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litario, magno, obovato vel obcordato, integenimo, sessile vel sub- 

 petiolato instructus; scapus secundarius e basi folii solitarii exiens. 

 foliis duobus suboppositus in- 

 structus; folia radicalia petio- 

 lis breviora, subcarnosa, obo- 

 vata vel elliptica, glabra vel 

 parce pilosa, basi cuneata, 

 apice integerrima vel (rarius) 

 tridentata, dentibus subacutis; 

 s ep a la 5, decidua, glabra, 

 flavescentes , ovata ; p e t a 1 a 

 sepalis duplo vel trii)lo lon- 

 giora, plerumque 8-10, obovato- 

 oblonga vel spathulata, apice 

 rotundata, basi attenuata, au- 

 rea, foveola squamulaque in- 

 structa; gynophorura glabrum; 

 carpella glabra, oblique ovata; 

 Stylus acheno subduplo brevior 



(fructus raaturos non vidi), apice uncinato capitula fructifera sub 

 globosa. 



Fig. 1. Ranunculus alaiensis n. sp. 



A plant ^/a nat. size, petal and achene IV3 

 nat. size. 



This pretty little Ranunculus is allied to R. plantaginifolius, 

 but differs in the wanting of stolons, the large stem-leaves, the 

 entire root-leaves with their cuneate base, the glabrous sepals and 

 the large petals. 



From R. pulchellus and its varities it differs in not dilated base 

 of the stalk-leaves, the broad obovate root-leaves, the oblong petals 

 and their number, the subglobose fruit- and the uncinate style. 



N. 596. Alai-Steppe, by Sary-tash, common at the rivers, alt. 

 3300 m.. June 27., 1898 (with flowers and young fruits). 



16. R. Sewerzowi Kegel, Acta Horti Petropol., V p. 221, 

 Komarow: 1. c. p. 58 ; 0. & B. Fedtscheuko, 1. c. p. 413 ; R. lep- 



