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litario, magno, obovato vel obcørdato, integerrimo, sessile vel sub- 
petiolato instructus; scapus secundarius e hbasi 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; 
sepala 5, decidua, glabra,. 
flavescentes, ovata; petala 
Sepalis duplo vel triplo lon- 
giora, plerumque 8-10, obovato- 
oblonga vel spathulata, apice 
rotundata, basi attenuata, au- 
rea, foveola squamulaque in- 
structa; gynophorum glabrum ; Fig. 1. Ranunculus alaiensis n. sp. 
carpella glabra, oblique ovata; —AÅ plant %/s nat. size, petal and achene 1, 
stylus acheno subduplo brevior 
(fructus maturos non vidi), apice uncinato capitula fructifera sub- 
globosa. 
This pretty little BRanunculus 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 BR. 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. BR. Setverzotoi Regel, Acta Horti' Petropol., V p. 221, 
Komarow: 1. e. p. 58; 0. & B. Fedtschenko, I. c. p. 413; R. lep- 
