Abstract: species and 4 varieties are described as new.3 new combinations are made.The specific status of Delphinium eriostylum Lévl.inappropriately treated as a variety of D.bonvalotii Franch.by me in 1979, is restored.Delphinium grandiflorum L.var.glandulosum W.T.Wang (1962) is proved to be identical with D.grandiflorum var.gilgianum (Pilger) Finet et Gagnep.(1904) and must lapse into synonymy.After the structure of the carpel of Ranunculus polii Forb.et Hemsl.has been understood, the misidentification of the Jangxi and Anhui plants as R.polii is revealed, and a new species, i.e.R.podocarpus W.T.Wang, represented by those plants, is recognized.New distribution records for Delphinium tabatae Tamura, Thalictrum petaloideum L., and Callianthemum cuneilobum Hand.-Mazz.are reported.

Key words: Ranunculaceae, China, New taxa, Taxonomic notes