oi r 
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litario, magno, obovato vel obcordato, 
petiolato instructus; scapus secundarius 
foliis duobus suboppositus in¬ 
structus; folia radicalia petio- 
lis breviora, subcarnosa, obo- 
vata vel elliptica, glabra vel 
parce pilosa, basi cuneata, 
apice integerriraa vel (rarius) 
tridentata, dentibus subacutis; 
s ep ala 5, decidua, glabra, 
flavescentes, ovata; petala 
sepalis duplo vel triplo lon- 
giora, plerumque 8-10, obovato- 
oblonga vel spathulata, apice 
rotundata, basi attenuata, au- 
rea, foveola squamulaque in- 
structa; gjnophorura glabrum; 
carpella glabra, oblique ovata; 
Stylus acheno subduplo brevior 
(fructus maturos non vidi), 
globosa. 
integerrimo, sessile vel sub- 
e basi folii solitarii exiens, 
l ig- 1. Banunculus alaiensis n. sp. 
A plant % nat. size, petal and achene 1V 3 
nat. size. 
apice uncinato capitula fructifera sub- 
Tliis pretty little Banunculus is allied to B. plantaginifolius, 
but dillers in the wanting of stolons, tke large stem-leaves, the 
entire root-leaves witli their cuneate base, the glabrous sepals and 
the large petals. 
From B. pulchellus and its varities it differs in not dilated base 
of the stalk-leaves, the broad obovate root-leaves, the oblong- petals 
and their nuraber, the subglobose fruit- and the uncinate style. 
N. 596. Alai-Steppe, by 8ary-task, common at the rivers, alt. 
o300 m., June 27., 1898 (with fiowers and young fruits). 
16. R . Sewerzowi Kegel, Acta Horti Petropol., V p. 221, 
Komarow: 1. c. p. 58; O. & B. Fedtschenko, 1. c. p. 413; B. lep- 
