta. 



A very interesting and beautiful addition to the genus, resembling 

 f • pyrenams, L., var. plantaqineus ; nearly allied also to E. parnasst- 

 folius, L. 



So far as I can judge from the dried flowers, the petal, 

 knely purple-veined, probably passing into yellowish in the claw. 



