Plate 2. 
EANUNCULUS MACLOVIANUS. 
Family, Kanunculace^ .-—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, bermapbrodite flowers. Leaves entire or dissected, 
alternate. Sepals 5. Petals usually 5, witb a boney gland or 
scale at tbe base. Stamens numerous. Carpels arranged to form 
a globular or oblong bead, each with one seed, smooth or tuber- 
cular, terminating in a point or beak. Fruit, a collection (iEterio) 
of achenes. 
Ranunculus Maclovianus, d'Urv. Plant about 5 in. high. 
Stem none or very short. Leaves nearly all springing from 
the root, with long leaf stalks, f in. long, 1 in. wide, kidney- 
shaped, 3-lobed, the lobes being again divided into several 
pointed or rounded segments, covered with silky hairs. Sepals 
5, ovate, with rounded tips. Petals 5, spoon-shaped, with a 
scale in middle, yellow. Carpels smooth or very slightly 
hairy. 
Swamps. Fairly common, at least in the East Falklands. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate :— 1, whole plant ; 2, flower ; 3, petal ; 4 and 
5, stamens ; 6, carpel ; 7, ripe carpel ; 8, section of ripe carpel. 
Errata :— On the plate, for HooLf. read d'Urv. 
