Plate 5. 
HAMADKYAS AEGENTEA. 
Family, Ranunculace^ : — Petals separate, definite in number. Stamens 
indefinite. Petals and stamens inserted under the ovary. Ovary 
of separate carpels. 
Genus, Hamadryas : — Herbaceous, perennial plants, similar to Eanun- 
culus in habit but differing in having male and female flowers 
separate. Carpels numerous, 1-seeded. 
Hamadryas argentea, Hooh. f. (Silver-leafed ranuncu- 
lus.) Plant about 8 in. high, densely woolly. Leaves radical, 
leaf stalk sheathing at base, 1| in. long, wedge-shaped, broaden- 
ing towards apex, deeply divided into 3 segments, the segments 
being again divided into smaller obtuse lobes, whitish green, 
covered on both sides with shining white or golden hairs. 
Flowers | in. across. Sepals 5 or 6, ovate, with pointed apices, 
hairy on outer side, greenish-brown or dull bronze. Petals 
10-12, twice as long as sepals, long, narrow, gradually tapering 
to a pointed apex, base somewhat abruptly contracted, 
yellowish-brown, shining. Stamens 8. Carpels green, with 
yellow stigma. 
On dry, grassy slopes near the sea, and on the top of 
mountains. Eare. 
Flowers November and December. 
West Falklands. Endemic. 
Description of plate :— 1, whole male plant ; 2, male flower ; 3, petal ; 
4, stamen ; 5, female plant ; 6, female flower ; 7, carpel ; 8, section of 
carpel. All except 1 and 5 enlarged. 
