CHILI. [Raminculacetp.
ovale vel subglobosura, dcmiim
patentia, ovata, stylo rectiusculo
cxtus sericea, intus glabra, lineata. Stamina numerosa,
elongato-oblongum, densissime lanatum, Caì-pélla dense
ascendente piloso terminata, tota lana immersa.
Hab. Conception. Not unfrcquent upon the hilly grounds, ilfr. Collie.—More perfect specimens of this
plant, probably, than came under the observations of preceding authors, show that it is incorrectly placed
by the excellent De Candolle in his section of Anemonanihea. It ranks in that of Anemonospermos, having,
though sometimes a solitary flower on each scape, quite as frequently three or more, of which, as De Candolle
has well characterized the groupe, one is destitute of involucellum, and the rest have each a twoleaved
one. Indeed, its nearest affinity is the A . mitUifida of North America and the Straits of Magellan,
differing, however, essentially in the shape of the leaves and involucre, and in tlfe lengthened head of
carpels. We possess specimens from the Horticultural Society, gathered by Mr. Macrae at Conceptiou and
at the Baths of Collina, aud a t Valparaiso by Mr. Bridges.
Tab. I. I, 1 , Sepals ; ^<7. 2, Petal ; 3, Carpel with its woolly covering ¡—mafTnijferf.
2. RANUNCULUS. Linn.
Sect. H ecatonia.— Floribus Jiavis, fo liis ihtegris. DC.
1. M. humilis ; parva, annua, glaberriina, foliis longe petiolatis ovalibus integris tri-
dentatisve, floribus pedunculatis solitariis oppositifbliis, carpellis paucis globosis brevissime
acuminatis punctulatis. (T ab . I I .)— R. humilis. Collie, M S S . (non Pers.)
Pianta inter parva hnjusce generis : tota glaberrima. Ra d ix fibrosa, annua. Caulis 2-3 uncias longus,
erectiusculus, debilis, simplex, vel ad basin divisus. Folia omnia, radicalia pnecipue, longe petiolataj in-
feriora exacte ovalia seu elliptica, integra, superiora fere obovata vel subcuneiformia, apice tridentata, basi
in petiolum decurrentia, subparallelim atque obscure nervosa. Petiolus gracilis, basi in vaginam membran-
aceam dilatatus. Pedunculus solitarius, uniflorus, oppositifolius. Flos parvus. Sepalo suborbiculata, cito
reflexa. Pelala ovata, pallide flava, calyce paululura longiora. Stamina panca. Carpello 8-10, in capitu-
lum lasum, ratioue floris majuscula, globosa, subnitida, impresso-punctata, glaberrima, stylo perbrevi rectiusculo
terminata.
Hab. Conception.—This species we do not find any where described. It bears the name of Ranunculus
humilis in Mr. Collie’s notes ; and since the R . humilis of Persoon is referred to R . pusillus, we retain
the appellation given by its discoverer. It comes next to R . pusillus in a systematic arrangement. It is
also allied to R . fagelliformis of Smith, and R . bonariemis of Pursh : but besides tlie great difference in
size, the former has orbiculari-cordate leaves, and the latter has the upper ones lanceolate sessile and
serrated, and smooth carpels. In habit our plant approaches to R . ophioglossoides ; but that plant has margined
and tuberculated carpels.
Tab. H. Pz?. 1, Flower; ^ 5 -. 2, Capitulum;^^. 3, A single ca rpel;^^7. 4, Root-leaf; ji/7. 5, Upper stemleaf
:—magnified.
§ §. Floribus Jiavis, fo liis indivisis.
2. R . chilensis ; patenti-pilosus, foliis rotundato-cordatis 3-quinquelobatis lobis subro-
tundo-cuneatis grosse dentatis, petfflis 8 -1 0 , sepalis villosissimis, carpellis orbiculari-
compressis marginatis, stylo brevi curvato, caulibus procumbentibus. (T ab . I I I .)—De
Cand. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p . 286. Prodr. v. 1. p . 38. Schlecht. Animad. p . 27.
Caules 1-2-pedales, procumbentes, teretes, pilis patentibus flavescentibus hispidi, ramosi. Folia
petiolata, majuscula, rotundato-cordata, pilosa, profunde trilobata, lobis subrotundo-cuneatis, lateralibus nunc
hifidis, omnibus profunde grosse et ineequaliter dentato-seiTatis, atro-viridia, subtus pallidiora: superiora
nunc multo minora, 3-partita, bracteiformia, et tunc caulis superne paniculatus evadit. Petioli foliis longiores.