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RANUNCULUS MONTANUS. YELLOW Movun- 
TAIN RANUNCULUS. 
KEKE KEKE EE KKK KEK KR EKEK 
Class and Order. 
PotyanprRiA Potyeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ranuncunace. ) 
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, sub- 
compresse, in mucronem aut cornu semine vix longius 
desinentes, lzves, striate aut tuberculate, in capitulum 
Slobosum cylindraceumve disposite. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ranuncunus* montanus; caule 1-floro, foliis (paucis) gla- 
bris tripartitis laciniis bi- trifidis laciniis oblongo- 
cuneatis, apice obtusis inciso-serratis supremis sessili- 
bus, ultimi laciniis linearibus integerrimis, peduncnlo 
appresso-piloso, sepalis patentibus subpilosis, germini- 
bus in capitulo subrotundo -aggregatis, stylo subeque 
longo uncinato, radice tuberoso. ; : 
Ranuncutvs montanus. Willd. Sp. Pl. p. 1321. De Cand. 
Syst. Veget. v.1. t. 276. Prodr. v. 1. p. 36. Spreng, 
Syst. Veget. v.2. p.651. Schlecht. Anim. II. p. 19. 
Ranuncutvs nivalis, “ Scop. Carn. ed. 2. n. 686?” Jacq. 
Austr. t. 325, 326. (non Linn.) 
an 
Descr. Root an oblong, horizontal, truncated, and 
knobbed tuber, throwing down from its under side very 
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* From Rana, a frog; many of the species inhabiting the places where 
those animals abound. _ 
