RANUNCULACEZ. XIV. Ranuncvutus. | l 41 
' pedicels opposite the leaves; calyx reflexed; carpels finely tu- 
bercled, each ending in a long acuminated horn. ©.H. Native 
of Syria. This species is intermediate between Ranúnculus and 
Ceratocéphalus. 
Horned Crowfoot. PI. 3 foot. 
169 R. pinna‘rus (Poir. dict. 6. p. 126.) leaves villous, pin- 
nate; leaflets stalked, oblong, acute, somewhat pinnatifid ; pedi- 
cels opposite the leaves, calyx reflexed; carpels oval, tinely 
tubercled, mucronate with the short styles. ©. H.. Native of the 
East Indies and. the Cape of Good Hope. Root with blackish 
fibres. Stem branched, hispid. 
Var. a, Sonneratii (D. C. prod. 1. p. 42.) -Native of India. 
R. parviflorus, var. c. Bir. ren. 46. 
Var. B, Hermánni, (D.C. prod. 1. p. 42.) Native of Cape 
` of Good Hope. R. Africanus pratensi hirsuto similis. Herm. cat. 
pl. afr. p. 18. 
Pinnate-leaved Crowfoot. Pl. 1 foot. 
170 R. parvirròrus (Lin. spec. 780.) leaves villous, orbicular, 
8-lobed, coarsely toothed or cut ; stem decumbent, covered with 
soft hairs ; pedicels opposite the leaves; calyx a little reflexed, 
equal in length to the petals; carpels granular-tubercled. ©. H. 
Native almost throughout Europe in low humid places; plentiful 
in Britain. Smith. eng. bot. t. 120.—Ray. angl. 3. p. 248. t. 12. 
f. 1.—Mor. hist. 2. p. 440. sect. 4. t. 28. f. 1. Hairy Crowfoot. 
Petiv. engl. herb. t. 38. f. g. 
Var. B, acutilobus, (D. C. prod. 1. p. 42.) leaves deeply 3- 
lobed; lobes cut at the apex ; teeth acute. Native of Teneriffe. 
Var. y, eréctus, (D. C. prod. 1. p. 42.) stem erect ; leaves 
5-lobed or coarsely 5-toothed. Native of Syria. 
Small-flowered Crowfoot. Fl. May, Ju. Eng. Pl. trailing. 
171 R. tríLosus (Desf. atl. 1. p. 437. t. 113.) leaves some- 
what villous or smooth; first ones roundish, crenated, the rest 
3-parted; lobes diverging, cuneated at the base, toothed at the 
apex ; stem erect ; pedicels opposite the leaves; calyx at length 
Somewhat reflexed, shorter than the petals ; carpels granularly- 
pvereled, ©. H. Native of the regions of Mediterranean, 
po ary, Cyprus, Greece, Naples, France, and of Teneriffe. 
: parviflorus, var.: b, Bir. ren. 46. R. Rosani Tenore. prod. 
‘heap. This species is allied on the one hand to R. parviflorus 
and on the other to R. philonotis. 
Three-lobed-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. Pl. 3 ft. 
ne R. corvicrrus (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Linneea 1. 
re rel plant clothed with silky hairs ; radical leaves cordate, 
cut ish-ovate, crenate-toothed, entire, or 3-lobed, stem ones 
naked duite entire; stem usually 2-flowered, or with radical, 
6 H -flowered peduncles; calyx reflexed ; carpels tubercled. 
H. Native of Corsica. 
i eart-bearing Crowfoot. Pl. } foot. 
D. hiksa SESsILIFLÒRUS (R. Br. prod. fl. holl. vol. 2. ined. 
parted yst. 1. p. 302.) leaves rather villous, kidney-shaped, 3- 
opposite ousely toothed ; stems procumbent ; flowers sessile, 
tive of N ne leaves; carpels granularly-tubercled. ©. H. Na- 
the flowe ew Holland about Port Jackson. The disposition of 
Sessile- IS very near to that of R. nodiflorus. 
174 flowered Crowfoot. Fl. June, July. Pl. prostrate. 
villous M ee ecesus (Sternb. in gaz. bot. ratisb. 1826.) leaves 
toothed all ed, ternate ; segments trifid, acutely and deeply 
reflexe a vn stalked ; stem erect, villous ; root bulbous ; calyx 
artel S rpels tubercled. 4%. H. Native about Trieste. 
ruited Crowfoot. Pl. 1 foot. 
§ 2. Leaves entire. 
