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RANUNCULUS CARDIOPHYLLUS. AMERICAN 
HEART-LEAVED CrowFoot. 
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Class and Order. 
PotyanpriA Potyeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ranuncunacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-sepalus, sepalis basi non solutis deciduis. Pet. 5, 
rarius 10, intus basi squamula foveolari nectarifera in- 
structa. Stam. ovariaque plurima. Cariopsides ovate, 
subcompressx, in mucronem aut cornu semine vix longius 
desinentes, leves, striate aut tuberculate, in capitulum 
globosum cylindraceumve disposite. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Ranuncutus *cardiophyllus; pubescenti-hirsutus, foliis sub- 
-coriaceis glauco-viridibus radicalibus rotundato-cor- 
datis basi subprofunde emarginatis grosse serrato - 
crenatis, caulinis palmato-multifidis laciniis linearibus, 
poniyee patente petalis dimidio breyiore, fructibus ob- 
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Ranuncuxus cardiophyllus. Hook. & Bor. Am. 2. 1. p. 
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Descr. Root consisting of a tuft of rather long, crowded, 
fleshy fibres, thi¢kest upwards, clothed with many small, 
-like radicles, perennial. Stem from six inches to nearly 
4 foot high, simple, or slightly branched upwards, pubes- 
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