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longa basi 3,5 — 4 cm lata; lamina 14 — 19 cm longa et 17 — 23 cm lata. Caulis 

 sulcato-striatus, inferne villosus, superne minus hirsutus, repetiter ramosus. Folia 

 caulina inferiora pauca, basalibus ± similia, sessilia sed longe vaginantia, pro- 

 fundius divisa; summa ornithopodioidea, brevissime vaginantia, profunde tripartita, 

 lobis subintegris. Flores sat numerosi, inflorescentiam subracemosam sat expansam 

 laxam foliosam formantes, pedunculo usque ad 5 — 6 cm longo, sub flore densius 

 villoso suffulti. Sepala .... Petala .... Stamina .... Receptaculum ovoideo- 



Fig. 8. a — e Ranunculus caprarum: a plant after a rough sketch from nature, much reduced; 



b basal leaf, c cauline leaves, \ nat. size; d receptacle, X 4; e three carpels, X 4, and cross 



sections through carpel, X 6. f carpel of R. hawaiensis, g of R. Haastii, x 4- 



conicum, 4 — 6 mm longum, parce pilosum. Achaenia triangularia, valde com- 

 pressa, 6 — 7 mm longa et 3—4 mm lata, glabra; nux cuneato-lenticularis, versus 

 apicem late alato-marginata; ala in stylum apice filiformi-recurvum stigmati- 

 ferum attenuata. 



Masafuera: near the goat track along the western precipice, north of the 

 Casas gorge, c. 1200 — 1300 m, rare (ripe fr. 5 ~ 7 / 3 17, no. 366). 



I deeply regret having to describe this on incomplete material. The 

 anatomical structure of the achene shows that it belongs to Ranunculus, and 

 there is no doubt that it is a new species. All the plants found were in fruit, 

 but most of them had not even the receptacles left, as the flower stalks had 



