MACLOSKIE I RANUNCULACE/E. 



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deeply 3-5-cleft, their lobes obtusely 3~5-lobed and incised ; upper trifid 

 lobes spatulate, entire or toothed. Petiole thick, long. Peduncles long, 

 emerging from the water, i-3-flowered. Flowers small. Sepals broad, 

 ovate, glabrous. 



S. Patagon., Magellan ; E. & S. Fuegia. (Robust form, with rather long 

 petals, by Rio Chico, etc.) 



(R.fueginus Phil. Small, silky, with 3-partite leaves, the lateral lobules 

 bifid and toothed ; the mid-lobule 3-toothed. Fruit globular. Fuegia. 

 " Classification doubtful." C. Reiche.) 



12. RANUNCULUS GLANDULIFERUS Poeppig. 



Little branching, and sparingly hirtellous. Radical leaves long-petio- 

 late, rounded, subcordate, or truncate or cuneate at the base ; 3-cleft 

 beyond the middle, the segments with 3-5 linear lobes, gland-tipped. 

 Cauline leaves few, with narrow segments. 

 Pedtmcle long, with red appressed hairs, FlG - 6 9- 



especially above. Sepals 5, subpetaloid- 

 yellowish, pilose externally, ovate. Petals 

 twice as long, narrower, nervose. Achenes 

 ovate, glabrous ; style nearly as long. 



(S. Chili.) Patagon., in grassy plains 

 near Pozo-huapi. (Speg.) 



13. R. HEDERACEUS Linn. 



Glabrous, with long creeping scions, 

 rooting at the nodes in moist places. 

 Leaves reniform, 3-5-lobed, on petioles 

 i-io cm. long. Pedicels solitary, i -flow- 

 ered ; the petals white, with yellow claws. 

 Stamens 5-10. Style short, thick. 



Magellan, Port Gregory. (Safford.) 



Ranunculus hydrophilus (A); and en- 

 larged leaf, petal, flower, and section of 

 fruit of R. trullifolius (/). (After Flora 

 antarctica. ) 



14. R. HYDROPHILUS Gaud. 



Glabrous. Stem slender, creeping. 

 Leaves long-petioled, swimming, elliptic- 

 ovate, entire, 3~5-nerved ; in fascicles of 2-3, sheathing at the base. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the petioles. Flowers small ; 



