— or R. aquatilis Ger. em. 829. Ray Syn. 
15 Dr. PULTENEY’s Obfervations on the 
Some of our farmers are aware of the effects of Crowfoot, of which the 
R. acris and R. bulbofus are fo common in our paítures, and by which - 
the mouths of their cattle are frequently inflamed and bliftered ; and 
. doubtlefs the effe&s often extend much farther, and fometimes 
prove fatal. ‘There can be little doubt of the fame deftructive con- 
fequences from other Sette Dari in cafes where the caufe is 
little fufpected. 2 BERS 
M. Krapf, who diftitàted | a fet of e EA wholly confined to 
this genus of plants*, attributes to the R. aquatilis, the deleterious 
‘qualities belonging tothe others ; obferving, that it will veficate the 
fkin, but is flower in its operation than the R. dulbofusand R. fceleratus, 
 Bifhop Gunnerus alfo, in his Flora Norvegica +, tells us, that this 
fpecies is not lefs noxious to cattle than the R. fceleratus ; that even 
the goat, an animal lefs nice in the aon of its food than the 
others, leaves it wholly. untouched. ^ osuen 0020 
ftis well known to botanifts, that "iie [few s admi oe 
pa comprehends four fpecies of the older writers; and even 
Haller, and fome more modern authors, ftill keep them feparate : 
among whom, the late Profeffor Sibthorp, im his Flora Oxonienjis, 
enumerates them diftinétly, under : "UR names sa d R. Meca 
tilis omnino tenuifolius F. B. iii. 781. qus S 346 3. e =- cinatus, 
R. aquaticus albus, circinatis tenuiffime divifis foliis, floribus ex alis ` 
longis pediculis innixis P/uk. alm. 311. t. $5. 2. Ray Syn. 249. and 
4. R. fluviatilis, or Ranunculo five Polyanthemo aquatili albo affine, 
Millefolium maratriphyllum fluitans, = B. ii. m: Mira en- 
* C. Krapf, Experimenta de nonnullorum Ranunculorum vidi | quiis Tinh 
externo et interno ufu, Vienne, 1766. 8vo. p. 107. | 
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