16 1. IiANUNCULACEAE. [Ranunculus. 



longer than the leaves, rarely shorter. Sepals 5, spreading. Petals 5, narrow. 

 Receptacle ovoid, pilose. Achenes margined, glabrous ; beak short, stout, subu- 

 late, scarcely recurved. — Handbk. 7. 



CAMPBELL Island: Rare. Lyall, 1840; Eathouis ! 1874; T. K, 1890. Closely related to 

 B. hirtus ; but the leaves are altogether difierent, the calyx is spreading, while the achenes are more 

 turgid and have a stouter beak. My specimens are in poor condition. 



28. R. Hectori, n. s. Erect, 6in.-15in. high; whole plant more or less 

 clothed with strigose or appressed hairs. Rootstock short. Leaves cliiefly 

 radical, reticulate above when fresh, fleshy, hairy on both surfaces ; petioles 

 4in.— 7in. long, slightly sheathing at base ; blade lin.— l^in. long and broad, ovate- 

 orbicular, 3-lobed to below the naiddle, truncate or slightly cordate at base, lobes 

 acute or subacute. Scapes 1 or 2 ; peduncles 2 or 3. Cauline leaves petiolate, 

 3-partite, the segments sparingly lobed or toothed. Receptacle ovate or conical, 

 papillose, sparingly hairy. Flowers not seen. Achenes glabrous, narrowed 

 below, oblique, slightly turgid, faintly keeled or margined ; style shortly subu- 

 late, slightly recurved. 



AUCKLAND Islands: Sir J. Hector! (1895). More and better specimens are required to 

 furnish a full description. Its nearest ally is B. subscaposus. 



*R. acris, L., Sp. PL 554. Stem erect, slender, branched, hairy, 1ft. -2ft. 

 high. Eadical leaves on long petioles, 3-5-partite ; segments cuneate at the base, 

 deeply cut into oblong or linear lobes. Cauline leaves small, divided into linear 

 lobes. Sepals 5, spreading, pubescent. Petals 5, with a gland covered by a small 

 scale. Achenes compressed, margined ; style recurved. 



NOBTH and SOUTH Islands: Naturalised in pastures, &o. Nov., Deo. Europe. 



='=R. repens, L., Sp. PL 554. Stem creeping and rooting at the nodes. 

 Eadical leaves petioled, hairy, 3-partite or 3-foliolate, or ternately pinnatisect ; seg- 

 ments cuneate, lobed or toothed. Sepals 5, spreading. Petals 5, gland covered by 

 a scale. Achenes glabrous, compressed, minutely pitted ; style recurved. 



NOETH and SOUTH Islands; STEWABT Island. Naturalised in pastures, waste places, 

 &c. Creeping buttercup. Nov. to Jan. Europe. 



"R. bulbosus, L., Sp. PL 554. Stems erect, hairy, 9in.-12in. high, from a 

 swollen base. Leaves on long petioles, 3-foliolate ; leaflets ternatiseot ; segments 

 cuneate, lobed or toothed. Flowers fin.-lin. broad. Sepals 5, reflexed. Petals 

 6-8, gland with a small scale. Achenes compressed ; style short, scarcely recurved. 



NOETH and SOUTH Islands : Naturalised in pastures, but not common. Oct. to Deo. 

 Europe. 



29. R. Aucklandicus, A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped. i. 8. Radical 

 leaves strigose-hirsute, on slender petioles. Sin. —Bin. long or more, slightly 

 sheathing at the base, rounded reniform or the upper rounded truncate, or 

 almost subcordate, lin.— Hin. in diameter, 3-cleft to or beyond the middle, 

 mostly with a closed sinus ; the broad lobes again 2— 3-lobed, or coarsely 

 toothed. Scapes 1—3, strict, 1-flowered, 6in.— 9in. high, strigose-hirsute, with 

 2, or rarely 3, leaves near the base. Flowers not seen. Fruiting receptacle 

 cylindric or subclavate, iin. long, minutely hairy. Achenes narrowed below, 

 almost obovate, much compressed, glabrous, with a short subulate straight style. 

 —Hook, f., Handbk. 723. 



