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FOLTAKDRIA POLTGVKIA. RanUnCuluS. 



V. V. Resembles ihe preceding one, but is uprightj the 

 flowers liirger and in greater abundance. 

 pusillus. 3. R. glaber ; foliis petioJatis, inferiovibus ovalis dentatis, 



superiorinus Imeaii-Ianceolatis apue dentatis, supremU 

 linearibus bracteiformibus, pedunculis alternis solita- 

 riis unifloris, 



R. flammula. IFall. fi. car. \5Q. Mich, Ji. amer. 1. 

 p.32\. 



11. June -Aug. v. s. in Herb. Enslen. A small spe- 

 cies, with exceeding small tiovvers, petals pale yellow. 

 Jiliformis: 4. R. glaber, pusillus; cauiibus filiiormibus repentibus ge- 



niculatis, geniculis unifloris, f^ljis lineari-subulatisob- 

 tusis. — Mich.Jl amer. l.p. 320. 



In inundated places, on the river St. : aurence, Hudson's 

 Bay, and Labrador. 7/. June, July. v. s. in Herb. 

 B-inks. Resembles R. reptnns very much. 

 Cymhalaiia. 5. R. glaber, minimus, filiformis, repens, ad genicula radi- 

 cansj toliis cordato-renitormibus obiuse .5-dentatis, 

 pedunculis radicalibus solitariis pleruraque bifloris, pe- 

 talis linearibus, fructibus oblongis. 



In saline marshes near the salt-works ot'Onondago, New 

 York. 11 . June, July. v. v. Flowers the size of 

 the foregoing < ne, pale yellow, sometimes white. 

 This little plant has some resemblance to R. salsugi- 

 nosus of Pallas, whose specimens I bad an opportunity 

 of seeing in the collection of A. B. Lambert, Esq. and 

 which may be distinguished by the following diagnosis: 

 R. glaber, tilil'ormis, repens, ad genicula radicans; 

 foliis ovat s raviter cordntis apice 3 -dentatis, peduncu- 

 lis radicalibus solitariis plerumque unifloris, petalis 

 obovatis, fructibus subglobosis. The flowers are more 

 than ten times larger than in R. Cyvibalaria. 



** Foliis dissectis el divisis. 



ahortivus. 6. R. glaber ; cauiibus striatis inferne nudis, foliis radicali- 



bus cordato-rtniformibus obtuse-crenatis, caulinis pe- 

 tiolaii-> ternatis angulatis, superioribus sessilibus, ramu- 

 lis subtrifloris,— i^ri/Zf/. sp. pi. 2. p 1314. 

 In wet places on the side of ponds and ditches : New 

 York to Carolina. "2/ . July, Aug, v. v. Flowers 

 sm-iU, yellow. 



nitidus. 7. R. glaberrimus ; cauiibus fistulosis, foliis radicalibus ro- 



timdato-subreniformibus obtuse-crenatis, caulinis ses- 



