274 THE DICTIONARY 
Ranunculus—continued. 
linear and entire. Stem erect. Rootstock straight. h. 8in. to 
3ft. Europe (Britain), North Asia. Plant hairy. (Sy. En. B. 33 
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OF GARDENING, 
Ranunculus—continued. 
R. bulbosus ———— Cuckoo Buds; Gold Cap. 4: 
yellow, with furrowed peduncles, reflexed sepals, and hairy 
tacle. Spring and early summer. l. trifoliolate or ternati- 
A double-fiowered form of this species—Yellow Bachel 
Buttons—is figured in B. M. 215. 
R., al (alpine). M. white, varying in size, either single or 
double, usually one to a stem; petals five, obcordate or three- 
lobed. June to August. l. orbicular-cordate, three-lobed, with 
the tops deeply crenate at the apex, blunt ; sometimes the leaves 
are trifid, or hardly so. h. 3in. to 6in. Pyrenees, &c. 
amplexicaulis (stem-clasping).* jl. snowy-white under cul- 
tivation, seldom double; scapes and peduncles smooth, April 
and May. l. oval-lanceolate, acuminate, stem-clasping, smooth, 
or with a few deciduous hairs on the edges, glaucous. Stems 
three to six-flowered. h. 3in. to 9in. Pyrenees and Western 
Alps, 1633. See Fig. 353. (B. M. 266; G. C. n. S., xix. 788; 
R. G. 1885, 244.) 
R. anemonoides (Anemone-like).* fl. white, tinted with pink, 
le outside, large, and rather attractive, borne on eduncles 
Gin. to 6in. high. Summer. J. glaucous-green, biternately divided, 
the segments cut into linear divisions, Styrian Alps, &c., 1883. 
A charming little plant. 
R. aquatilis Go. Lodewort ; Ram’s Foot, &c. jl. white ; 
uncles usually leaf-opposed, one-flowered. May to August. 
., floating ones three-lobed, or parted or absent ; submerged ones 
di- or trichotomously multifid, the segments capillary or linear; 
stipules broad. — regions (Britain). A very variable 
plant, of which the following are enumerated, by Hooker, as 
sub-species: circinatus, fluitans, heterophyllus, pantothria, and 
tripartitus. 
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Fic. 554. RANUNCULUS ASIATICUS FLORE-PLENO. 
R. asiaticus (Asiatic).* Common Garden Ranunculus. jl. variable 
in colour; calyx spreading, afterwards reflexed ; petals large, 
obovate, very blunt. May and June. J. ternate or biternate; 
segments toothed or deeply trifid. Stem erect, simple or 
branched at the base. A. 9in. Levant, 1596. Under cultivation, 
this has nearly always double flowers. See Fig. 354. 
R. a. (bloody).* Turkey Ranunculus. jl. purple, 
Je aaa, and — — sae * — — p t ae 
l verging on w or blue, always double. J. terna 
segments toothed, obtuse. Stem simple. : 7 
R. a. tenuilobus (slender-lobed). fl, white, yellow, rarel: 
po l. multifid, with linear, acute lobes, stem snow has 
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R. a — (common). Persian Ranunculus. f. of all 
colours (blue excepted), and variegated, double or a od l ter- 
nate ; segments trifid, acute. Stem branched at the bottom. A 
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very ornamental plant, having innumerable forms in gardens. 
sect, — segments lobed. A. 1ft. Europe, Asia, North Africa. 
(Sy. En. B. 35.) X 
R. cardiophyllus (heart-leaved). fl. golden, large; calyx 
spreading, half as long as the corolla. May. l., radical ones 
roundish-cordate, crenate and multifid; cauline ones palmately 
multifid ; lobes linear, deeply crenate. h. 1ft. North America, - 
1829. Plant pubescent, hairy. (B.M. 2999.) 
R. cassubicus (Cassubian). /l. yellow ; calyx pubescent, shorter 
than the . June and July.. l. smooth; radical ones 
stalked, kidney-shaped, crenate ; cauline ones divided into linear, 
serrated lobes. A. 6in. Northern and Eastern Europe, &c., 1794. 
(B. M. 2267.) 
R. cortusæfolius (Cortusa-leaved).* fi. yellow; calyx spreading. 
May. l.,as well as the stem, slightly pilose ; radical ones some- 
what cordate-reniform, slightly lobed, broadly crenate; cauline 
ones sub-sessile, three to five-parted; floral ones lanceolate. 
