24 RANUNCULACE. X. 
Seer. II. Consorico, (perhaps derived -from Consolido to 
unite, on account of the plants being perennial) D.C. syst. 1. 
p.224. prod. 1. p. 24. Cariopsides hooked with the recurved 
styles, collected intoan ovate head. Petals 8-15. Stamens 25-30. 
Roots perennial, black, acrid, and purgative. Flowers yellow. 
11 Ap. verxa`iis (Lin. spe. 771.) radical or lower leaves 
abortive, or reduced to somewhat sheathing scales, the middle 
and upper ones sessile and multifid, with very entire lobes, carpels 
velvety ; petals 10-12, oblong, rather denticulated. 2. H. 
Native of France, Siberia, Tauria, Switzerland, and Italy, on 
hills and in valleys, in sunny places of mountains, flowering in 
the spring after the melting of the snow. Geert. fruct. 1. 
p. 355. t.74. Curt. bot. mag. 134, Schkuh. hand. No. 1490. 
t. 152. Ad. helléborus, Crant. aust. 2. p. 82. Ad. Apennina, 
Jacq. aust. t. 44, Ad vernalis a. Lam. dict. 1. p. 45. ill. 
t. 498, f. 3. 
Var. B, Mentzèlii (D. C. syst. 1. p. 225. prod. 1. p. 25.) Ad. 
Apennina, Lin. spe. 772. Ad vernàlis 8. Lam. dict. 1. p. 45.— 
Mentz pug. t. 3. f. 1. ' 
Var. y, Sibirica (Patrin. D. C. syst. et prod. l. c.) Native of 
Siberia on the banks of the river Oby about Barnaoul.— Gmel. 
sib. p. 200. No. 43. Not differing from the European plant, 
unless that the flowers are a little larger. 
Spring Adonis. Fl. Mar. April. Clt. 1629. Pl. 1 foot. 
12 Ap. Vorcer'ysis(Stev. ined. D.C. syst. i. p. 545.) radical 
or lower leaves abortive, or reduced to somewhat sheathing scales, 
middle and upper ones sessile, multifid, with the lobules toothed 
at their margins ; carpels somewhat velvety ; calyx pubescent on 
the outside; petals 10-12, oblong. Y%.H. Native of the 
Russian empire at the rivers Volga and Rhymnus. Deless. icon. 
sel. 1. t. 20. Ad. Apennina? Pall. nov. act. petrop. vol. 10. 
Ad. cherophylla. Fisch. ined. An intermediate plant between 
Ad. vernalis and Pyrendica, differing from the first in the stems 
being branched, leaves more distant, carpels much less velvety ; 
from the last by the lower leaves being abortive, squamiform, 
and with the carpels when young somewhat velvety ; differing 
from the whole in the sepals of calyx being pubescent on the 
outside, not smooth. 
Volga Adonis. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1818. Pl. 1 foot. 
13 Ap. Ixcutra'na (D.C. prod. i. p. 25.) radical leaves? mid- 
dle and upper ones sessile, pinnately, many-parted with toothed 
lobules; calyx very smooth; petals obovate. 2%.H. Native 
of Siberia about Irkoutsk. A species not sufficiently known. 
Irkoutsk Adonis. Pl. 1 foot. 
14 Ap, Sintrica (Patrin. ex Spreng. syst. append. p. 218) 
plant quite smooth ; segments of leaves short, cut ; petals nu- 
merous obovate, crenulate at the apex, much longer than the 
calyx. Y%.H. Native of Siberia. 
Siberian Adonis. Fl. April, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
15 Ap. Davu'rica (Rchb. icon. t. 321. Spreng. syst. app. p. 
. 218) segments of leaves trifid, linear ; petals 12, spatulate, cre- 
nulated at the apex, much longer than the smooth calyx. XY. H. 
Native of Dahuria. . 
Dahurian Adonis. Pl. 1 foot. 
16 Ap. viLLOsa (Ledeb, in litt, ex Spreng. 1. c.) petals 12, linear- 
oblong, crenulate at the apex, twice the length of pubescent calyx; 
stem branched,and is, as well as the leaves, hoary villous ; segments 
of leaves trifid, linear, pointed. X4. H. Native of Russia on 
Mount Imaus. This plant differs from 4. Sibirica of Rchb, in 
being villous, as well as in the stem being branched, and the seg- 
ments of the leaves narrower. 
