Enumeration of the plants hitherto collected in Kerguelen Isalnd by the "Antarctic," "Challenger," and "British Transit of Venus" expenditions - I. - Flowering plants, ferns, lycopodiaceæ, and churaceæ

1. Ranunculus crassipes, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 224, t. 81. Christmas Harbour, Observatory and Swain’s Bay, Boyal Sound (a form with petioles 5-7 inches long). I have nothing to add to what I have said of this species in the Antarctic Flora, beyond that I can hardly doubt its being a derivative form...

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Published in:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 1879
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1879.0004
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Summary:1. Ranunculus crassipes, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 224, t. 81. Christmas Harbour, Observatory and Swain’s Bay, Boyal Sound (a form with petioles 5-7 inches long). I have nothing to add to what I have said of this species in the Antarctic Flora, beyond that I can hardly doubt its being a derivative form of the Fuegian R. biternatus , Sm., with which it agrees in habit and its thick-walled beaked carpels, but differs chiefly in its robustness and simple leaves. R. biternatus has been found by Moseley in Marion Island, where it presents every character of the American plant.