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450 RANUNCULACEAE. | Ranunculus. 
32. R. Cheesemanii 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 17.—Stems much 
branched, stout, grooved, prostrate, often rooting at the nodes, sparingly 
strigose-pubescent, especially on the leaf-sheaths. Radical and cauline 
leaves alike; petioles very short, broadly sheathing at the base; blade 
1 3in. diam., broadly cuneate, 3-lobed or -toothed at the tip; surfaces 
glabrous or nearly so. Peduncles axillary, 4-lin. long. Flowers not 
seen. Fruiting-receptacle small, glabrous, papillose. Achenes few, turgid, 
glabrous; style short, straight or hooked.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 23. 
SoutH Istanp: Marlborough and Nelson—Upper Awatere. common in shallow 
streams. Foweraker and Cockayne; Fowler’s Pass, 7. Kirk! Upper Clarence Valley, 
T. F.C. ; Mount Arrowsmith district, Cockayne and hk. M. Laing. Altitudinal range 
2000-3500 ft. December-February. 
I am imperfectly acquainted with this species, which may prove to be a state 
of f. foliosus. 
33. R. ternatifolius 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. x (1878) App. 29.— 
Slender, sparingly pilose with long weak hairs, 1-4in. high. Stems or 
branches numerous, long, weak, procumbent or prostrate, often rooting 
at the nodes, sometimes interlaced and matted. Leaves on long slender 
vetioles 1-3in. long; blade 3-foliolate or 3-ternate, primary leaflets on 
long petiolules, segments small, entire or 3-lobed, acute. Peduncles }-1 in. 
long, usually on the branches opposite the leaves. Flowers minute, 4} in. 
diam. Sepals 5, ovate, pilose, membranous. Petals 5, linear-oblong, 
clawed at the base, with’ a single gland above the claw. Achenes 5-10, 
slightly compressed, glabrous; style short, stout, hooked at the tip.— 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 18; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 28. 
R. trilobatus 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix (1877) 547 (not of Kit.). 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury—Sources of the Broken River, 7. Ff. C. Otago— 
Swampy Hill, Port Molyneux, Catlin’s River, Petrie! Makarewa, Winton, Centre Hill, 
T. Kirk! Lake Hauroko, Crosby Smith; Tapanui, Cockayne. Sea-level to 3500 ft. 
December—February. 
34. R. depressus 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1880) 393.—Small, 
depressed, rarely more than I$in. high, more or less clothed with long 
straight hairs, usually forming matted patches. Rootstock short, often 
giving off short stolons, in large specimens sometimes branched at the top. 
Leaves numerous, all radical, on decurved petioles 4-14 in. long with broad 
sheathing bases; blade very variable in size and cutting, jin. long, 
ovate in outline, usually trifoliolate with the leaflets ternately or pinnately 
cut into narrow-linear segments, sometimes less divided, 3-lobed with 
broader segments, or occasionally nearly entire. Scapes stout, much shorter 
than the leaves, 1-flowered. Sepals 5, ovate, membranous. Petals 5, 
oblong, slightly exceeding the sepals, with a gland just above the base. 
Carpels few, 4-8, hidden among the leaves, ovate, slightly turgid; style 
inoe Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 17; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. 
23. 
Var. glabratus 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 17.,—Smaller and almost glabrous. 
Leaves minute, 3-lobed ; lobes flat, acutely pointed. Achenes smaller. 
SouTH ISLAND : Canterbury—Swamps in the Broken River basin, J. D. Enys / 
L. Kirk! T. F.C.; Tasman Valley, 7. F. C.; Cass River, Cockayne and Foweraker. 
Altitudinal range from 2000 to 5000 ft. Var. ratus : t 
alt. 4000 ft., Petrie / q ar. glabratus : Mount Cardrona (Otago), 
