Davis: RANUNCULI OF NORTH AMERICA. 477 
FR. Californicus var. latilobus GRAY, Proc. Am. Acad. 21: 
asin! PECSO: 
Basal leaves 3-parted, divisions broadly or narrowly cuneate, 
incisely cleft or laciniate: stem leaves not so much dissected. 
Southern California. 
Var. crassifolius GREENE, Erythea, 1: 125. 1893. 
Stout and low, sparingly villous throughout: lower leaves 
not so deeply parted as the type, coarsely toothed; stem leaves 
mostly deeply parted into 3 oval or oblong quite entire segments : 
flowers and akenes larger than in the type. Ft. Bragg, Men- 
docino Co., Calif. 
ome. Asiaticus Linn:.Sp. Pl. 552.) '1753- 
Roots fleshy: plant erect, either simple or branched, ¥% to 1 
foot high: leaves petiolate, becoming sessile toward the top, 
ternate or biternate; segments toothed or deeply 3-lobed; flow- 
ers terminating in the stems and branches, variable in color: 
calyx spreading, becoming reflexed; petals large, obovate, 
blunt: fruits in spike. May to June. Asia Minor. Flor. des 
Serr. 16: 1679 (fl-pl). Revue Hort. Belg. 1890: 133 (var. 
superbissimus). Sibth. Fl. Gr. 518. The cultivated forms of 
this species are constantly increasing in number. They are of 
two main types: (1) The florist’s section called Persian Ranun- 
culi or true A. Aszaticus. (2) The gardener’s section, called 
Pivoine and Turban Ranunculi, or var. Africanus. There are 
many named forms of each in the American trade. 
a2 Re abortivus LINN. Sp. Pl. §5r. /3753. 
RR. nitidus WALT. Car. 159. 1788. 
Sparingly pubescent or quite glabrous, one-half to 2 feet 
high, branched: stem leaves sessile or short-petioled, once or 
twice 3-parted or lobed, segments oblong or linear, somewhat 
cuneate; lower leaves long-petioled, lucid green, crenate or 
lobed, broadly cordate, roundish, or ovate: petals pale yellow, 
hardly over a line long; sepals longer and larger, reflexed; 
receptacle short, pubescent: akenes compressed, glabrous, 
tipped with the minute, curved beak: head small, globose. 
Spring. Moist grounds and woods. Labrador to Florida, 
north and west to Colorado and British Columbia. Var. ency- 
clus FERNALD, Rhodora, 1: 52, 1899, a slender, flexuose form 
with thinner, glossy, orbicular, radical leaves. 
