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3. Ranunculus {Creticus) foliis radicalibus reniformi- 

 bus crenatis fublobatis, caulinis triparcicis lanceolatis 

 integerrimis, caule multifloro. Lin. Sp. Plant. 550. 

 Ranunculus with kidney-Jhaped lower leaves^ which are 

 crenated and almoft divided into lobes^ but thofe upon the 

 ftalks divided into three fpear-Jhaped lobes which are entire, 



hearing many fiowers onajlalk. Ranunculus afphodeli 

 radice Creticus. C. B. P. i8r. Afphodel-rooted Ranun- 

 culus of Crete. 



4. Ranunculus {Aconitifolius) foliis omnibus quinatis 

 lanceolatis incifo-ierratis. Hort. Cliff. 229. flore 

 pleno. Ranunculus with all the leaves divided into five 

 fpear-Jhaped fegments which are fawed^ and bear a dou- 

 ble flower. Ranunculus folio aconiti, flore albo mul- 

 tiplici. C. B. P. 179. Ranunculus with a Wolffbane leaf 

 and a double white flower^ commonly called Mountain 



Ranunculus. 



5. Ranunculus {Gramineus) foliis lanceolato-linearibus 



feffilibus, caule erefto radice bulbofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



773. Ranunculus with linear leaves fitting clofe to the 

 flalk^ which is ere£f^ having very long foot-ftalks to the 

 flowers. Ranunculus montanus, folio gramineo. 



C.B.P. 181. Mountain Ranunculus with a Grafs leaf 



6. Ranunculus (Rut^folius) foliis fupra dccompofitis, 

 caule fimpliciffimo unifolio, radice tuberola. Hort. 

 Cliff. 230. flore plcno. Ranunculus with leaves zvhich 

 are decompounded above^ a Jingle fialk bearing one leaf., 

 and a tuberous root with a double flower. Ranunculus 

 rutaceo folio, flore pleno, luteo, minori. Flor. Bat. 

 2, 3. Rue-leaved Ranunculus with a fmaller double yel- 

 low flower. 



7. Ranunculus {Auricomus) foliis radicalibus renifor- 

 mibus crenatis incifis, caulinis digitatis linearibus, 



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and fhould be planted in a moifl foil and a fludy 

 fituation. ^ 



The fecond fort is a variety of the common creepino- 

 Crow-foot, which grows naturally in cultivated field^ 

 in moft parts of England. The flioots from the root 

 of this fort trail upon the ground, and put out roots 

 from every joint in the manner of the Strawberry, fo 

 that when it is once introduced into a garden, it will 

 multiply fafl: enough; the leaves and ftalks arehlirv, 

 the fiowers are yellow and double, but fmall. 



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The third fort grows naturally in Crete ; this hath an 

 Afphodel root; the lower leaves are large, kidney-. 

 fhaped, and a little hairy, about three inches long 

 and four broad ; they are deeply crenated on their 

 borders, and are divided almoft into five lobes, and 

 have long foot-ftalks which are hairy. The ftalks 

 rife about nine or ten inches high, and are garniflied 

 with two or three leaves, which are cut into three feg- 

 ments, and are entire ; the top of the ftalk divides into 

 feveral foot-ftalks, each fuftaining one large, pale, 

 yellow flower. This fort flowers the beginmno- of 



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It is propagated by offsets from the roots, in 



the fame way as the Garden Ranunculus, and ftiould 

 be planted in a warm border, otherwife the froft will 

 deftroy the roots. 



The fourth fort grows naturally upon the Alps, with 

 a fingle flower, but the double has been obtained by 

 feeds, and is preferved in many curious gardens for 

 the beauty of its flowers. This is by fome gardeners 

 called the Fair Maid of France ; it hath a perennial 

 root, compofed of many ftrong fibres ; the leaves are 

 divided into five fpear-ftiaped lobes ; the four fide 



caule multifloro. Hort. Cliff. 229. flore pleno. Ra-\ lobes are upon foot-ftalks coming from the fide of 



fiunculus with kidney -fhaped.^ crenated^ lower leaves^ thofe 

 en the ftalks hand-fhaped and linear^ and ftalks bearing 

 many flowers. Ranunculus dulcis multiflorus. Tab. 

 Icon. S'i' Sweet-fmelling Ranunculus hearing many flowers. 



8. RAi^uficvLVs (Amplexicaulis) foliis ovatisacuminatis 

 amplexicaulibus, caule fidice fafciculata. Hort. Cliff. 

 229. Ranunculus with ovaly acute-pointed leaves which 



^ mhrace the ftalks^ many fiowers upon a ftalk^ and roots 

 ':/ growing in bunches. Ranuncutus montanus, folio plan- 



• tasinis. CB. P. 1S6. Mountain Ranunculus with a 



Plantain leaf. 



