POLYANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. Ranunculus. 51 



R, rectus, foliis pallidioribus hirsutis. Baith. Hist. v. 3. 417. f. Raii 

 Syn. 247. 



Pale Upright Crowfoot. Pet. H. Brit. t. 38./. 5. 



/3. Ranunculus parvulus. Linn. Mant. 79. Fl. Br. .593. 



R. parviflorus. Gouan Fl. Monsp. 270 ; from the author, but not 

 of Linn. 



R. arvensis parvus, folio trifido. Bauh. Pin, 179, Magnol Monsp. 2\7 . 

 Moris. V. 2. 439. sect. 4. t. 28./. 20. 



R. minimus saxatilis hirsutus. Bauh. Prodr. 96. Pin. 182. 



R. minimus apulus. Colum. Ecphr. 314. t. 316./. 1. 



In moist meadows, and waste or cidtivated ground that is liable to 

 be overflowed, frequent. 



Annual. June — October. 



Root of many simple fibres. Herb very variable in luxuriance, of 

 a paler hue than most of this genus, and clothed with fine, 

 silky, spreading hairs. Lower leaves on long stalks, ternate, 

 lobed and cut ; upper sessile, with 3, or more, narrower seg- 

 ments. Flower-stalks hairy, furrowed, Cal. pointed, finally 

 reflexed close to the stalk, and clothed with hairs glandular at 

 their base. Pet. of a golden yellow. Nect. covered with a scale. 

 Seeds compressed, bordered, rough on both sides, especially 

 towards the margin, with an irregular double or triple row of 

 small sharp prominences, first observed by Mr. E. Forster. These 

 clearly distinguish it from our other common Crowfoots, with 

 which it has been confounded ; and likewise prove the R. par- 

 vulus of Linnaeus and Fl. Br. to be but a starved variety of the 

 same species. 



10. R. repens. Creeping Crowfoot. 



Calyx spreading. Flower-stalks furrowed. Scyons creep- 

 ing. Leaves compound, cut ; the uppermost entire. 



R. repens. Linn. Sp. PL 779. Willd.v. 2. 1325. Fl. Br. 592. Engl. 



Bot. V. 8. <, 5 16. Curt. Land. fuse. 4. t. 38. Mart. Rust. t. 29. 



Hook. Scot. 175. DeCand. Sijst. v. 1. 285. Fl. Dan. t. 795. 



Bull. Fr. t. 77. 

 R. n. 11 73. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 73. 

 R, pratensis repens. Raii Sijn. 247. 

 R. pratensis etiamque hortensis. Ger. Em. 95 1 ./. 

 R. pratensis repens hirsutus. Bauh. Pin. 179. Moris, v. 2. 439. 



sec^. 4. t.28.f. 18. 

 Creeping and Thames Crowfoot. Pet. H. Brit. t. 38./. 7, 8. 



In meadows, moist ])astures, and shady waste places in towns, 



neglected gardens, &c., very common. 

 Perennial. June — August. 

 Root slightly tuberous, with stout fibres ; sending foith from its 



crown long prostrate runners, which take root at every joint. 



Stems erect or ascending, round, hairy, leafy, branching. Leaves 



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