Villous Adonis. Pl. 1 foot. 
17 Ap. PYRENA`ICA (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 635) radical leaves on 
long stalks, with trifid petioles and many-parted segments, upper 
ones sessile multifid, with linear very entire lobules ; carpels 
smooth ; petals 8-10, oblong-cuneated, entire. .H. Native 
Apoxis. XI. HAMADRYAS. 
of the Eastern Pyrenees in the valley called Eynes ; and near 
Ædinburgh, in Hungary. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 21, Stem 
beyond a foot high and usually much branched. Radical leaves 
with trifid stalks not squamiform. Flowers almost sessile. Pe- 
dicel of fruit much elongated. Petals smaller and more obtuse 
than in Ad. vernalis. Fruit also smooth. Like 4d. vernalis but 
truly distinct. 
Var. B, minor (D.C. prod. 1. p. 25). Native of the south of 
the Apennines in Mount Velino. Ad. Apennina, Schousb. in 
litt. not Lin. 
Pyrenean Adonis. Fl. July. Cit. 1817. Pl. 1% foot. 
Cult. A genus of beautiful plants. Those species belonging 
to section Ædònia being annual, only require to be sown i open 
borders ; those belonging to section Consoligo are very handsome 
perennial herbaceous flowering plants, very proper for the front 
of flower-borders; they may be either increased by dividing the 
plants at the roots or by seeds. 
XI. HAMADRY AS (from åpa, hama, together, ðpvov, dryon, 
a forest ; habitat.) Commers. in Juss. gen. p. 232. 
Lin. syst. Polyándria Polygýnia. Flowers dioecious from abor- 
tion. Calyx of 5or 6 sepals. (f. 8.a.) Petals 10-12, linear, 
long. (f.8.b.) Male flowers with numerous short stamens, 
female ones with numerous ovaries and sessile stigmas. Carpels 
ovate, l-seeded. Small downy herbs with the appearance of 
Rantinculus. Leaves radical, palmate, stalked. Scapes 2 or 3- 
flowered, hardly longer than the leaves. Flowers yellow, alter- 
nate, sessile, collected at the top of the scape into a sort of spike. 
FIG. 8. 
1 Ham. Macetra’nica (Lam. 
dict. 3. p. 67) calyx smooth, upper 
leaves smooth above, 3-parted ; 
lobes deeply parted. X.H. Native 
of the Straits of Magellan in moun- 
tainous groves. Deless. icon. sel. 1. 
t.22. Herb erect. Radical leaves 
3 or 4, with the base of the petioles 
dilated, and smooth, the rest villous. 
Scapes hairy, a little longer than the 
leaves. 
Magellan Hamadryas. Pl. + ft. 
(f. 8.) 
2 Ham. tomentosa (D.C. syst. 
1. p. 227) calyx tomentose ; upper 
leaves cobwebbed, villous, 5 or 7- 
cleft into oblong or subtrifid lobes. 
erect, tomentose. Radical leaves 2 or 3, somewhat orbiculat, 
upper ones somewhat cordate at the base. Scapes simple, a little 
longer than the petioles. Flowers 2 or 3, sessile, crowded at the 
top of the scape. Ovaries disposed into a round head. 
Tomentose Hamadryas. Fl. Feb. March. Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. These plants will require to be kept in pots, in a mix- 
ture of sand and loam. They should be protected during winter 
by a frame, and may be either increased by dividing the plants at 
the roots or by seeds. ` 
Tribe III. 
RANU'NCULEÆ, (plants agreeing with KRanúnculus in 
habit and character,) D. C. syst. 1. p. 228; prod. 1. P 25. 
Calyx and corolla imbricate in the bud. (£. 14. a.) Petals fur- 
nished with a scale on the inside at the base (£. 9. c.) or bilabiate- 
Carpels 1-seeded (f. 9. g.) dry, unopening. (f. 9.¢.) Seed erect 
(£. 9. f.) Leaves radical or alternate. (f.9.) Flowers of various 
colors butnever blue. Herbs. 
