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RANUNCULUS MILLEFOLIATUS. MILFOIL- 
LEAVED CROWFOOT. 
KEE KE EE EEE EEE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
PotyanpriA Potyeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ranuncutacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-sepalus, sepalis basi non solutis, deciduis. Pet. 
5, rarius 10, intus basi squamula foyeolari nectarifera in- 
structa. Stam. ovariaque plurima. Cariopsides ovate, sub- 
compress, in mucronem aut cornu semine vix longiores 
desinentes, leves, striate aut tuberculate, in capitulum 
globosum cylindraceumve disposite. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ranuncutus millefoliatus ; carpellis levibus compressis in 
spicam oblongam digestis, stylis uncinatis, foliis de- 
compositis multifidis glabris lobis lineari - oblongis 
acutis, caule parce folioso adpresse villoso 1-floro, 
calyce adpresso, radice grumoso. 
Ncutus millefoliatus. Vahl, Symb. Bot. v. 2. p. 63. 
—t.37. Desf. Atl.v.1. p. 441. t. 116. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 
2. p. 1328. «Sm. Fl. Gree. t. 521.” De Cand. Syst. 
Veget. v.1. p. 266. Ejusd. Prodr. v. 1. p.27. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 647. Ten. Prodr. Fl. Neap. 
Suppl. 3. p. 377. SS 
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Descr. Root formed of a cluster of oblong-elliptical 
tubers, generally terminated by a fibre, and mixed with 
fibres. Leaves mostly radical, on long stalks, multifid ; 
their primary and secondary divisions opposite and rather 
remote, the’ rest mostly alternate, the segments linear- 
oblong, acute, quite glabrous. Those of the stem gre ae 
