390  GPOLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA, Caltha. - 
Ranunculus Ficaria. Walt. fl. car. 159. *- 
lu shady cedar-swamps of New Jersey and Carolina. 
X. June, July. v v, Flowers deep yellow, the size 
of Ranunculus Ficaria. j 
integerrima, 2. cy caule erecto corymboso, foliis integerrimis sina clauso 
orbiculato-cordatis, floralibus sessilibus reniformibus 
. basi obsolete crenatis, petalis obovalibus, 
In wet meadows and small rivulets: New England to 
Virginia. a. May—July. v. v. Flowers yellow, 
smaller than the following species, 
palustris. 3. C. caule erecto corymboso, foliis cordato-reniformibus : 
lobis patulis, circumcirca acute-crenatis, floralibus sub- 
sessilibus, petalis ovatis.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1338. 
Icon. Fl. dan. 668. Engl. bot. 506. ` 
In low boggy meadows: Canada to Pensylvania. XY. 
April—June. v.v. Flowers golden yellow, large. 
Slabellifolia. 4, C. caule procumbente, foliis dilatato-reniformibus: lobis 
patentissimis, circumcirca argute acuteque dentatis, 
pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris, petalis. 
tis, capsulis rostro adunco. Rau S MACC 
In a large sand-spring on Pokono-mountain, Pensylvania. —— 
Y. July, Aug. v. v. Flowers yellow, the size of — — 
Ranunculus arvensis. This plant has some affinity 
with C. natans Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1339. of which I 
have seen perfect specimens in the Herbarium of A. 
B, Lambert, Esq., collected by Pallas in the- most 
eastern parts of Siberia, under the name of C. pusilla, 
- which 1 distinguish by the following diagnosis: Caltha 
natans, caule procumbente natante, foliis cordato-re- 
niformibus: lobis subapproximatis, postice obsolete 
crenatis, antice dentatis, petalis ovalibus, capsulis ros- 
tro recto. The flowers of that species are white, with 
a tinge of red, of the same size as the present species. 
462. COPTIS. Salisb. in linn. trans. 8. p. 305. 
trifolia. 1. C. foliis ternatis, foliolis rotundato-obovalibus acumina- 
to-crenatis, scapo unifloro.— Salis, I. c. 
Helleborus trifolius, Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1338. ` 
Icon. Fi. dan. 566. 
In cedar-swamps and mountain bogs : Canada to Virgi- 
nia. M. May—July. v.v. A delicate small plant; 
flowers white. ems 
