522 RANUNCULACEAE 
R. recurvatus Poir. Stem slender, 1.5-7 dm. tall, hirsute: leaf-blades 
thinnish, the divisions rhombic to ovate, toothed and sometimes also lobed: 
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sepals mainly lanceolate: petals pale yellow, 3-5 m fruit 
globular, the receptaele hispid: achene-bod 2 mm. long, long-beaked 
thin-margined, the faces granular —(BLISTERWORT. HOOKED-BUTTERCUP.)— 
Rich woods and swamps, various provinces, Fla. to Miss., Kans., Man., and 
pr. 
13. R. pennsylvanicu f. Stem erect, 3-7 dm. tall, hispid: leaf-blades 
thinnish, the segue relatively narrow, irregularly sharp-toothed: petals pale- 
yellow, 24.5 m sate ng: head of fruit cylindric to ellipsoid: achene-body about 
ong, prom 2r beaked.—(BRISTLY-BUTTERCUP.)—Low gr M and 
river- banks, various provinces, Ga. to Ark., B. C., and N. S.—Sum. 
. R. repens s L. Stem creeping, 1-8 dm. long, hirsute or glabrate: leaf-blades 
TO the d broad, eoarsely toothed or lobed: e E. o 
10-13 mm. long: head of fruit Hush core od 3 ong, minutely 
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beaked, narrow- margine —(BuTTE o REEPING-BUTTEROU e ED. 
HORSE” GOLD. MAT-BUT TERCUP MEGA NY-FEET.) —F'elds, roadsides, and low 
grounds, various provinces, N of Coastal num N. C. to Mo., B. C, 'Ont., and 
Newf. Nat. of Eu.—(W. I.)—Spr.- 
15. R. de m 2—11 dm. tall, loosely pubescent: leaf-blades e 
mostly 5 divided, e div visions broad, bd -toothed, the middle division 
stalked: E nd yellow, about 1 cm. long: he ad of fruit globose: schene 
body about 3 mm. long, obscurely N minutely fine-beaked.— (MEAD 
BUTTERCUP. ue -BUTTERCUP.) —W oods, fields, and mess various Ee. 
. C. to Mo., B. C. a. Newf. Nat. of Eu.—Spr.- 
16. R. bulbosus L. Stem 1.5-5 dm. tall, rather o DR leaf- 
PED S the divisions pinnate, broad, blunt-to othed: petals bright-} po 
. long: head of fruit globose: achene- -body about 3 mm. long, 
is iur ined, minutely stout-beaked.—( MEADOWw-GOLD. TURNIP-BUTTERCUP.) 
 —hHRoadsides, ficlds, an a various provinces, N. C. to La., N. Y., an 
Me. Nat. of Eu. —Spr 
17. R. palmatus Ell. Stem 5 dm. long, sparingly appressed-pubescent or 
glabrate: leaf-blades thin, the. divisions shallowly few-toothed and sometimes 
A = d: petals pale-yellow, 6-10 mm. long: head of fruit globose: achenes Ls 
a head, the d about 3 mm. long, the broad beak E as long. [R. 
b 
P.)—Low groun nds and swamps, various provinees, Ga. to Tex., "Man., a 
Eu i 
19. R. fascicularis Muhl. ` Stem 1-3 dm. tall, densely silky: leaf-blades thick, 
those of E. lower leaves with typically cuneate- flabellate lobed or parted divi- 
sions: petals 8-14 mm. long: head of € globose: scene body diee m. long, 
slightly dake nea: the beak as long, slender. [Z. apricus Greene ]— (Baru. 
as WFOOT. EARLY WOOD- Ead is ) Woot and ind eae provinces 
Plain, Ga. Kan and Mass —Spr.—The roots of 
this species p WT pim Fit the ues of the next pd and 
next following species are more or less clustered, but they are long and slender. 
