IleUeborus.] RANUNCULACK.E. » 



small, pale yellow. — Said to be extremely poisonous and injurious to 

 the cattle in some countries. 



13. It. parviflorus, Linn. Small flowered Crowfoot. Stem 

 spreading; leaves hairy, 3-lobed and cut; peduncles ooposite 

 the leaves; calyx as long as the petals; pericarps muricated. 

 Br. Fl. 1, p. 267. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 53. E. Bot. t. 120. 



Corn fields between Baldoyle and Howth. Near Carrigrohan 

 Castle, County of Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. May, June. 0. — 

 Well distinguished by its spreading stems, lateral Jiower-stalk, and 

 small narrow petals, one or two often wanting. 



5. Trollius. Linn. Globe-flower. 



Calyx coloured of 5 — 10 — 15 sepals, which are deciduous and 

 petaloid. Petals 5 — 10, small, tubular at the base, one lipped. 

 Stamens and ovaries numerous. Follicles numerous, sessile, 

 subcylindrical, many-seeded. — Upright herbaceous plants, 

 with palmate multifid leaves and fascicled roots. — Name, said 

 to be " derived from trol or trolen, a ball or globe in old Ger- 

 man, and bearing the same meaning as our English word 

 Globe-flower. Polyandria. Polygynia. 



1. T. europceus, Linn. Mountain Globe-flower. Calyx of 

 about 15-concave sepals ; petals the same length of the stamens. 

 Br. Fl 1. p. 267. E. FL v. iii. p. 56. E. Bot. t. 28. 



Moist mountain pastures. County of Donegal ; Mr. Templet on. 

 Convoy and Lough Garton, in same county ; Mr. E. Murphy. Fl. 

 June, July. %. — Leaves in five, deep segments, which are again cut 

 and serrated. Flowers large, handsome. 



6. Caltha. Linn. Marsh-marigold. 



Calyx and petals 5 in number, undistinguishable from each other, 

 coloured. Ovaries 5 — 10. Follicles 5 — 10, compressed, 

 spreading, many-seeded. — Perennial very smooth herbaceous 

 plants. — Name from KuXaOo^, a cup, which its flowers re- 

 semble. Polyandria. Polygynia. 



1. C. palustris, Linn. Common Marsh-marigold. Leaves or- 

 bicular-cordate, or reniform, crenate ; sepals 5 — 6, oval. Br. Fl. 

 1 . p. 268. E. FL v. iii. p. 59. E. Bot. t. 506. 



/3. Stem creeping ; leaves cordate-triangular, sharply crenate. 

 Hook. Scot. 1. p. 176. — C. radicans, Forst. — E. Bot. t. 2175. E. 

 Fl. v. iii. p. 60. 



Marshy places and ditches, common. 0. On the side of the Bann 

 river, near Fortadown ; Mr. Templeton. Fl. March— June. %. — 

 Stem about a foot high, hollow, branched. Flowers large, yellow. 



7. Helleborus. Linn. Hellebore. 



Calyx of 5 persistent sepals. Petals 8 — 10, small, tubular, 2- 

 lipped, nectariferous. Pericarps or follicles nearly erect, 



