34 
Stemless Crowfoot, PI. 2 inches. 
85 R. Corrìxus (R. Br. prod. fl. nov. holl. ined. D. C. syst. 
1. p.271.) leaves all radical, pubescent, stalked, ternate, with 
oval somewhat toothed segments; scape naked, 1-flowered, 
longer than the leaves; calyx spreading; petals stipitate, oval- 
oblong. ©.? H. Native of Van Dieman’s Land, on hills. 
Scapes 1 or 2 rising from the root, erect, slender, twice as long 
as leaves. Flowers small. Calyx soon falling off. Ovaries few, 
smooth. 
Hill Crowfoot. Fl. July. Pl. 4 foot. 
86. R. pumìLio (R.Br. prod. fl. nov. holl. ined. D.C. syst. 1. 
p. 271.) leaves rather villous, 3-parted, with oblong trifid or en- 
tire lobes ; stems erectish ; pedicels opposite the leaves; carpels 
villous. ©. H. Native of Van Dieman’s Land. A small 
many-stemmed herb with very small flowers. Carpels 7-8, 
pointed. This species has a little of the habit of R. collinus, 
but perhaps it is more closely allied to R. parviflorus and its 
congeners., 
Dwarf Crowfoot. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
87 R. Larrénicus (Lin. spec. 778.) leaves smooth, radical, 
on long stalks, 3-parted, with dilated, blunt, toothed lobes ; scape 
naked, 1-flowered, longer than the leaves; calyx of three re- 
flexed sepals. Y.H. Native of Lapland, Sweden, and Ice- 
land, in moist, shady places; in North America in mossy woods in 
the eastern and central districts, from latitude 50° to the Arctic 
sea, eastern declivity of the Rocky Mountains inswamps, Whale 
Island in the Arctic sea, &c. Smith in fl. lapp. ed. 2; p.194. 
t. 3. f.4. Wahl. fl. lapp. 284. t. 8. f.2. Lin. fl. Japp. no. 231. 
t. 3. f.4. Habit almost of ddéxa. Petals 5-6, hardly longer 
than the calyx. Carpels 6-10, terminated by the hooked styles, col- 
lected into a round head. The scape is sometimes furnished with 
one leaf. . 
Lapland Crowfoot. Pl. 1 to 4 foot. 
88 R. nypersorevs (Rottb. act. hafn. 10. p. 458. t. 4. f. 16.) 
leaves smooth, stalked, trifid; lobes oblong, divaricating, with 
the lateral ones trifid or bifid and middle one entire ; sheath of 
leaf 2-eared at the base ; carpels margined on the back, tipped 
with a small inconspicuous point; stem filiform, creeping. X.H. 
Native of Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Siberia, Lapland, North 
America in marshes on the Rocky Mountains, Arctic Islands, &c. 
Fl. dan. t. 331. R. Ammáni Gun. fi. norv. no. 826. exclusive 
of synonyms. R.montanus, var. a, Bir. ren. 39. R. Gmelini 
Schlecht. anim. ran. sect. 2. p. 35.—Gmel. sib. 4. t. 33. f. b. 
Like R. Cymbalarie, but from it easily distinguished by its trifid 
eaves. 
Northern Crowfoot. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1820. Pl. to ift. 
89 R. peyemæus (Wahl. fl. lapp. no. 286. t. 8. f. 1.) leaves 
smooth, 3-5-cleft, radical ones stalked, cauline one sessile; stem 
_1-flowered ; calyx smooth somewhat reflexed, longer than the 
petals ; carpels roundish, pointed with the short hooked styles. 
Y.H. Native of the Alps of Norway, Lapland, in irrigated 
places near rivulets under the rocks; North America in moist 
grassy places on the high parts of the Rocky Mountains, about 
Arctic sea coast, between long. 107° and 140°, about Beh- 
ring’s Straits ; on Chamisso’s Island, and on that of St. Law- 
rence; Spitzbergen and Labrador. Wahl. fl. lapp. no. 286. t. 8. 
f.1. Mart. spitzb. cap. 3. t. 9. f. e. Lin. fl. lapp. no. 232. 
var. y, t. 3. f. 3. Rchb. icon. bot. t. 2. f. 3, 4,5. A very small 
plant with the appearance of Saxifraga rivularis. 
Pygmy Crowfoot. Fl. April, May. Clt.1810. Pl. 2 ft. 
