R.\NraCULACE.E. 



Hanunculns Lrax. 



Kanunculus cheirophyllus Hayata n. n. 



BanuncuJus Kdivnknini.i H.VYATA Mater. FI. Formos. p. 19 ; Ic. PI. For- 

 mos. I. p. 27, t. 6, (non MAKrso). 



As tlie nanie 7?. KawaJcamii had already been given to a Japanese 

 plant, it is! nnich desirable to give to the Formosan plant another new 

 uame, B. vheircyphyUifi. 



Ranunculus geraniifolius H.4.yata sp. nov. Eadices fibrosse ± 

 tuberoso-incrassrttfo ; caulis Ijasi repens ad nodos radices non emittens, 

 patento-lrirsutus 20 cm. longus, sursum erectas, partibus erectis 10 cm. longis 

 1-2-ramosis. Folia radicalia cum petiolis 7 cm. louga, lamina late triangularia 

 in circumscriptione, 28 mm. lata 17 mm. longa, herbacea, basi late cordata, 

 alte 3-Iobata vel 3-fida, lobo terminali cuneiformi l^ em. longt) 9 mm. lato 

 apice 3-Iobato, (lobis oblongo-triangiilaribus apice acutis), lobis lateralibus 

 oblique cujieifjrmibus obliquis latere superiore lobo 1, latere inferiori lobis 2 

 instructis, (lobis triangulari-acutis), sinibus inter lobos obtusis; lamina trinervia, 

 nervis 60°-90° a se egi-essis, utraque pagiue j)atento-hirsuta, f)i'is fulvescenti- 

 bus, petiolis 5- 6 cm. lougis hirsutis intus late et tenuiter sulcatis basi 

 dilatatis vaginatis basi amplexicaulibns vagiuis latere uno fissis 1 cm. lougis in 

 explicatio 4 mm. latis triuerviis extus patento-hirsutis intus glabris. Flores 

 terrainales vel solitarii longe pedunculati, pedmiculis gracillimis 5 cm. longis 

 patento-lui-sutis. Flores apertieutes non visi ; torus fmctifer oblougo-clavatus, 

 3 mm. longus 11 mm. latus. Achseuia semi-rotimdata 14- mm. louga, basi obli- 

 qua acuta, apice rotundata, complanata, doi-so ventralique tenuissime costata, 

 facie Isevia sub microscopio minute obscureque punctata. 



Hab. Mt. MoiTisou, 11000 ped. alt., leg. S. Sasaki, 1908. 



Ranunculus leiocladus H.\yata sp. nov. (Fig. 3.) Eadices ± incras- 

 satse ; caulis 2-3-ciBspitosus, 25 cm. longus. FoUa fere onuiia radicaha longe 

 petiolata, petiolis 10 cm. longis basi dilatatis, (partibus dilatatis ovatis 5 mm. 

 longis 3 mm. latis), lamiua simplici (vel tripai-tita), late semi-rotundata 2icm. 



