*Ranunculus sardous* Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 84. 1763. Herbs annual. Stems ca. 40 cm, strigose, branched. Basal leaves ca. 6; petiole 6--7 cm; blade mostly ternate, ovate or broadly ovate, 1.8--2.6 × 1.6--2.9 cm, papery; central leaflet subpentagonal, petiolule 1--8 mm, base broadly cuneate, margin 3-partite, incised-lobulate; lateral leaflets smaller, subsessile or shortly petiolulate, oblique, unequally 3-cleft, simple, 3-lobed, to nearly 3-sect. Stem leaves long or shortly petiolate, ternate or 3-sect. Compound monochasium 2--5-flowered. Flowers ca. 1.8 cm in diam. Pedicel 1.5--4.5 cm, strigose. Receptacle pubescent. Sepals 5, narrowly ovate, ca. 6 mm, abaxially hispid. Petals 5, obovate, ca. 10 × 7 mm, nectary pit covered by a scale, apex rounded. Stamens numerous. Aggregate fruit ovoid, ca. 7 × 6 mm. Achene complanate, orbicular-obovate, ca. 2.5 × 2 mm, glabrous, verrucose along margin, narrowly marginate; style persistent, ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. May.
Illustration : http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=41381&flora_id=1 Regards Tanay On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Another species to be looked for is R. sardous, though again leaves are > somewhat different. > > > -- > > 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/ > > > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:48 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> 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) >> >> >> > > > > -- 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.
