RANUNCULACEE. 
Clarke’s Travels, 2. p. 723. Sepals oval, reflexed, somewhat 
pilose on the outside. Petals obovate, orbicular, size of those of 
R. acris. Flower terminal, erect, yellow. 
Slender Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. Pl. + ft. 
13 R. rumariæròLius (Desf. in icon. pict. hort. paris, 37. 
t. 74.) leaves quite smooth, pinnate, many-parted ; lobes oblong ; 
scapes numerous, 1-flowered, clothed with pressed villi; calyx 
spreading, smooth. Native? Formerly cultivated in gardens. 
R. ruteefolius, Mill. dict. no. 6. but not of Lin. Scapes some- 
times leafless, sometimes furnished with one multifid leaf about 
the middle. Sepals ovate, oblong. Flowers always double, 
yellow, about the size of the double-flowered var. of R. acris. 
A species allied on one side to R. grécilis and R. millefoliatus, 
on the other to R. Asidticus. 
Fumitory-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, Jul. Clt? Pl. 1 foot. 
14 R. myriopny'tius (Russel. gew. alep. in Schrad. journ. 
1799. p. 424.) leaves decompound, multifid, hoary-villous; seg- 
ments linear; stem branched, beset with close pressed hairs, 
calyx spreading, villous. 4. H. Native between Aleppo and 
Mossul. The whole herb canescent, with white villi. Petals 
yellow, obovate, a little longer than the calyx. Ovaries collected 
into an oval-oblong head. 
Myriad-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. Pl. 1 foot. 
15 R. orrenra‘ris (Lin. spe. 781.) leaves decompound, mul- 
tifid, pubescent ; stem branched, clothed with close, pressed 
villi; calyx reflexed ; carpels with long horns. ¥%.H. Native 
of the Levant, island of Lesbos. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 32. stem 
from a finger to a hand high. Peduncles short, 1-flowered ; 
petals oblong. 
Var. B, R. O. pulsatille folio parvo flore. Tourn. cor. p. 20. 
ative of Smyrna. Scarcely differs from the first unless that 
the petals are'a little narrower. 
Eastern Crowfoot. Pl. + foot. 
16 R. LePTa`‘LeUs (D.C. syst. 1. p. 258.) leaves decompound, 
pultifiq, smooth ; stem pilose; calyx spreading ; carpels with 
ong horns. Y. H. Native of the island of Cyprus. Deless. 
atthe pee t. 33. Carpels as in the preceding species hooked 
Slender Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. Pl. 2 foot. 
. T R. CICUTA`RIUS (Schlecht. anim. ran. 25. t. 4. f. 2.) leaves 
pmnate and pinnate-parted ; segments cuneated, cut, or toothed, 
s _ 
we Stem somewhat branched, covered with close-pressed 
Siberia J” spreading, pubescent. Y.H. Native of eastern 
teria like Crowfoot. Fl. May, July. Cit. 1818. Pl. 1 ft. 
radical. OXYSPE RMuS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1328.) leaves villous, 
abese pnes stalked, ovate, 3-parted, toothed, floral ones 3-parted ; 
mous, ongated, toothed at the top ; stem erect, villous, dichoto- 
tive cf É yx reflexed ; carpels muricated, awned. Y.H. Na- 
fields Potala” Caucasus, Iberia, and Syria near Aleppo, in 
ovate-ob] etals oblong or obovate. Carpels disposed into an 
straich ong head, muricated, with the back smooth, ending in 
gat, stiff, awl-shaped points. Perhaps a distinct section. 
a Seeded Sewer Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1822. Pl. 1 ft. 
- PEDA‘TUS aldst. and Kit. hung. 2. p. 112. t. 108. 
paves smooth, radical ones stalked, 3-parted or pedate; loka? 
most atire or bifid; stem leaves sessile, parted, upper- 
i ia near ; stem erect, few-flowered, calyx adpressed. 
near the wae of Hungary near Buda, Tartary, and in Siberia 
mag, t oaao olga. Lodd. bot. cab. 4. p. 351. Sims, bot. 
. $229. Stem pubescent or smooth, or with the base 
smooth f 
into an ovate Te top pubescent, 1-5-flowered. Carpels disposed 
edate-leaved Crowfoot. 
; » PETROSELINUS 
Villous at the base of 
. Fil. May, Ju. Clt. 1306. PL 1 ft. 
(Biria, ren. 43. t. 2.) leaves smooth, but 
the petioles, ternate ; segments 3-parted ; 
XIV. RANUNCULUS. 27 
lobes somewhat 3-lobed, deeply toothed; stem erect, many- 
flowered. 2.H. Native of the island of Bourbon. Stem 2 
feet high. Sepals oblong, acute. Carpels ovate, pointed with 
the very short styles, collected into ovate-oblong heads. 
