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Ranunculus Gramineus. Grass-Leaved 

 Crowfoot. 



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Clafs and Order. 



POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNlA. 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-phyllus. Petala 5 intra ungues poro mellifero. Semina 

 nuda. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



RANUNCULUS gramineus foliis lanceolato linearibus indi- 

 vifis, caule ere&o laeviflimo paucifloro. 

 Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed 14. Murr. p. 5^5' 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. p. 265. 



RANUNCULUS gramineo folio bulbofus. Bauh. Pin. 181 ? 



RANUNCULUS montanus folio gramineo. Bauh. Pin. 180. 



RANUNCULUS gramineus. 



, Grafle leafed Crowfoot. Park. Parad. p. 218. 221./. 1^ 



This fpecies of Ranunculus, an inhabitant of the dry pas- 

 tures of the South of France and Italy, and a hardy herba- 

 ceous plant of ready growth, recommends itfelf by the earlinels 

 of its flowering and the delicate glaucous colour of its foliage- 



Parkinson figures it with double flowers, though he de- 

 fcribes it with femi-double ones only ; we have not obferved 

 either of thefe varieties in the gardens about London, they 

 have moft probably fallen victims to the rage for novelty, 

 at the fhrine of which many a fair and' goodly flower is yearly 

 facrificed. 



It flowers towards the end of April, and is propagated by 

 parting its roots in autumn. 



The fynonyms of this and other fpecies of Ranunculus 

 defcribed in Gerard's Fl. Ga/lopr. are very inaccurate!; 

 quoted in ProfefTor Murray's edition of the Syft. Vegcld- 



