RANUNCULACEtfl. 7 



Raminciilus LINN. 



Ranunculus cheirophyllus HAYATA n. n. 



Ranunculus KaivaJcamii HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 19 ; Ic. PI. For- 

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



As the name JR. Kawakamii had already been given to a Japanese 

 plant, it is much desirable to give to the Formosan plant another new 

 name, R. cheirophyllus. 



Ranunculus geraniifolius HAYATA sp. nov. Radices fibrosse 

 tuberoso-incrassatee ; caulis basi repens ad nodos radices non emittens, 

 patento-liirsutus 20 cm. longus, sursum erectus, partibus erectis 10 cm. longis 

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

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

 alte 3-lobata vel 3-fida, lobo terminali cuneiformi 1^ cm. longo 9 mm. lato 

 apice 3-lobato, (lobis oblongo-triangularibus apice acutis), lobis lateralibus 

 oblique cuneiformibus obliquis latere superiore lobo 1, latere inferior! lobis 2 

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

 nervis 60-90 a se egressis, utraque pagine patento-hirsuta, pilis fulvescenti- 

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

 dilatatis vaginatis basi amplexicaulibus vaginis latere uno fissis 1 cm. longis in 

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

 terminales vel solitarii longe pedunculati, pedtmculis gracillimis 5 cm. longis 

 patento-hirsutis. Flores apertientes non visi ; torus fructifer oblongo-clavatus, 

 3 mm. longus 1^ mm. latus. Achaenia semi-rotundata li mm. longa, basi obli- 

 qua acuta, apice rotundata, complanata, dorso ventralique tenuissime costata, 

 facie laevia sub microscopio minute obscurfque punctata. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, 11000 ped. alt., leg. S. SASAKI, 1908. 



Ranunculus leiocladus HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 3.) Radices db iucras- 

 satse ; caulis 2-3-csespitosus, 25 cm. longus. Folia fere omnia radicalia longe 

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

 longis 3 mm. latis), lamina simplici (vel tri partita), late semi-rotundata 2^ cm. 



