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RANuncuLus AMPLEXICAULIS. PLANTAIN= 
LzeaveD Crowroor, 
Jedeeeebsiokestatak 
x Clafs and Order. 7 
*  Poryanpria PotycynNia. 
Generic Charaéfer. 
3 Gal, deciduus. 5 phyllus, (rarius 3-phyllus) Petala 5, (rarius2, 
g, aut 8) intra ungues fquamula vel poro mellifero. Styli 
perfiftentes. Sem. incruftata, ere&ta, Linn. Sy/t. Nat. ed. 13- 
Gmel. : 2 
: Specific Chara&er and : Synonyms. 
RANUNCULUS ‘amplexicaulis foliis ovatis acuminatis am-— 
plexicaulibus, caule multifloro, radice faf- 
ciculata. Linn. Syf. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. 
— Pp. §15- Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 265. “ 
. RANUNCULUS montanus foliis plantaginis. Baub. Pin. 180. 
RANUNCULUS pyrenzus albo flore. Clu/. app. alt. auth. — 
— ic. 4 ta. Ger. emac. 963. fig. 2. a 
= aaa: 
The leaves of the Razunculus amplexicaulis in part furround 
the ftalk at their bafe, whence its trivial name; in colour they 
differ from moft others of the genus, being of a greyer Or 
more glaucous hue, which peculiarity joined to the delicate 
whitenefs of the flowers, renders this fpecies a very defirable- ee 
one to add to a colleétion of hardy, ornamental, herbaceous 
_ plants, more efpecially as it occupies but little fpace, and has 
no tendency to injure the growth of others. ee 
It is a native of the Apennine and Pyrenean mountains, 2B 
and flowers in April and May eS i 
Ciusius is the firft author who defcribes and figures this” 
fpecies. Jounson in his ed. of Gzranp copies his figure; 
and mentions it as being then made a denizen of our gardens. te 
It is readily propagated by parting its rootsin Autumn, 
and provided it has a pure air will faccced in seo faile and 
