of tbe En pli 73 Species of that Cs By Richard PulteMy, M, D. 
FR. $. m be din. cs. SS SS rr ur 
E» i Tj 1798. eooo . 
OTH antient and modern. writers on Botany, and the Materia © 
Medica, agree, pretty uniformly, in attributing to many fpecies | 
of the genus Ranunculus a corrofive and poifonous quality. In 
feveral i it abounds in fuch a degree as, when applied externally, in 
a recent ftate, to excite vefications, and. ulceration of the parts, fre- 
quently of a malignant and gangrenous nature: and, when ae 
inwardly, to prove poifonous and fatal, by inducing vomiting, 1 
flammation of the ftomach, with the ufual confequences of pe 
poifons. Thefe qualities are cei manifeft in the recent 
uem while i in its higheft vi vigo ot 
The eae {pecies, thaf'a are puce and common in WERL 
land, are, the Ranunculus Flammula, or Leffer Spearwort ; R. bulbofus, 
bulbous rooted Crowfoot ; R. acris, upright Crowfoot; R. fceleratus, 
Marth Crowfoot ; R. arvenfis, Corn Crowfoot ; and the R. aquatilis, 
or Water- Crowfoot, according to the report of various authors. 
Of thefe the Flammula, € and derent ‘are judged to be the 
moft acrimonious, 
Before 
