RANUNCULACE. 
Mountains. R. fascicularis, Schlecht. anim. ran. sect. 2. p. 30. 
t.2. Stem hollow, flattened. Radical leaves 3-parted, with the 
middle lobe trifid and the lateral ones 2-cleft, and cut again into 
2-3 minor lobes. Calyx hairy, reflexed. 
Schlechtendal’s Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1826. Pl. 4 ft. 
146 R. Be'cxi1; leaves all radical, pubescent, stalked, 3-5- 
cut; scape villous, 1-flowered, longer than the leaves; calyx 
permanent; petals oblong-ovate. %. H. Native of Missouri 
in plains. R. nov. spe. Beck in amer. jour. scienc, vol. 12. April, 
1828. 
Beck's Crowfoot. Pl. 4 foot. 
147 R. Bervìisi (D. C. syst. 1. p. 291.) stem erect, branched, 
furnished with a few spreading hairs as well as the petioles ; leaves 
smooth, ternate, with 3-lobed segments; lobes oblong acutely- 
cut at the apex; calyx smooth, spreading, shorter than the 
petals. 2/. H. Native of North America. Flowers a little 
smaller than those of R. dcris. Carpels compressed, even, ter- 
minated by short straight points. 
Belvis’s Crowfoot. Fl. June, July. Pl. 14 foot. 
148 R. Maryxa’nvicus (Poir. dict. 6. p. 126.) stem erect, 
a little branched, clothed with soft hairs at the base as well as 
the petioles, and with close-pressed pubescence at the top ; leaves 
smoothish, ternate, with 3-lobed segments, and oblong acute 
deeply toothed lobes ; calyx smooth, spreading shorter than the 
petals. 4%. H. Native of North America in shady woods, 
Maryland, Pennsylvania to Virginia. Root fibrous, fascicled. 
Stem 2-3-flowered. Flowers pale yellow, a little larger than 
those of R. àcris. Carpels compressed, with straight points. 
Maryland Crowfoot. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1811. Pl. 1 foot. 
149 R. nitrous (Muhl. cat. Elliott. carol. 2. p. 61.) plant 
smoothish ; radical leaves on long stalks, ternate ; leaflets stalk- 
ed, profoundly trifid or 8-parted ; lobes broad-lanceolate trifid 
cut; lobes of the cauline leaves almost linear, entire, or trifid ; 
calyx spreading, at length reflexed, rather hairy ; carpels orbi- 
cular, compressed, marginate, terminated by short points. %. H. 
Native of North America on the lower plains of Columbia ; 
Canada ; Lower Carolina, &c. R. septentrionalis, Poir. dict. 6. 
P. 123. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 395. R. Caroliniànus, D. C. 
yst. 1. p. 292. R. hispidus, var. Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 321. 
> lanuginòsus, var. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 394. 
Shining Crowfoot. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1826. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
150 R. TomENTO'sus (Poir. dict. 6. pe 127.) stem ascending, 
very villous, 1-2-flowered ; leaves stalked, downy, ternate, upper 
ones sessile, ovate, entire ; calyx very villous, somewhat reflexed. 
i H. Native of Upper Carolina. R. lanugindsus, Pursh. ex. 
a herb. Like R. pubéscens and R. Marylandicus. Roots 
Tous, fascicled. Flowers yellowish-white; petals a little 
Onger than the calyx. 
weeny Crowfoot. FI. May, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
; R. pramorsus (H. B. et Kth. nov. gen. et spec. amer. 
pee 47.) stem erect, usually 2-flowered, villous as well as the 
menta T leaves ternate, with bluntly and deeply-toothed seg- 
nan ateral ones bifid, middle ones trifid, stalked ; calyx re- 
meric petals 10 to 15, wedge-shaped. 4%.H. Native of South 
b ca on mount Antisana. Like R. Marylándicus in habit, 
points ng in having 10 to 15 petals. Carpels with short straight 
Præmorse- y 
152 he rooted Crowfoot. PI. 4 foot. 
amer 5. IG S LANDIA'NUS (H. B. et Kth. nov. gen. et spec. 
trifid 3. p- k .) stems erect, 2-3-flowered, rather hairy; leaves 
Pilose-pube, ed and ternate, upper surface smooth, under surface 
calyx hair AE with crenate-serrated 2-3-lobed segments ; 
, ais iain ; petals 10 to 12, rounded at the apex. Y. 
tin! sot New Granada at the height of 3000 feet. 
s Crowfoot. P], 4 to 1 foot. 
*Stolpes (H. B, et Kth. nov. gen. et spec. amer. 5. 
