RANUNCULACE^ 5 



The Pheasant's-eyes are not alpine plants. A. autum- 

 nalis, L., with purple-red petals (often with a black spot) ; 

 A. csstivalis, L., with light red (rarely yellow) petals 

 and glabrous sepals; A, flammea^ Jacq., with light red 

 petals and hairy sepals; A. vernalisy L., with pale 

 yellow petals and pubescent sepals; and A. pyrenaica, 

 DC, with yellow petals and glabrous sepals, occur as 

 weeds in cultivated land in the Pyrenees and extreme 

 south of Switzerland. 



6. Myosurus, L. 



Petals small, tubular; sepals 5, spurred; fruit a long 

 spike of densely packed achenes. Not alpine. 



M. minimuSy L., Mouse-tail, the British and only 

 European species, an inconspicuous plant in cornfields 

 and sandy places. 



Tribe Ranuncule^. — Sepals imbricate; fruit com- 

 posed of achenes, each with one erect seed. Genus 7. 



7. Ranunculus, L. 



Petals usually 5, white or yellow. 



A. Flowers yellow ; petals 8-12 : — R. Ficaria^ L. ; our 

 common Pilewort or Lesser Celandine; leaves nearly 

 round, cordate ; everywhere. 



All our common meadow or cornfield species of Butter- 

 cup or Crowfoot grow also in Switzerland, viz. : — R. acriSy 

 L. ; repenSy L. ; bulbosuSy L. ; hirsutus^ Curt. ; arvensis, L. ; 

 and auricomus, L.; also the marsh species, R. sceleratus^ 

 L. ; the very handsome Great Spearwort, R. Lingua^ L. ; 

 and the Lesser Spearwort, R. Flammula, L., both with 



