Ra?iu?iculace(£.~\ FLORA OF TASMANIA. 
broad. Petals five, narrow. Anthers broadly didymous. Curprh somewhat wrinkled in tin- dry state, as drsrrih. <i 
in the Journal of Botany, sometimes smooth and turgid, as described b> I 
9. Ranunculus glabrifolius (Hook. Bot. Joum. i. 243) ; glaberrimus v. pan » pilosus. onk sun -u- 
loso, foliis confertis radicalibus longe petiolatis palmatim 3-5-sectis, segments labooriMM august e cuneatts 
trifidis trilobis trisectisve, lobis inaequaliter trifidis, ramis (caulibusve floriferis) pctiolis longioribus simpliei- 
bus divisisve, pedunculis glabris sericeisve, sepalis late rotundatis, petalis 10—12 anguste obovato-oblongis 
breviter stipitatis, glandula nectarifera incrassata interdum biloba, carpellis turgidis (sicco) costatis stylo sub- 
recto subulato terminatis.— Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 273. [Gunn, 157.) 
Hab. Wet places, Launceston, New Norfolk, Formosa, and St. Patrick's River, etc., Gunn, BarMuusc. 
Hobarton, J. B. H.—(¥L Oct. Nov.) 
A very distinct species, easily recognized by the numerous petals. In hal.it it more nearly resembles /.'. nnu,- 
datus tban at first sight appears, the stem really consisting of running sureuli, which swell at the knots ami L r m 
off such large tufts of leaves that each appears like a solitary plant. The erect branches vary extremely in size, 
from 1 inch to 1 foot high, and the petioles from 1 to 4 inches. Leaves proportionally variable in size, nnootii Of 
glabrous, rather coriaceous, 1-2 inches broad, cut as in /?. inunda/us, but into broader, tinner divisions, liranchrs 
simple or divided,^ Flowers golden-yellow, f-1 inch across. Sepals very broad, more or lege pflofll 
dually nan-owed into a short claw, above which is | thickened opaque necianal inland, hut no hollow or scale. 
Carpels distinctly ribbed when dry. but not wrrinUed M deaori b ed in Oomp. Bot. Ma-., except from the -hmdlm- 
of the coriaceous epicarp.— This species is very nearly allied to the .Wu Zealand ft. inn.siis, but in that plant the 
nectary is distinctly excavated, Ifl in R. iniiudatus. 
caule repente v. surculoso, foliis omnibus radictJibm longe petioLatu triloba briptrtitbTe, bbii conettii 
3-fidis, segniontis aeutis rihus erectis 1- rarius 2-lloris, sepalis laic oval is subaculis, 
petalis lineari- v. obovato-spathulatis ungue brevi squatnula nectarifera parva, staminibus paucis, acheniis 
(maturis) turgidis, stylo uncinate subulato. {Gunn, 1018, 1019.) (Tab. II. B.). 
Hab. Hampshire Hills, "Western Mountains, and Mount Wellington, elev. 3-4000 feet, 0mm. 
The habit of this species is exactly that of R. glabrifolius, the stem running under-round in marshy places, and 
giving off roots and a tuft of leaves, with a solitary, generally one-flowered scape. It differs in its smaller size, in 
the form of the nectarial gland, and in the carpels not being ribbed. I have not so many specimens 
and it is probably an exceedingly variable bttle plant. — Roots tufted, fibrous. Leaves erect ; petioles slender, \-2 
inches long, curved, glabrous or pilose. Segments 3, rarely more, ±-\ of an inch long, cuneate, tritid. Pedtmdet 
rarely two-flowered, glabrous or pilose. Flower small, yellow. Petals linear-obovatt or linear-oblong, with I 
short broad claw, and small scale or pit immediately above it. Carpi-!* turgid, with a curved subulate style. — 
Plate II. B. Fig. 1, flower; 2, sepal; 3, petal: 4, stamen; 5, ovary: 6, ripe cupel; 7, vertical section of the 
same ; 8, embryo : — all magnified. 
(Br. in DC. Svst. i. 3»»2) : scriceo-pilosus v. subvillosus, caulibus 
gracilibus e collo plurimis parce divisis, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis n mformi-rotundatis trilobis tri- 
sectisve segmentis integris trifidis v. tridentatis, floribus oppositifoliis sessilibus v. rarius pedicellatis 
minimis, ovariis pilosis, carpellis tuberculatis. 
Var. /S; floribus saltern inferioribus pedicellatis. {Gunn, 230.) 
Hab. Abundant in rich and poor soil, at all elevations from the sea to 3000 feet, varying much. — 
(Fl. Sept. Oct.) [v. v.) 
Distkib. Common in extratropical Australia, and New Zealand, 
