RANUNCULACKE. 



longa 3 cm. lata 3-lobata vel tenuiter 5-7-lobata, apice obtusa, basi truncata 

 vel truncato-cordata, ad exfcremitatem subito acuta ad petiolum abeunti, 3-vel 

 5-nervia lobo terminali 8 mm. longo 11 mm. lato ; si lamina tripartita, triangulari 

 in circumscriptione, 2 cm. longa 3| cm. lata, segmento terminali obovato-cunei- 

 formi 2 cm. longo 9 mm. lato basi subito cuneato-attenuato, ad petiolulum 5 mm. 

 longum atteniiato, segmentis lateralibus cuiieiformibus obliquis 2 cm. longis 

 1 cm. latis segmento terminali coiiformibus tenuissime 5-lobatis, lobis triangu- 

 laribus obtusis glabris. Caulis usque ad medium non ramosus aphyllus 

 sursum pauci-ramosus, sub ramis foliis 1 instructus, foliis caulinis vel bracteis 



sessilibus 3-fidis, segmentis di- 

 varicatis lineari-lanceolatis lcm. 

 longis. Mores laxissime cymosi 

 vel solitarii axillares vel terminales 

 longe pedunculati, pedunculis 2-3 

 cm. longis, bracteis interdum trifidis 

 vel interdum simplicibus lanceolatis 

 1 cm. longis. Sepala 5, oblonga 4 

 mm. longa, utrinque obtusa, 2 mm. 

 lata, intus glabra, extus hirsuta. 

 Petala 5, obovato-oblonga, 1 cm. 

 longa 4 mm. lata, apice rotundata, 

 basi obtusa, contracta, vel ungui- 

 culato-contracta, intus basi sacculo 

 minuto uno instructa. Stamina 

 oo, 2J mm. longa, antlieris lineari- 

 bus exteriore leviter recui'vis. Ach- 

 senia matura non visa. 



HAB. Toyen: Chureki, leg. Y. SHIMADA, 1909, Mart., Fl. 

 Near It. terwtus, but differs in having oblong petals and hirsute sepals. 



Fig. 3. 



Ranunculus leiocladas HAYATA. 1, a leaf ; 

 2, a flower ; 3, a sepal ; 4, a petal ; 5,6, 

 stamens ; 7, a symcarp. Fig. 1, natural size ; 

 others magnified. 



Ranunculus sceleratus LINN.; MATSUM. et HAYATA, Enurr. PI. Formos. 



p. 8. 



HAB. Kelung, leg. S. SASAKI, 1910, Aprili. 



