Plate 22. 
Figs. 1-8.— AZOKELLA EANUNCULUS. 
Family, Umbelliper^ :— Leaves alternate. Flower head an umbel. 
Petals separate. Stamens situated round the ovary. Fruit drv. 
Genus, Azoeella :— Perennial herbs, often much branched and forming- 
cushions. Leaves entire, toothed or dissected often into 3 leaflets 
or m a palmate manner. Stipules scaly or absent. Umbels of 
flowers sessile or with a short stalk, between the leaves, 1-many 
flowered. Bracts of the involucre small and free or large and joined 
at the base. Disc flat, fleshy. Calyx teeth evident. Petals entire, 
obtuse, overlappmg. Fruit sometimes laterally compressed, 
furrowed. 
Azorella Ranunculus, d'Vrv. Plant about an inch 
ingh, smootli. Stem creeping, throwing oufc fibrous roots 
trom the nodes. Leaves with long leaf stalks, i in in 
diameter, rotundate, 4-5 partite, the parts wedge-shaped, with 
rounded teeth. Flower stalks shorter than the leaf stalks 
Bracts of the mvolucre awl-shaped, toothed. Umbel 3-5 
flowered. Flowers more conspicuous than most Azorellas. 
Petals 5, greenish-white with red tips. Stamens with white 
falaments and dark crimson anthers. Fruit short, nearly 
round, contracted in centre. 
By running streams and fresh-water lagoons. Widely 
spread, but very local. ^ 
Flowers in December. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate whole plant; 2 and 3, flowers; 4, flower 
r enlarged' ^^"^""^^^ ' ^ ^""^ ^' ' 7> fruit ; 8, seed. All ezcept 
