892 



pusillus. 



Jilifonuis. 



CymbaLii ia. 



alortivus. 



nitidus. 



ror^vAKDRrA polysvnea. Rananculus. 



V V. iiesenibles the preceding one, but is upright, the 

 flowers larger and in gveater abundance. 



3. R glaWer; foliis {)etin);itis interioribus oiatis dentatis, 



super-oriai» ineari-lanceolati- apire dentatis, supremis 

 linenribus bracteiformibiis, peduuculis alternis s^lita- 

 ri'is uiiiflori.>. 



R. ti.minuiia. JFalt. fl car. 15g. Mich. Jl. amer. I. 

 p 321. 



1/. June- Ang. v. f, in Hirb. Ensle". A sm;jll spe- 

 cies, with exceeding snnall Howers, petals pale yellow. 



4. R. glaber, pusillns; caulibns filifornnibus repentibus ge- 



niculiitis, oeniculis umfluris, fuliis lineari-subulafisob- 

 tu.is. -Mich.Ji amer. I. p. 320. 

 In inundated places, on the river St. 1^ aurence, Hudson'» 

 Bay, and Labrador. 1/. June, July. v. s. in Herl\ 

 B inks, ReseiDbles R. reptans very much. 



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



cans ; foliis cordato-reniformibus obtuse ."j-dentatis, 

 pedunculis radicalibiis solitariis plerumque bifloris, pe- 

 talis iiuearibus, fructibns oblongis. 

 In saline marshes near the salt-works of Onondago, New 

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

 the foregoing < ne, pale yellow, sometimes white. 

 This little plant has some re-embl3i;ce to R. salsugi' 

 nosus of Pallas, wh se specimens I had an opportunity 

 of seeing in the collection o' A. !>. Lambert. Esq. and 

 which may be distinguished by the following diagnosis: 

 R. giaber, fiiitormis, repens, ad genicula radicans ; 

 foliis ovat s raiiter cnrdaiis apite 3 dentatis, peduncu- 

 Jis radicalibus solitariis plerumque unifloris, petalis 

 obovcilis, fructibus subglobosis. I'he flowers are more 

 than ten tiiiies larger than in R. Cymbalaria. 



** Fuliis diisecds et divisis. 



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



bus conlato-reniformibus obtuse-crenatis, caulinis pe- 

 tiolaiis ternatis angulatis, superioribus sessilibus, ramu- 

 lis subtrifloris, — IVilUl. sp. pi. 2. p 13 14. 

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

 York to Carolina. 11 . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 

 smnll, yellow. 

 /. R. glaberrimus ; caulibus fistulosis, foliis radicalibus ro- 

 tundato-subreniformibus obtuse-crenatis, caulinis ses- 



