3()0 POLYANDKIA POLYGYNIA. Caltha. 



Kanunculus Ficaria. Jf'alt.fl. car. \5g. 



In shady cedar-swamps of New Jersey and Carolina. 



1/ . June, July. v. v. Flowers deep yellow, the size 



of Ranunculus Ficaria. 



inteoerrhna. 2. C. caule erecto corymboso, foliis integerrimis sinii clauso 



^ orbiculato-cordat'is, floraiibus sessilibus reniformibus 



basi obsolete crenatis, peialis obovahbus. 



In wet meadows and small rivulets ; New England to 



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



smaller than the following species. 



paluslris. 3. C. caule erecto corymbono, foliis cordnto-reniformibus : 



lobis patulis, circumcirca acnte-crenatis, floraiibus sub- 

 sessilibns, petalis ovatis. — IFilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 1338. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 668. Engl. hot. 506. 



In low bo^'gy meadows : Canada to Pensylvania. 11 . 

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



JlaldlifoUa. 4. C. caule procumbente, foliis dilatato-reniformibus : lobis 

 patentissimis, circumcirca argule acuteque dentatis, 

 pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifioris, petalis obova- 

 tis, capsulis rostro adunco. 

 In a large sand- spring on Pokono-mountain, Pensylvania. 

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

 Ranunculus nruensis. This plant has some affinity 

 with C. nutans IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 133(j. 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 pusiUa, 

 which i distinguish by the following diagnosis : Caltha 

 vatans, caule procumbenie natante, foliis corclato-re- 

 nif(;rmibus : lobis subapproxima'.is, postice obsolete 

 crenatis, antice dentatis, petalis ovalibus, capsulis ros- 

 tro recto. The flowers of that species are white, with 

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



462. COPTIS. Salisb. in linn.lrans. 8. p. 305. 



trifolia. 1 . C. foliis ternatis, foliolis rotundato-obovalibus acumina- 



to-crenaiis, scapo unifloro. — Salisb. I. c. 



Helleborus trifolins, Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 1338. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 566. 



In cedar-swamps and mountain bogs : Canada to Virgi- 

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

 flowers white. 



