50 POLYANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. Ranunculus. 



which are again lobed and cut, elegantly veiny. Fl. erect, of a 

 brilliant white. Cal. reflexed, smooth, pale, bordered with white. 

 Haller says this is one of the most acrid of its tribe, blistering the 

 skin 5 and yet alpine hunters chew it by way of refreshment, as 

 removing fatigue, and preventing giddiness. 



8. R. bulbosus. Bulbous Crowfoot. Butter-cups. 



Calyx reflexed. Flower-stalks furrowed. Stem upright, 

 many-flowered. Leaves compound. Root bulbous. 

 Seeds smooth. 



R. bulbosus. Lmn. Sp. PL 778. Willd. v. 2. 1324. Fl. Br. 591. 

 Engl.Bot.v.S. i. 515. Curt. Lond.fasc. 1. ^38. Hook. Scot. 175. 

 Mart. Rust. t. 28. Mill. Illustr. t. .'i 1 . Rail Syn. 247. Ger. Em. 

 953./. Loh. Ic. G&7.f. DeCand. Sijst. v. 1. 295. Bull Fr. t.27. 



R. tuberosus. Dod. Peinpt. 431./. 



R. tuberosus major. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. 417./. 



R. tertia species. Ftichs. Hist. IGO./. 



Crus galli. Brunf. Herb. 145./. 



In pastures, meadows, grass-plats, and waste ground every where. 



Perennial. May. 



Root a solid roundish bulb, fibrous underneath, proliferous at the 

 top. Stems one or more, erect, a foot high, round, hairy, leafy, 

 hollow ; alternately branched in the upper part ; simple and 

 without offsets or runners below. Lower leaves on dilated, 

 channelled, hairy stalks, compound in a ternate manner, as well 

 as deeply three-cleft and cut, varying much in degree of hairi- 

 ness ; upper ones alternate, sessile, more simple, with narrower 

 segments. Fl. terminal, solitary, on simple, furrowed, hairy, 

 upright stalks. Calyx-leaves ovate, concave, hairy, thin at the 

 base, turned back close to the stalk soon after they expand. Pet. 

 roundish with a terminal notch, concave, of a full golden yellow. 

 Nect. covered by a heart-shaped scale. Seeds compressed, 

 smooth at the sides. 



This species is acrid, though commonly eaten, along with other 

 herbage, by domestic cattle. It increases plentifully by seed, and 

 is of slow growth, though of long duration. A double variety, 

 figured by the old herbalists, is sometimes seen in gardens. 



9. R. hirsutiis. Pale Hairy Crowfoot. 



Calyx reflexed, pointed. Stem upright, many-flowered, 

 hair}'. Leaves ternate. Root fibrous. Seeds tuberculated. 



R. hirsutus. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 40. Fl.Br. 592. Camp. ed. 4. 



97. Engl. Bot. r. 21. t. 1504. Hook. Scot. 175. 

 R. Philonotis. Ehrh. Herb. 1 1 6. Beitr. v. 2. 145. Willd. v. 2. 1324. 



Retz. Obs. fasc. (i. 31. DrCand. Syst. v. 1. 297. 

 R. bulbosus |3. Huds. 24 i . 



