2 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



3. EANUNCULUS. 



Petals present, usually 5, but often more. Sepals often' deciduous, same 

 number. Carpels numerous, 1-seeded. Style persistent, short, curved. 



Flowers small, wMte, leaves with hair-like lobes,, water 



plant ... ... ... ... •■■ • ■■ 1. -B- aquatilis. 



Flowers yellow or pink. 



Achenes minute, rough 1 . R. jparviflorus. 



Achenes smooth. 



Flower 1 inch across 2. E. gunnianus. 



Flower under 1 inch. 

 Hairy-tufted. 



Sepals erect 6. R. lappaceus. 



Sepals reflexed 6. R. hirtus. 



Smooth, or nearly so, often stoloniferous. 



Leaves divided or broad ... ... ... 3. -R. rivularis. 



Leaves filiform, or with one pair of filiform 

 lobes ... ... ... ... ... ... 4:. R. millani. 



1. R. AQUATILIS, i^WM. Spreading in water or on mud. Leaves mostly divided 

 into numerous branched, capillary segments. Flowers axillary-stalked. Petals 

 small, white. Achenes transversely wrinkled. Style very short. 



Lake River, South Esk, Jordan, &c., principally in North and East. Victoria, 

 South Australia, Northern Temperate Zone. Fl. Oct. -Dec. 



2. R. GDNNiANUS, S. Tufted perennial. Leaves often long-stalked, laminae 

 divided into numerous deeply-cut broad lobes, or entirely divided, and the 

 lobes again divided into linear segments, gland-tipped. Peduncle short or long, 

 normally 1-flowered and leafless. Flower 1 inch diameter, yellow or pinkish. 

 Sepals and petals very similar, often numerous. Style of the achene straight. 



On many mountain-tops ; also in Victoria and New South Wales. Fl. Dec. 



3. R. KiVlTLAEis, Banks et Sol. Very variable, glabrous, or nearly so, creeping 

 and tufted at the nodes. Leaves stalked, divided in 3-7 lobed or simple 

 segments that vary from linear to cuneate, gland- tipped. Peduncle long or 

 short, usually single-flowered and leafless. Petals bright yellow, variable in size 

 and number, with a nectary in the centre. Achenes flask-shaped. The style but 

 slightly curved in the flower, very curved in fruit. R. ff la brif alius, H. 



Abundant in damp places ; also in Australia and New Zealand. Fl. spring 

 and summer. 



Var. inundatus. Leaves very divided, filiform in water. jR. inundatus, H 



Var. incons'picuous. Minute, hairy, leaves divided into 3 rather narrow 

 segments. Flowers very small, buried amongst the leaves. R, incon- 

 spicuous, H. Sub-alpine. 



Var. nanus. Minute, hairy, leaves as in var. inconspicuous. Flowers 

 large, \ inch across. Petals narrow, the gland below the middle. R. 

 nanus, H. Generally referred to R. lappaceus, but it has the achenes 

 and gland-tipped leaves of R. rivularis. Sub-alpine. 



4. R. MILLANI, F. V. M. Tasmanian form a small, tufted perennial. Leaves- 

 numerous, 1-2 inches long, glabrous, or nearly so, filiform entire, or with a single 

 pair of filiform lobes. Flower small, yellow, on a peduncle \-\ inch long,, 

 solitary. Petals and achenes as in R. rivularis. Very close to var. inconspicuous 

 of R. rivularis. 



Ironstone Range, in pools and on mud. Australian Alps and Mount Kosciusko 

 Fl. Dec. 



