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HAB. Mountain springs. July — Aug. If. Afoot 

 high ; fl. middle-sized, yellow. 



363. COPTIS. Ranunculaceoe. 



C. trifolia : leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate, ob- 

 tuse, dentate, obscurely 3-lobed ; scape 1-flow- 

 ered. 



HAB. Swamps. May — June. "U. Leav. on long 

 pet. ; scape 6 in. high ; fl. wh. 



364. TRGLLIUS. Rununculacea. 



T. laxus : calyx spreading ; leaflets 5 — 10, oblong j 

 petals (nectaries) shorter than the stamens. 



HAB. Woods. June. V-. Stem 1 foot high; leaves 

 palm. ; fl. large, yellow. 



365. HEPATICA. Liverwort. Ranunculaceee. 



H. triloba : leaves cordate, 3-lobed ; lobes entire ; pe- 

 tioles and scape hairy. 



et. ohhisa : lobes of the leaves rounded, obtuse. 



/S. acuta : lobes of the leaves acute. 



HAB. oc. In woods : /3. On mountains. April — 

 May. 11. Scape lfl. ; fl. blue. 



366. RANUNCULUS. Crowfoot. Ranunculaceee. 



*. Pericarps transversely rugose.-striate ; petals white. 



1. R. aquatilis : Q. capillace.us : *tem filiform, floating ; 

 leaves all immersed, and filiformlv dissected ; pe- 

 tals obovate, longer than the calyx. 

 HAB. In brooks, &c. July — Aug. If. Stem long ; 

 leav. peliol. ; fl. small ; caL pubes. 



**. Pericarps smooth, short, ovate, collected into a round 

 ish head ; flowers yellow. 



]. Leaves undivided. 



1. U. Lingua: leaves lanceolate, subserrate, sessile, 

 ^miamplexicaul ; stem erect, smooth. 



