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) > > > -- 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.
