Ranunculus inamoenus Greene var. inamoenus

Ranunculus Utahensis
Perennial with a cluster of fibrous fleshy roots, glabrous : stems
1-2 dm. high, branched above; basal leaves petioled ; petioles 2—
5 cm. long; blades almost orbicular, rather thick, crenate or round-
lobed : stem-leaves sessile, deeply cleft or divided into 4—5 oblong
or elliptic, obtuse segments: sepals somewhat hairy, elliptic to
obovate, at last reflexed: petals 4-5 mm. long, exceeding the
sepals : head of fruit oblong ; achenes glabrous; style rather short.
This species resembles most a depauperate R. abortivus in the
leaves, but the petals are much larger and the head of fruit is ob-
long instead of spherical. It has gone under the name of R. affinis
var. leiocarpus, but it is not that of Trautvetter, and is distinguished
from all of those species which have been included in R. affinis by
its thicker leaves and their lobing.
Utah : Alta, Wasatch Mts., 1879, M. E. Jones, 1130 (type in
herb. Columbia University); Uinta Mts., 1873, T. C. Porter.
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STUDIES IN KANUNCULACEiE
Identified by LYMAN BENSON 19.3.^
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
HERBARIUM OF MR. GEORGE V. NASH
PURCHASED 1900
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Hayden’s U. S. Geological Survey, 18T3.
UINTA MOUNTAINS, UTAH TERRITORY.
Coll.—Thos. C. Porter.
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