90 R. niva‘uis (Gun. norv. 627.) leaves smooth, radical ones 
kidney-shaped, stalked, 5-cleft, with entire ovate lobes, cauline 
leaves almost sessile, palmate ; stem 1-flowered ; calyx hairy, one 
half shorter than the obovate blunt petals. 2.H. Native of 
Lapland, Norway, Iceland; North America on lofty parts of 
the Rocky Mountains, Copper Mountains and Arctic sea coast 
RANUNCULACE. XIV. Ranuncvutus. 
in muddy pools which become dry during summer, Behring’s 
Straits, Kotzebue’s Sound, Spitzbergen, &c.—Mart. spitzb. 
cap. 3.t. 1. f.d. Lin. fl. lapp, ed. 1. no. 232. t. 3. £2. Radical 
leaves rising after the flower. Stem villous under the flower, and 
furnished with two or three oval-oblong sessile cut or toothed 
leaves. Calyx spreading. Carpels beaked. Flowers pale yellow. 
Var. B, sulphireus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 273.) radical leaves 
cuneated at the base, hardly lobed to the middle, middle lobe 
half ovate, broadest at the base. Phips. voy. 202. R. nivalis 
B, Wahl. fl. lapp. 157. R. primus. Mart. spitz. t. 6. f. c. 
Snow Crowfoot. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1775. Pl. 4 ft. 
91 R. Sasinn (R. Br. in app. to Capt. Parry’s lst voy. 
p. 265.) leaves 3-parted, radical ones on long petioles; segments 
elliptical, lateral ones semibifid ; stem leaves sessile, linear, 3- 
parted; calyx hairy, about equal in length to the retuse petals. 
Y%.H. Native of Melville Island, shores of the Arctic Sea 
between the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers. 
Sabine’s Crowfoot. - Pl. + foot. 
92 R. a’rcticus (Richards in Frankl. Ist journ. ed. 1. app. 
p- 741.) leaves quite smooth, radical ones on long stalks, hastate, 
3-parted ; segments 3-4-cleft, obtuse ; stem leaves linear-parted ; 
stem simple, 1-flowered ; calyx villous, reflexed, shorter than the 
petals which are very blunt. 2%. H. Native of North America 
in the Arctic regions. Hooker considers this identical with R. 
affùnis. 
Arctic Crowfoot. Pl. + foot. 
93 R. rrícIpus (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1312.) leaves smooth, ra- 
dical ones cuneated, obovate or orbicular deeply toothed at the 
apex, cauline ones divided into 5 or 7 entire lobes; stem 1- 
flowered; calyx hairy, shorter than the emarginate petals. Y. H. 
Native of Northern Asia on mountains as well as on the Altaian 
mountains in Siberia near springs. R. sulphtreus, D.C. syst. 1. 
p. 274. exclusive of tl:e synonyms of Mart. and Wahl. R. Altai- 
cus. Laxm. nov. comm. Geett. acad. petrop. 1774. vol. 18. 
p- 533. t. 8. Like R. glacialis and R. nivalis. 
Frigid Crowfoot. Fl. May, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
94 R. Escuscuorz (Schlecht. anim. ran. 2. p. 16. t. 1.) leaves 
ciliated, radical ones stalked, 3-parted, with the partitions lobed ; 
stem usually 2-flowered; calyx hairy, shorter than the petals; 
carpels obliquely ovate, pointed. X.H. Native of the islands 
of Unalaschka and St. George, N. W. America; near the limits 
of perpetual snow on the borders of streams upon the Rocky 
Mountains. 
Var. B, Hookéri, petals small or abortive. 
Eschscholz’s Crowfoot. PI. % foot. 
95 R: Peruvia'nus (Pers. ench. 2. p. 103.) leaves rather 
hairy, radical ones stalked, semiorbicular, crenated, cauline ones 
sessile, cleft into many linear entire lobes ; calyx very villous. 
Y. G. Native of Peru, in marshes on mount Antisana. Deless. 
icon. sel. 1. t. 37. Petals 5, orbicular. Carpels ovate, compres- 
sed, smooth. 
Peruvian Crowfoot. PI. ¥-foot. 
96 R. pepuncura'tus (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Lin- 
nea. p. 501. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 652.) radical leaves somewhat 
orbicular, crenate-toothed, the rest 3-parted, with the middle 
lobe stalked, trifid, and cut ; scape usually leafless, 1-flowered ; 
calyx spreading. %. H. Native of Corsica, Plant pubescent 
or hairy. 
Peduncled Crowfoot. Pl. 4 foot. 
97 R. uvu'mms (D. Don. in herb. Lamb.) plant pilose ; radical 
leaves stalked, cordate, obtuse, slightly 3-lobed and crenate; 
stem short; peduncles long, radical, axillary, and terminal ; car- 
pels rather inflated, beaked. 2%. H. Native of Mexico 
Flowers small, yellow, 
Dwarf Crowfoot. P]. 1-2 inches. 
98 R. MULTICAV’LIS (D. Don. in herb. Lamb.) plant pilose: 
