Plate 4. 
EANUNCULUS TRULLIFOLIUS. 
Family, Eanunculace^ : — Petals separate, definite in number. Stamens 
indefinite. Petals and stamens inserted under the ovary. Ovary 
of separate carpels. 
Genus, Eanunculus {Crowfoot, Buttercup) : — Herbaceous plants with 
regular, hermaphrodite flowers. Leaves entire or dissected, 
alternate. Sepals 5. Petals usually 5, with a honey gland or 
scale at the base. Stamens numerous. Carpels arranged to 
form a globular or oblong head, each with one seed, smooth or 
tubercular, terminating in a point or beak. Fruit, a collection 
(iEterio) of achenes. 
Ranunculus truUifolius, Hook. f. Plant about 3 or 
4 in. Mgh. Stem creeping. Leaves witli long leaf stalks 
1-3 in. long, wedge-shaped, sharply truncated at apex which 
is broader than the base, irregularly 3-5-toothed, up to | in. 
long, brownish-green. Flowers in. across, singly placed 
on a long stalk. Sepals 5, reflexed, ovate with rounded apices. 
Petals 5, spoon-shaped, narrowing somewhat abruptly at base, 
glandular pit in middle, yellow. Stamens 9. Carpels 7. 
In water, or on moist clay. Rare. 
Flowers January. 
East Falklands. 
Description of plate : — 1, plant ; 2, flower ; 3, petal ; 4 and 5, 
stamens ; 6, carpel ; 7, section of carpel. All except 1 enlarged. 