9. Ranunculus (Grandifiorus) caule erefto bifolio, fo- 



• liis multifidis, caulinis alternis feffilibus. Flor. Leyd, 



the principal ftalk, and the middle one terminates it ; 

 they are deeply fawed on their edges, and have Seve- 

 ral longitudinal veins. The ftalks rife a foot and a 

 half high, and branch out at the top into three or 

 four divifions, at each of which there is one leaf, of 

 the fame Ihape with the lower, but fmaller. The 

 flowers are pure white, and very double, each ftand- 



ing upon a^Ibprt foot-ftalk. 



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; :. is propagated by parting the roots in autumn, as foon 

 V: as the leaves <3ecay, and Ihpuld be planted in an eaft 

 border and a loamy foil, not too ftiff. 

 The fifth fort grows naturally on the Alps ; this has 

 a perennial root ; the leaves are long and narrow like 



Prod. 492. Ranunculus with an ere£lftalky having two \ thofe of Grafs, fitting clofe to the ftalks, which rife 



leaves which are many-pointed, and thofe upon the ftalks 

 alternate fitting clofe. Ranunculus Orientalis, aconiti 

 folio, flore maximo. Tourn. Cor. 22. Eaftern Ranun- 



' cuius with a Wolffbane leaf and a large flower. 



16. Ranunculus {Sanguineus) foliis ternatis biternatif- 

 que, foliolis trifidis obtufis, caule fimplici. Ranuncu- 

 lus with leaves placed by threes, which are divided again 

 i'into twice trifoliate leaves, ending in three ohtufe points, 

 with a fmple ftalk. Ranunculus afphodeli radice, flore 

 fanguineo. C.B.P. 281. Afphodel-rooted Ranunculus 

 with a bloody flower. ' ■ '- - - --- 



II. Ranunculus {Aftaticus) foliis ternatis biternatifque, 

 foliolis trifidis incifis, caule inferne ramofo. Lin. Sp. 

 552. Ranunculus with trifoliate'and twice trifoliate leaves, 

 wbofe lobes' are trifid, cut, and a ftalk branching at the 

 bottom. Perfian Ranunculus..^ • . T „. 



a little more than a foot high, dividing at the top into 

 three or four flender foot-ftalks, which are terminated 

 by fingle yellow flowers like thofe of the common But- 

 terflower. This flowers the beginning of May. There 

 is a double flower of this kind in the Paris Garden, 

 but we have not yet got it in England. ^ 



The fixth fort grows naturally in Auftria, and alfo 

 in the Levant. This hath a tuberous root, the leaves 

 decompounded and fmooth ; the ftalks rife near a foot 

 high, and have one leaf of the fame Ihape with the 

 lower, but fmaller ; the ftalk is terminated by one 

 double flower, about the fize of the common Butter- 

 flower, but of a fine bright yellow colour. ^ This 

 flowers in the end of May. • It is propagated by off- 

 fets from the roots in the fame way as the Garden Ra- 

 nunculus, and muft be planted in a warm border, 



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The firft fort is a variety of the common upright otherwife the froft will deftroy the roots in winter 



• Meadow Ranunculus, which grows naturally in eve- 

 ry pafture ; but as this hath double flowers, fo it 

 is cultivated in sardens. The ftalks of this are 



The feventh fort is a variety of the common fwcet 



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is a very hardy plant ; it may be eafily propagated by 

 ereft, and rife more than a foot high ; the lower the root, and Ihould have a loamy foil and a fliady 

 "i leaves have very long foot-ftalks ; they are divided I fituation. 

 "[ into feveral fegments^ refembling thofe of the Aco- The eighth fort grows naturally upon the Alps and 



.4iite,' or Monk's- hood ; the leaves toward the top of 

 the^ftalk are cut into linear fegments to the bottom ; 

 the" ftalk branches at the top into feveral foot- 

 ftalks, which are terminated by double yellow flow- 

 ers. Thefe appear in May, and if they ftand in a 

 Ihady fituation, will continue a month in flower; 



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fix inches high ; the leaves are narrow, and but one 

 flower upon a ftalk ; but when it is planted in a gar- 

 den, the ftalks rife a foot and a half high, and are gar- 

 niflied with oval acute-pointed leaves, three inches 



___ ^ , lof^gi and one inch and a half broad, fmooth, of a 



and many times' in moift feafons, there are fmall grayifh fcolour, embracing the ftalks with their bafe ; 



flowers rifing out of the middle of the others. This j this branches out at the top into feveral foot-ftalks 



is propagated by parting of the roots in autumn, 



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