Stem branched, — h. 2ft. Teneriffe, 1826. (B. M. 
4625; L. J. F. iii. 293.) 
R. creticus macrophyllus (large-leaved Cretan). fl. golden, 
large ; calyx pressed. Apriland May. l. profoundly lobed, with 
slightly rounded teeth. Stem branched, many-tiowered, and, as 
well as the leaves, slightly hairy. h. lft. Grecian Archipelago, 
1658. (B. R. 1432.) 
Figwort). Lesser Celandine ; Pilewort. fl. bright 
yellow, about lin. in diameter, sometimes apetalous ; peduncles 
stout, axillary, one-flowered. March to May. J. variable, cordate, 
obtusely angled or crenate ; petioles stout, dilated at base. Stem 
short, decumbent, branched at .base. Europe (Britain, &c.). 
See Fig. 355. (Sy. En. B. 39.) 
R. Flammula (Flammula). Lesser Spearwort. fl. yellow, rarely 
Zin. in diameter ; style of achenes short, obtuse. June to August. 
l, lowest ones petiolate, ovate ; upper ones more lanceolate and 
— Ey (Britain). Plant prostrate or erect. (F. D. 572; 
y. En. B. 29. — 
R. fumarizefolius (Fumitory-leaved). fl. yellow, always double ; 
sepals ovate-oblong, spreading ; sca numerous, one-flowered, 
leafless or furnished with one multifid leaf about the middle, 
clothed with adpressed hairs. May to July. J. quite smooth, 
— many-parted ; lobes oblong. h. Ift. Native country un- 
own. 
R. — (glacier), fi. seldom double ; petals white or reddish, 
suffused with purple, somewhat orbicular, bluntly emarginate, as 
long as the very hairy calyx. June to August. l. usually smooth, 
or the upper ones sometimes villous; radical ones stalked 
— three-parted or ternate, with trifid lobes and rather 
lunt lobules. Stem one to three-fiowered. h. in. to bin. Moun- 
tains of Europe, 1775. (F. Dv i. 19.) 
R. gramineus (grass-like).* A. yellow ; scales of petals tubular. 
April to June. l. Janceolate-linear, — entire. Stems erect, 
gura smooth, with fibres at the neck, one to three-flowered. 
6in. to 12in, South-western Europe, &c. (B. M. 164.) The 
variety flore-pleno has double flowers, and phænicifolius has lanceo- 
late leaves. 
R. Heldreichianus (Heldreich’s). M. of a pale chrome-yellow, 
shining, numerous. — l. tripartite, the lobes deeply in- 
cised. h. lft. Greece, 1882. An attractive plant, a sub-species of 
R. Sprunerianus. £ 
R. isopyroides —— Jl. white; petals five or some- 
times more, twice as long as the smooth calyx, oval; peduncles 
two or three, rising from the axils of the upper leaves, or ter- 
minal, May and June. l., radical ones pinnate, with stalked, 
twice trifid segments; cauline ones ternate, h. 3in. to 6in. 
Siberia, 1818, 
R. Lingua (Lingua). Greater Spearwort. fl. yellow, handsome, 
2in. in diameter, sub-ranicled ; sepals and petals five. July to 
September. l. 6in.t 10in. long, Zin. to lin. broad, sessile, 
-amplexicaul, lanceolate, entire or toothed. Stem 2ft. to 
Sft. high, hollow. Root densely fibrous. Europe (Britain, in 
marshes and d‘sches). (Sy. En. B. 31.) 
peer ge branched, many-flowered. to 4ft. New 
ealand, 1879. A very handso lant. 
(G. C. n. s., xv. 724, and sili. oa)” = oer 
R. millefoliatus (thousand-leaved ellow; cal: essed. 
May to July. J. decompound, — — smooth. 
—— seg — erect, villous, one-flowered. h. lft. South 
, 1820, . M. — i 5 . G. ser. n. 
248) is a form with larger —— —— 
(Montpelier). ellow; calyx reflexed. 
i. woolly ; —24 — — lobes 
toothed; upper leaves three-parted, with entire, 
tem erect, few-flowered. h. 1}ft. Mediterranean 
ER. monspeliacus 
April and May. 
cuneate, trifidl 
linear lobes. 
region, 