Parsley-like Crowfoot. Pl. 2 feet. 
21 R. IrLyrIcUus (Lin. spe. 776.) leaves clothed with silky 
wool, first ones entire linear, the rest 3-parted, with entire or 3- 
parted linear lobes ; stem erect, many-flowered ; calyx some- 
what reflexed. 2.H. Native of Dalmatia in pastures, Austria 
on Mount Hamburgh; in shady places in Mount Hæmus ; not 
rare in Tauria and about Odessa. Jacq. aust. t. 222.—Lob. icon. 
672. Tab. icon. t. 48. f. 1. R. tomentòsus, Moench. meth. 
212. R. gramineus, Habl. taur. 149 from Bieb. R. sericeus, 
Willd. enum. 589, not Poir. Like R. Monspelìacus, but differs 
in having the first leaves entire, not trifid. Carpels acuminated, 
collected into ovate-oblong heads. 
Illyrian Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1596. Pl. 14 ft. 
22 R. Monsretia‘cus (Lin. spe. 778.) leaves woolly, radical 
ones 3-lobed; lobes cuneated, trifidly-toothed ; upper leaves 
3-parted, with entire linear lobes; stem erect, few-flowered ; 
calyx reflexed; spikes of carpels ovate. Y.H. Native in the 
region of the Mediterranean, in sunny pastures or among rocks, 
especially in Arragon, Occitania, Provence, Italy, Algiers, and 
Tunis. Similar but differing from R. Jllyricus by the radical 
leaves being 3-parted, toothed ; the rest very variable, as may be 
seen from the number of varieties. 
Var. a, angustifolius (D. C. 1. c.), inhabits exposed situa- 
tions ; lobes of leaves narrow, elongated. R. Illyricus, Besl. 
eyst. vern. ord. 1. t. 13. f.1. Gouan. fl. monsp. p. 269. Willd. 
enum, 589. 
Var. b, cuneàtus (D. C. 1. c.) inhabits grassy places ; lobes of 
leaves wedge-shaped, trifidly toothed at the top.—Mor. hist. 2. 
p. 445. sect. 4. t. 30. f.43. R. Monspeliacus, D. C. icon. gall. 
rar. t. 50. R. apiifolius. Desf. in pict. hort. par. 37. t. 73. 
not Pers. 
Var. y, rotundifolius (D. C. 1. c.) inhabits rocks ; leaves roundish, 
trifid ; lobes toothed, obtuse.-—Mor. hist. 2. p. 446. sect. 4. t. 30. 
f. 47. (bad). R. Monspelìacus. Gouan. fl. monsp. 279. Poir. 
dict. 6. p. 111. R. saxátilis, Balb. misc. p. 27. 
Montpelier Crowfoot. Fl. April, May. Pl. 13 foot. 
23 R. spica‘rus (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 438. t. 115.) leaves some- 
what hairy, radical ones stalked, orbicular, 8-lobed, upper ones 
3-parted; lobes entire linear ; stem erect, few-flowered ; calyx 
reflexed. X4. H. Like the preceding, but with the leaves less 
hairy, and less profoundly cut, rounder and larger. Carpels very 
much compressed, hooked at the top, collected into a cylindrical 
spike. Leaves 3-lobed and toothed in the same specimen. 
Var. a, vera; leaves 3-lobed, toothed, stem 1 to 2-flowered. 
Native about Algiers in marshy places. R. spicatus. Desf. 
l.c. Bir. ren. 42. 
Var. B, Olyssiponénsis (Pers. syn. 2. p. 106.) leaves crenated ; 
stem 1 to 2-flowered. Native about Lisbon. R. Lusitanica gru- 
mosa radice, foliis hederæ terrestris, Tour. inst. 286. 
Var. y, Carthusiandrum; leaves 3-lobed, crenated; stem 
2 to 5-flowered. Native about Carthage. R. asphodeli radice, 
&c. Tour. herb. 
Spiked Crowfoot. Pl. 14 foot. 
24 R. Asta’ricus (Lin. spe. 777.) leaves ternate or biternate ; 
segments toothed or deeply trifid ; stem erect, simple, or branched 
at the base; calyx spreading, afterwards reflexed ; spikes of car- 
pels cylindrical. ¥%.H. Native of the Levant. Smith fl. greec. 
t.518. In all the varieties the petals are obovate and longer 
than the calyx, very blunt, and larger than in the rest of Ranun- 
culi; carpels smooth, much compressed, hooked with the re- 
maining style. The three varieties enumerated are perhaps so 
many distinct species. 
