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Ranunculus. | RANUNCULACHAE. 449 
3-6 in. high; others from the axils of the cauline leaves, and are seldom 
more than 1-3in. Flower +-$in. diam. or more. Sepals 5, oblong, 
spreading. Petals 5, narrow-oblong, with a gland near the base. Achenes 
smooth, somewhat turgid, hardly compressed; style short, subulate.— 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 21. 
Sour Isnanp: Nelson—Fowler’s Pass, 7’. Kirk / near Lake Tennyson, 7’. Ff. C., 
R. M. Laing. Canterbury—Broken River, 7. F. C. ; Hopkins River, Haast ; Tasman 
Valley, Z'. F. C.; Mount Arrowsmith, Cockayne. Westland—Otira Valley, Cockayne ; 
Teremakau, Petrie / Otago—Mountain valleys of the interior, not uncommon, Petrie / 
Clinton Valley, Cockayne ; Routeburn, Poppelwell ; Garvie Mountains and interior of 
Southland, Crosby Smuth. Altitudinal range 1000-4000 ft. December—March. 
An exceedingly variable plant, but on the whole readily distinguished by the 
branched stems and leafy habit, opposite or clustered cauline leaves often with very 
broad sheathing bases, short stout peduncles which are much shorter than the leaves, 
and the somewhat turgid or but slightly compressed achenes. Mr. Kirk’s type 
specimens are small and in poor condition, and do not represent the usual state of the 
species. 
30. R. subseaposus Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 5.—Short, stout, 
erect or nearly so, 4-8in. high, rarely more, covered in all its parts with 
short rigid appressed fulvous hairs. Rootstock short, stout. Radical 
leaves on slender petioles 3-6in. long; blade ovate- or deltoid-cordate ; 
1-14 in. diam., covered with spreading or appressed hairs, 3-partite to the 
base ; segments cuneate, more or less deeply and irregularly 3-7-lobed or 
toothed, lobes acute. Scape or stem shorter than the leaves, 1-flowered ; 
cauline le ves 1-3. Flowers small, 4-4in. broad. Sepals 5, spreading. 
Petals 5, equalling the calyx or shorter than it, obovate-oblong; gland 
slightly below the middle. Achenes forming a small rounded head, com- 
pressed, margined, with a short slightly hooked style-—T. Kirk Students’ 
Fl. (1899) 15; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 21. : 
CAMPBELL IsLAND: Lyall, Filhol ! Rathows! T. Kirk! R. M. Laing! 
Very close to the preceding, which has larger, broader, and more rounded leaves. 
31. R. aucklandicus A. Gray Bot. U.S. Hapl. Exped. 1 (1854) 8.— 
Rather stout, leafy, 6-14 in. high, strigose-hirsute in all its parts. Root- 
stock short, stout. Radical leaves on long petioles 3-8 in. long, sheathing 
at the base, petioles strigose-hirsute ; blade 1-14 1n. diam., rounded-reniform 
in outline, silky strigose on both surfaces, 3-cleft to or beyond the middle, 
with the sinuses usually closed; lobes broadly cuneate, again 2—3-lobed 
or coarsely cut and incised. Scapes 1-3, rather stout, 6-10 in. high, 
usually with 1-2 cauline leaves towards the base. Flowers several to a 
scape, $-?1n. diam. Sepals 5, narrow-oblong, silky externally. Petals 5, 
oblong, 3 as long again as the sepals; a single gland a little distance 
above the base. Fruiting-receptacle 1-4 in. long, cylindric or club-shaped, 
conspicuously papillose, hairy. Achenes ovate, compressed, not margined, 
shghtly villous with long hairs; style short, straight or very. slightly 
hooked.—7’. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 16; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
22; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 7. BR. Hector T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 16. 
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AUCKLAND Is~LANDS: U.S. Hxploring Hxpedition ; not uncommon in wet ground 
near the sea, 7’. Kirk ! Cockayne! B. C. Aston! J. 8S. Tennant / Field ! 
The nearest relative of R. aucklandicus is undoubtedly R. subscaposus, which differs 
only in its smaller size and ovate-deltoid more acutely lobed leaves, which are usually 
3-partite to the base. I think there can be no doubt that Kirk’s &. Hectori is nothing 
but a mere state with longer petioles and a branched scape. 
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Lb 5—Fi. 