1 
XIV. Ranuncetus. 39 
p. 47.) stem erect, 1-3-flowered, very villous as well as the 
petioles; leaves villous, trifid, or 3-parted, with ovate-toothed 
lobes ; calyx reflexed ; petals 10, oblong-linear. 2. F. Native 
of Mexico in the mountains. Habit of Gèum montanum. Petals 
twice as longas calyx. Hairs of the stem spreading, those of the 
leaves closely pressed. 
Geum-like Crowfoot. Pl. 4 foot. 
154 R. sisparproipes (H. B. et Kth. nov. gen. et spec. amer. 
5. p. 48.) stem almost naked, 1-flowered ; leaves pilose, pimate, 
with ovate-toothed segments; terminal segment 3-lobed; floral 
leaves pinnatifid; calyx spreading, shorter than the oblong 
petals. %4. F. Native of South America on the high moun- 
tain of Quindiu or Antisana. A very dwarf herb, with the habit 
of Sibbaldia procumbens. Radical leaves crowded, dark green. 
Carpels ovate, rather compressed, terminated by short straight 
points. 
Sibbaldia-like Crowfoot. P1. 4 foot. 
155 R. petruiniro LIUS (H. B. et Kth. nov. gen. et spec. 
amer, 5. p. 48.) stems erect, few-flowered, hairy ; leaves ternate ; 
lateral segments bifid, middle one 3-parted, with deeply- serrat- 
ed bifid or trifid lacinize and lanceolate lobes ; calyx pilose, re- 
flexed; petals 15. 2%. F. Native of Mexico on the mountains 
at the height of 5000 feet. 
Larkspur-leaved Crowfoot. Pl. 1 foot. . 
156 R. pepuncuxa'ris (Smith in Rees’ cyclop. no. 49.) leaves 
smoothish; radical ones stalked, ternate, with 3-lobed segments, 
which are acutely cut at the apex; cauline leaves 1 or 2, linear 
or trifid; stem erect, 1-leaved, 1 or 2-flowered; calyx at length 
reflexed ; petals 8-10, oblong. Y%.H. Native of the Straits of 
Magellan on the borders of woods, at a place called Fresh-nater 
Bay or Baye Duclos. Habit of R. bulbdsus. Carpels globose, 
even, with hooked points. Stem more or less hairy. 
Peduncled-flowered Crowfoot. Fl. Dec. Pl. 1 foot. 
157 R. cranpirxo‘rus (Lin. spec. 781.) leaves rather villous, 
radical ones stalked, ternate, with unequally jagged segments ; 
stem-leaves linear or divided into linear lobes; stem erect, 
villous, few-flowered ; calyx reflexed. %4. H. Native of Cap- 
padocia and about Constantinople. Desf. Choix. 57. t. 44. 
Flowers larger than those of R. bulbosus. 
Great-flowered Crowfoot. Fl. May. Clt. 1817. Pl. 4 tol ft. 
158 R. patu’stris (Lin. MSS. Smith in Rees’ cyclop. no. 52.) 
leaves rather hairy, stalked, cleft in 3 beyond the middle, with 
blunt recesses and ovate-cut toothed lobes ; stem erect, branched, 
almost naked; carpels even, terminated by straight short points. 
u.H. Root a little like that of R. bulbosus. 
Var. a, orientalis (D. C. syst. 1. p. 294.) stem trichotomous ; 
radical leaves on short stalks. %. H. Native of the Levant. 
R. orientalis, palistris, apii folio, &c. Tour. cor. 20. Stems 
numerous. 
Var. B, Cérsicus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 295.) stems dichotomous ; 
radical leaves on very long stalks. %. H. Native of Corsica. 
R. Corsicus, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 637. Herb dark green; style 
hardly hooked. 
Marsh Crowfoot. Pl. 1 foot. 
159 R. cYMBALARIFOLIUS (Balb. in Mor. 1. p. 2.) root 
fascicled ; leaves rather hairy, radical ones on long stalks, orbi- 
cular 3-lobed: lobes coarsely-crenate, cauline leaves trifid and 
simple; stem branched dichotomous, rather naked, filiform 5 
sepals reflexed ; carpels smooth, hooked. Y.H. Native of 
the island of Sardinia in rivulets. 
Cymbalaria-leaved Crowfoot. PI. 3 foot. 
160 R. ortHory’Ncuvus (Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 21. t. 9.) 
plant beset with adpressed hairs; stem erect, slender, branched, 
and rather leafy ; radical leaves stalked, ternate ; leaflets linear- 
multifid, with white callose tips; calyx reflexed ; styles straight, 
longer than the carpels, which are broadly semi-ovate, com- 
