RANUNCULACE. X. Anonts. 
Slender Knowltonia. Fl. Mar. April. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 foot. 
4 Ky. uirsu‘ta (D. C. syst. 1. p. 200.) leaves biternate ; 
leaflets lanceolate, profoundly serrated, hairy; scapes branched 
at the base ; branches decumbent, few-flowered. Y.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope.—Burm. afr. 145. t. 51. Ana- 
ménia hirstta, Vent. malm. 22. in obs. Adonis hirsuta, Poir. 
suppl. 1. p. 147. 
Hairy Knowltonia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. Pl. 1 foot. 
5 Ky. pauciroria (D. C. syst. 1. p. 200.) leaves ternate ; 
leaflets pinnatifid ; lobes linear, acute ; umbel compound. 2. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Adonis filia, Lin. fil. 
suppl. 271. Adonis daucifolia, Lam. dict. 1. p. 46. Anamenia 
daucifolia, Vent. malm. 22. in obs. Root horizontal. Herb 
villous at the neck, base of stem and petioles, the rest smooth. 
Scapes naked, nearly two feet high. Peduncles pubescent. 
Carrot-leaved Knowltonia. Fl.? Clt. 1822. Pl. 2 feet. 
Cult. These plants will grow freely in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and may either be increased by dividing the plants at the 
root, or by seeds, which often ripen in abundance. 
X, ADO'NIS (The plant which sprang from the blood of Adonis 
when wounded by a boar; in allusion to the blood-red color of 
the flowers of most of the annual species.) Dill. giess. nov. 
gen. 109. t. 4. Lam. illust. t. 498. Geert. fruct. 1. p. 355. t. 
T4. Lin. gen. 698. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria Polygynia. Calyx of 5 pressed sepals, 
but they are sometimes loosened at the base. Petals from 5 to 
15, with a naked claw. Stamens numerous, inserted in the base 
of the gonophor. Cariopsides numerous, 1-seeded, spiked, 
ovate, pointed with the style. Embryo ovate. Cotyledons dis- 
tant. Annual or perennial herbs, with their cauline leaves 
pinnate-parted into multifid lobes with innumerable linear lo- 
bules. Flowers solitary, on the top of the stem or branches. 
Secr. I. Aponra, (applied to this section on account of its 
Containing the original or true species of Adonis.) D. C. syst. 
l.p. 22l; prod. 1. p. 23. Cariopsides acuminated with the 
straight style. Petals 5-10. Stamens 18-20. Roots annual. 
e species of this section are probably varieties of one species. 
6 l Ab. avrumna‘tis (Lin. spe. 771.) calyx smooth; petals 
-8, concave, conniving, scarcely larger than the calyx ; carpels 
Somewhat reticulated, crowned by very short styles, collected 
into an ovate head ; stems branched. ©. H. Native through- 
out Europe in corn-fields, and very frequently cultivated in 
ardens: also in Labrador. Smith. eng. bot. t. 308. Curt. fl. 
ae 2 t.37. Schkuhr. hand. 2. No. 1489. t. 152. Flower of 
ni intense blood-red, rarely pale, globose from the concave con- 
ving petals, and from its form and colour is called in France 
outte de sang, 
Autumnal Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. May, Sept. Britain. Pl. 1 foot. 
at hee PLA va (Vill. cat. strasb. 247.) calyx smooth, loosened 
a ase; petals flat, oblong, double the length of the calyx ; 
simple smoothish, collected into an oblong head ; stem almost 
an £ rob z H. Native of France in corn-fields and vineyards, 
and E e “al y throughout Germany —Weinm. phyt. t. 28. fia. 
scarce by usive of the synonyms.—Tab. icon. 790. f. 1. Stem 
t y ranched, Flowers yellow, rarely flame-coloured. Pe- 
yon linear, 
ed Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Pl. 1 foot. 
D: PARVIFLORA (Fisch. in litt. D. Č. prod. 1. p. 24.) calyx 
base, smooth ; petals flat, oblong, length of calyx; 
ollected into an ovate head, crowned by straight 
Rh simple. ©. H. Native of Russia on the 
Scarlet, when dried whitch” the salt lake Indirio. Petals pale 
mall-flowered Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.? Pl. 1 foot. 