175 R OP x . 
low. * SPHIOGLOssIFOLIUs (Vill. dauph. 4. p. 732. t. 49.) 
sem ere a Stalked, cordate, obtuse, upper ones oblong, sessile ; 
nularly-tuberele reai peduncles opposite the leaves ; carpels gra- 
©. H. Native of the in 
VOL. 1.—parrr. south of Europe 
moist meadows and bogs, particularly in France, about Montpelier, 
Portugal, Italy, &c. R. flammula var. f. Bir. ren. p. 37. R. 
ophioglossoides, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1820. R. cordifdlius, Bast. fl. 
main. et loir. 207. R. Telonénsis Robert. R. fistulosus, Brign. 
fasc. rar. pl. forogul 25. R. uliginosus, Tenore in litt. Carpels 
ovate, compressed. 
Adders’-tingue-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1823. Pl. 4 ft. 
176 R. vxicino sus (Willd. enum. 586.) leaves ovate and lan- 
ceolate, serrated, smooth; stem ascending, fistulous ; peduncles 
opposite the leaves ; petals length of calyx. ©. H. Native of 
Teneriffe. Very like R. flammula and R. ophioglossifolius. 
Flowers as small as those of the abortivus. The immature fruit 
has only been seen; they are disposed in a globose head, and 
appear to be granularly-tubercled. 
Bog Crowfoot. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1829. Pl. 3 foot. 
177 R. nopirro rus (Lin. spec. 773.) radical leaves stalked, 
oval-oblong ; flowers sessile opposite the leaves; carpels granu- 
larly-tubercled, scarcely beaked. ©.H. Native of France and 
Hungary, &c. inlow places where the rain remains a considerable 
time. Carpels collected into a globose head. 
Var. a, dentatus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 43.) leaves 3-nerved, 
toothed at the apex, Native of Hungary. R. nodiflorus. Walds. 
et Kit. hung. 2. p. 192.t. 176. R. nodiflorus, var. B, Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 2171. yar. y, siculus, &c.—Petiv. gaz. 39. t. 24. f. 9. 
Knot-flowered Crowfoot. Clt. 1714. Pl. 3 foot. 
178 R. LATERIFLO Rus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 251.) leaves radical, 
stalked, oval-oblong; flowers sessile, opposite the leaves or axil- 
lary; carpels granularly-tubercled, beaked by the elongated 
styles. ©. H. Native of Syria. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 30.— 
Cuss. hort. cath. 185. 
Lateral-flowered Crowfoot. Pl. $ foot. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
§ 1. 
179 R. ostusiu’scutus (Raf. in journ. bot. 1808. vol. 1. p. 
225.) Native of North America, in marshes of New Jersey. Stem 
erect, simple ; leaves stalked, lanceolate, bluntish ; flowers few, 
terminal. 
Bluntish-leaved Crowfoot. Pl. 1 foot. 
§2. Leaves multifid. 
180 R. pr’srnis (Raf. in journ. bot. 1808. vol. 1. p. 225.) 
Native of Pennsylvania near German-town. Stem weak ; leaves 
few, bifid, cut, serrated, on long half-jointed stalks ; flowers ter- 
minal, solitary. 
Weak Crowfoot. Pl. procumbent. 
181 R. Forskæ'wru (D. C. syst. 1. p. 303.) R. multifidus, 
Forsk. fl. ægyp. 102. R. chærophyllos, Var. a. Bir. ren. 42. 
Native of Arabia. Leaves multifid, lower ones pinnately jagged. 
Stem 2 feet high, erect, many-flowered, round at the base, striated 
at the apex, pilose; calyx equal in length to the corolla, 
Forsköhlľ’s Crowfoot. Pl. 2 feet. 
182 R. Canrone’nsts (D. C. prod. 1. p. 43.) Native of 
China near Canton. Hecatònia pilòsa, Lour. coch. 371. D. C. 
syst. 1. p. 228. Stem erect, branched, pilose ; leaves pilose, 
ternate, lanceolate, serrated ; flowers terminal, solitary; carpels 
acuminated, collected into a globose head. (Lour.) 
Canton Crowfoot. Pl. 2 feet. 
183 R. Lacasca‘nus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 43.) Native of Spain.’ 
R. pubéscens, Lag. cat. hort. madr. p. 19. Plant hairy; pe- 
duncles elongated, 1-flowered; calyx pilose, reflexed; leaves 
3-parted, 3-lobed, crenated, upper ones lanceolate, quite entire. 
(Lag.) 
Lagasca’s Crowfoot. Pl. ? 
184 R. Hornema’nnt (Schlecht. anim. 2. p. 36.) Native of 
North America. R. tuberésus, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 527. 
Calyx reflexed, pilose; peduncles furrowed ; leaves triternate ; 
Leaves entire. 
