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RANUNCULUS. 



Gen. Pl. 953. 



Calyx 



p^iy 



llus. 



Petala 5, intra basin 



unguiculatum 

 meilifero, 



poro 



saepms 

 squaniula obtecto. Se- 



Tnina nuda. 



ta Is 



fWi/.T 5 leaved. Pe 



7r. ^ \^Ck'iV\i\(\ n*'k'»1 



bean ng 



near 



the base of tlieir claw 



a 



melliferous 



pore 





neraily covered with 



A 



Seeds na- 



* Semina (vel per* 



icarpia) transverse nu- 

 ^osa striata; petala al 



a ungue Jiava ft 



rugose 



nectarifi 

 Hatrachium 



1. Hederac 



a scale, 

 ked. 



* Seeds 



transversely streaked; 



petals wliite^ marked 



with a nectariferous 



notata. \ cell in their yellow 



claws • Batrachium* 



^' 



R 



caule 



repente, 

 foliis subreniformibiis 



Stem 



leaves 



nearly 



creepm 



5 



rem 



sub 3 — 5 lobis, lobu- form, generally 3 



lis latis, integ 



J 



sissirais; 



obtu 

 ob. 



lobed, 

 entire 



lobes 

 very 



broad 

 obtuse 



long 



petalis 



lyce vix Ion- j petals oblong, scarce 



9 



ioribus: staminibus ly longer than the ca- 



5 



carpellis 



lyx; stamens 



De Candolle 1. 1 seeds glabrous 



12 

 bris. 

 p. 233. 



Sp. pl. 2. p. 1351. 



This species, originally a native of Europe, was 

 jng and apparently naturalized around Charleston. 



become rare. 



Grows in ditches and wet places. 



12; 



found by Bosc grow- 

 If not extinct it has 



Flowers in the summer. 



-^ 



2. Pantothrix. 



R. caule natante 



Stem 



swimming; 



foliis omnibus capilla- | leaves all capillary ? 