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4 Ap. micra’ntTHA (D.C. syst. 1. p. 222.) calyx smooth, not 
loosened at the base ; petals flat, oblong, a little longer than the 
calyx ; carpels somewhat reticulated, collected into a somewhat 
ovate head; stem a little branched. ©. H. Native of the 
south of France about Toulouse, Avignon, &c. in corn-fields. 
Flowers small, yellow or flame. Ovaries few 7-10. Stem simple at 
the base, at the top usually a little branched. A doubtful species. 
Small-flowered yellow Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. Ju. Jul. Pl. 1 foot. 
5 Ap. microca’rpa (D. C. syst. 1. p. 223.) calyx smooth; 
petals flat, oblong, twice as long as calyx; carpels reticulated, 
disposed in an oblong head; stem almost simple. ©. H. Na- 
tive of Spain about Tudela in corn-fields, and of the island of 
Teneriffe. Calyx scarcely loosened at the base. Fruit about 
one half smaller and more numerous than in any other species. 
Flowers yellow-citron, or somewhat flame-coloured. Perhaps 
distinct enough from Ad. flava, by its stem being one half or 
more shorter, and more crowded with leaves. 
Small-fruited Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. Pl. 4ft. 
6 Ap. ano’mata (Wallr. sched. 273.) calyx pilose on the out- 
side, acutish; petals 3, oblong, flat, bluntish, spreading, with the 
claw of the same colour; carpels ovate, disposed in 6 rows, 
crowned with the withered styles, afterwards becoming loosely 
and irregularly disposed into an oblong spikes ; stem branched. 
©. H. Native about Halle in fields. 
Anomalous Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
7 Ap. cirrina (Hoffm. fl. germ. 1. p. 251.) calyx hispid at 
the base ; petals flat, oblong, longer than the calyx ; carpels dis- 
posed into an ovate-oblong head ; stem almost simple; flowers 
small, almost sessile among the leaves. ©. H. Native of France, 
Germany, and Teneriffe, in corn-fields. Plant small. Stem 
erect, simple,very rarely branched. Flowers solitary, small, yellow. 
Citron-coloured-flowered Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. June, July. Clt. 
1819. Pl. 1 foot. 
8 Ap. rLa’MMEA (Murr. syst. 514.) calyx hispid at the base ; 
petals flat, oblong, acute, longer than the calyx ; carpels disposed 
into a cylindrical head; stem branched; flowers large, stalked. 
©. H. Native of Austria in corn-fields. Jacq. fl. aust. 4. t. 
355.—Besl. hort. eyst. ce'st. ord. 5. t. 11. f. 3. Stem smooth or 
pilose. Petioles pilose. Flowers flame-coloured ; sepals oblong, 
acute. 
Flame-coloured-flowered Pheasant’s-eye. 
Clt. 1800. Pl. 1 foot. 
9 Ap. mstiva'tis (Lin. spec. 772.) calyx hispid at the base : 
petals, flat, oblong, obtuse, one half longer than the calyx : carpels 
reticulated, disposed into a loose oblong spike, beaked with the 
straight style; stem almost simple. ©. H. Native of England 
in corn-fields ; south of France, Italy, &e. Ad. miniata, Jacq. fl. 
aust. t. 354; Ad. maculata, Wallr. sched. 270. Stem elongated. 
Flowers peduncled, small, of a deep crimson colour. 
Summer Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. June, July. England. Pl. 1 foot. 
10 Ap. penta‘ra (Del. fl. ægyp. ill. 17, descr. eg. t. 53. f. 1.) - 
calyx hispid at the base ; petals flat, oval-oblong, a little longer 
than the calyx; carpels toothed at the base, with tubercles, 
netted, disposed into an elongated spike. ©. H. Native of 
Egypt in corn-fields and arid places. Stem striato-angular, hard, 
branching. Flowers on short peduncles. 
Var a, orientalis, (D. C. syst. 1. c.) petals yellow. Native of 
Egypt and the island of Cyprus. Ad. dentata, Del. fl. ægyp. 
ill. p. 17, descr. ægyp. t. 53. f. 1. Petals oval, yellow, with 
a black claw. Fruit echinately toothed at the base, with the back 
a little crested, disposed in slender spikes. 
Var. 3, provincidlis (D. C. syst. l.c. prod. 1. c.) petals flame- 
coloured. Native of Provence between Digne and Colmars. 
Petals oblong. Fruit a little tuberculately-toothed at the base, 
disposed in a long spike. 
Toothed-fruited Pheasant’s-eye. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.? Pl. 1 foot. 
Fl. July, August. 
