A. powreetin See | WS 21M. MSS, 
Ranunculus. | RANUNCULACEAE. 445 
| Sit WAAR. MAD, 
21. BR. Baughani Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xly (1913) 265.—Short, 
stout, densely clothed in all its parts with long yellowish-white silky hairs. 
Rootstock stout, sometimes branched above. Radical leaves few or many ; 
petioles stout, 2-14 in. long, with broad sheathing bases ; blade broadly 
ovate-deltoid, 1-14 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, trifoliolate, the primary divisions 
again repeatedly divided; ultimate segments short, narrow linear-oblong, 
acute. Cauline leaves or bracts few, crowded, sessile, much less divided 
than the radical leaves. Scape longer than the leaves, but seldom more 
than 3in. high, 1-3-flowered. Flowers 1-2 in. diam., bright-yellow. Sepals 
almost equalling the petals, broad, thin, obtuse, pale ereenish-yellow, 
many-nerved, silky-villous on the outside. Petals 8-10, obovate-cuneate ; 
glands 3, near the base. Ripe achenes not seen. 
Souta Istanp: Otago—Mount Balloon, on the Te Anan — Milford Track, alt. 
4000-5000 ft., Miss B. EB. Baughan ! 
Clearly closely related to R. sericophyllus, from which it differs in the 1-3-flowered 
scapes. I have seen very scanty material, and the above description may require 
amendment when a more complete series of specimens has been obtained. 
22. R. Sinelairii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 6.—Small, slender, 
2-6 in. high, sparingly pilose with long white silky hairs or almost glabrous. 
Rootstock stout, sometimes branched above. Leaves many, all radical, 
1-4 in. long, usually soft and flaccid ; petioles short, sheathing at the base ; 
blade 1-2in. long, ovate-oblong to linear-oblong in outiine, bipinnatisect 
or multifid ; primary pinnae 2-4 pairs, opposite, often rather distant, very 
variable in the amount of cutting, ultimate segments narrow-linear, rarely 
oblong, short, acute. Scape siender, naked, 1-flowered, much longer than 
the leaves. Flowers small, Lin. diam. Sepals 5. Petals 5, nearly twice 
as long as the sepals, linear-obovate, with a single gland near the base. 
Achenes few, forming a small rounded head, turgid, glabrous ; style short, 
straight, subulate-—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 11 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 17. 
SoutH IsnAnp: Nelson—Wairau Gorge, W. 7. L. Travers ! TT. F.C. » Tarndale, 
Sinclair / (Herb. Kirk). Canterbury—Mountains in the middie Waimakariri district, 
J. D. Enys, T. Kirk, T. #. C., Cockayne ; Mount Dobson, 7’. F.C. Otago—Buchanan ! 
Maungatua, Petrie / Altitudinal range 2500-5000 ft. December—January. 
A pretty little plant, too closely allied to the following, from which it is principally 
separated by the more finely cut leaves. Mr. Petrie’s Maungatua specimens (dis- 
tinguished by Kirk as var. angustatus) have narrower leaves and hairy scapes, aud 
may belong to R. gracilipes. 
; 
93. R. graeilipes Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 8.—Small, slender, 
pilose or villous with long soft hairs, especially on the petioles and scapes, 
9-6 in. high. Rootstock short, rather stout, with numerous fibrous rootlets. 
Leaves many, all radical, 1-5 in. long, membranous, rarely subcoriaceous ; 
petioles slender, sheathing at the base; blade linear-oblong in outline, 
pinnately divided; primary pinnae 2-6 pairs, entire, 3-lobed, 3-partite, or 
again pinnate; ultimate segments oblong, cuneate at the base, acute or 
subacute. Scapes 1-3, longer than the leaves, naked, slender, pilose, 
1-flowered. Flower $-3in. diam. Sepals 5, oblong, silky. Petals 5, 
linear-obovate, rounded at the tip, with a single gland near the base. Ripe 
achenes not seen.—Z’. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 12; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl, (1906) 17. 
