300 J-OLYANDKIA rOLYGYNIA, Calillil. 



Ranunculus Ficaria. ll'alt.fl. car. 15g. 



In shady cedar-swamps of New Jersey and Carolina, 



11. June, July, v v. Flowers deep yellow, the size 



of Ranunculiii Ficaria. 



integerrirna. 2. C. caule erecto corymbose, foliis integerrirais sinu clause 

 orbiculato-cordatis, floralibus sessilibus reniformibus 

 basi obsolete crenatis, petalis obovalibus. 

 In wet meadows and small rivulets ; New England to 

 Virginia. 2; . May — July. v. v. Flowers yellow, 

 smaller than the following species. 



pahistris. 3. C. caule erecto corymbose, foliis cordato-reniformibus : 



lobis patulis, circumcircaacute-crenatis, floralibus sub- 

 sessilibus, pet?lis ovatis. — IViUcl. sp. pi. 2. p. 1338. 



Icon Fl. dan. 66'8. Engl. bot. 506. 



In low boggy meadows : Canada to Pensylvania. 1/ . 

 April — June. v. v. Flowers golden yellow, large. 



fialellifolia. 4. C. caule procunrjbente, foliis dilatato-reniformibus: lobis 

 patentissimis, circumcirca argute acuteque dentatis, 

 pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris_, petalis obova- 

 tis, capsulis rostro aduneo. 

 In £f large sand- spring on Pukono-mountain, Pensylvania. 

 %. July, Aug. V. V. Flowers yellow, the size of 

 Ranunculus arvensis. This plant has some affinity 

 with C. nutans frilld. sp. pi. 2. p. I33g. of which I 

 have seen perfect specimens in the Herbarium of A. 

 B. Lambert, Esq., collected by Pallas in the most 

 eastern parts of Siberia, under the name of C. pusilla, 

 which i distinguish by the following diagnosis : Caltha 

 nalans, caule procumbente natante, foliis cordato-re- 

 niformibus : lobis subapproximatis, postice obsolete 

 crenatis, antice dentatis, petalis ovalibus, capsulis ros- 

 tro recto. The flowers (>f that species are white, with 

 a tinge of red, of the same size as the present species. 



trifolia. 



462. COPTIS. Salish. in linn, trans. 8. p. 305. 



C. foliis ternatis, foliolis rotundato-obovalibus acumina- 

 to-crena'.is, scapo unifloro. — Salish. I c. 



Helleboru-; trifolius, IFilld. sp. pi 2. p. 1338. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 566. 



In cedar-swan. pH and mountain bogs : Canada to Virgi- 

 nia. 7/. May — July. v. v. A delicate small plant j 

 flowers white. 



