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second isa Pomum, or Apple, with 5 Cells, and many seeds. 
Hence it appears that our plant is undoubtedly the Pyrus; and 
turning to the Generic description, we are confirmed in this 
opinion. We next compare it with the only two British 
Species, and are soon enabled to determine whether we have 
got the Pyrus communis, or the Pyrus malus, i. e. the Pear 
or the Apple, — : 
EXAMPLE XI. : 
RANU'NCULUS. (Crowfoot.) 
“The beautiful shining yellow Blofsoms of Crowfoot, and the 
frequency of it in pastures in the months of June and July, 
will probably attract our notice ; especially as cattle leave it 
untouched, even when the pasture is bare. We therefore 
collect some of it; and finding a great number of Stamens in 
each Blofsom, we refer it to the Polyandria Clafs. The intro- 
duction to this Clafs tells us, that the Stamens stand upon the 
Receptacle, and not upon the Cup or the Blofsom. As this ap- 
pears to be the case, we next examine the Pistils, and finding 
them more than can readily be counted, we refer to the Order 
Polygynia. This Order includes eleven Genera, Of these 
only Sagittaria, Ranunculus, and Adonis, have a Cup to the 
Flower. The first eight that occur have no Cal 
Flower has a Cup of 5 Leaves. It is clear then, that it must 
be one of these three. Sagittaria it cannot be, because there 
the Flowers are Male and Female on the same plant, but” 
those before us are all Hermaphrodite. Upon an accurate 
examination, we observe a little Pore or Nectary, within the 
claw of each Petal, and governed also by the number of 
Leaves forming the Cup, and of Petals composing the Blofsom, 
we turn to the Generic description of the Ranunculus. Quite 
satisfied about’the Genus, we observe the Species are nume- 
Yous, and arranged according as the Leaves are divided, or not 
divided. In our spécimen the Leaves are divided. We then 
compare it with each of the Species, and, from its open or — | 
expanded Calyx, its cylindrical Fruit-stalks, its Leaves with 
3 divisions, many clefts, &c, find it to be the Ranunculus | 
acris, or upright Crowfoot. 
yx; but our : 
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