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Ranunculus cassubicus. Cassubian 

 Crowfoot. 



Class and Order. 



POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5, intra ungues poro mellifero. 

 Sem. nuda. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Ranunculus cassubicus ; foliis radicalibus reniformibus 

 crenatis ; caulinis digitatis serratis ; supremis lineari- 

 bus subintegerrimis, caule multifloro. 



Ranunculus cassubicus ; foliis radicalibus subrotundo-cor- 

 datis crenatis ; caulinis digitatis dentatis, caule multi- 

 floro. Sp. PL 775. mild. 2. p. 1314. Hort. Kew. 

 ed. alt. 3. p. 353. Lam. Encycl. 6. p. 108. 



Ranunculus cassubicus ; foliis glabris radicalibus petiolatis 

 reniformibus crenatis, caulinis in lobos lineares serratos 

 partitis. Dec. Syst. Veg.nat. 1. p. 267. 



Ranunculus aconitifolius folio rotundo ad radicem praesto- 

 lante. Loes. Pruss. 225. t. 72. 



Ranunculus rotundifolius vernus sylvaticus major vel 

 cassubicus, folio Thorae seu Calthae. Breyn. Prodr. 1. 

 p. 45. Tourn. inst. 285. 



The leaflets at the first division into branches are repre- 

 sented by Lgesel, as in our figure, oblong-ovate, and by no 

 means linear, an epithet that at most can only be applied 

 to the uppermost leaf. 



This species has been by some, with very little reason, 

 regarded as a variety of Ranunculus auricomus ; from 

 which it appears to us to be totally distinct. 



A hardy perennial, rarely to be met with in our gardens, 

 having neither beauty nor fragrance to recommend it 

 to cultivators. Native of Prussia, Pomeranian Cassubia, 

 and Siberia. Introduced in 1794 by Messrs. Loddiges and 

 sons, by whom it was communicated to us. 



