Adding both the description for sonsideration *Ranunculus diffusus* de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 38. 1824.
Herbs perennial. Roots fibrous, subequally thick. Stems ascending or prostrate, 10--40 cm, spreading pubescent, branched, rooting at lower nodes. Basal leaves 1--3; petiole 4--9 cm, spreading pubescent; blade simple or ternate, 3-partite or 3-sect, simple leaf pentagonal, 1.4--2.6 × 2--4 cm, papery, appressed puberulent, base cordate, central segment rhombic-obovate or cuneate-obovate, irregularly dentate; lateral segments obliquely flabellate, unequally 2-lobed; ternate leaves with blade 2.8--4.5 × 3--5.5 cm, petiolules short; central leaflet ovate, 3-lobed; lateral leaflets unequally 2-lobed. Lower stem leaves similar to basal ones, upper stem leaves with shorter petioles. Flowers leaf-opposed, 0.8--1.5 cm in diam. Pedicel 1--5.5 cm, puberulent. Receptacle puberulent. Sepals 5, elliptic-ovate, 4--6 mm, abaxially puberulent. Petals 5(or 6), narrowly obovate or oblong-obovate, 5--7 × 2--4 mm, nectary pit covered by a scale, apex rounded. Stamens numerous; anthers oblong or ellipsoid. Aggregate fruit subglobose, 4--9 mm in diam.; carpels numerous. Achene flat, broadly elliptic or obovate, 2.5--3 × 1.8--2 mm, glabrous, punctate, narrowly marginate; style persistent, ca. 0.8 mm. Fl. Mar--Jun. Illustration : http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=40139&flora_id=2 *Ranunculus muricatus* Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 555. 1753. Stems reclining or erect, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Basal and lower cauline leaf blades broadly cordate to reniform or semicircular, undivided or 3-lobed, 2-5 × 3-6.5 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins coarsely crenate, apex rounded. Flowers pedicellate; receptacle hispid; sepals 5, reflexed, 4-7 × 2-3 mm, sparsely bristly; petals 5, 4-8 × 2-4.5 mm. Heads of achenes globose, 13-16 × 13-16 mm; achenes 10-20 per head, 5-5.5 × 3-3.5 mm, faces covered with long spines, glabrous, margin smooth; beak lanceolate, curved, 2-2.5 mm. Illustration: http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=40788&flora_id=2 Tanay On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > This buttercup growing in our botanical garden I have long been considering > R. muricatus (similar beaked with murications on side of achene as I used to > see in Kashmir where it is very common) but on closer examination the > murications are lacking. The next species I can think is R. diffusus > although leaves are different, which lacks muricate achenes. Kindly > validate. > Flowers in December-January. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
