RANUNCULACE.^ 7 



tanusj Willd. ; stem i-flowered, 2-6 in., sepals pubes- 

 cent, leaves hair^^; pastures; Alps, Jura, Pyrenees. K. 

 caj'tjithiaais, Hoppe ; stem i -flowered, delicate; sepals 

 shorter than petals ; Eastern Alps. 



E. Flowers pink; petals 5: — R. I'oseus, Heg. ; calyx 

 covered with rough hairs ; glaciers ; Switzerland, rare. 



F. Petals more than 5, white with yellow base : — R. 

 ruiarfoliuSy L. {Callianthe7nu7}i rutc^folimn, Mey.); petals 

 6-12, obovate, radical leaves doubly pinnate ; high; Swit- 

 zerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. R. anemofioidcs^ Zahl. ; 

 petals 9-20, linear-cuneate, radical leaves biternate ; high ; 

 Southern Tirol, Styria, rare. 



G. Petals 5, white or slightly pink ; leaves entire : — R. 

 pyrencEus^ L. ; radical leaves linear-lanceolate, stem-leaves 

 not amplexicaul ; Alps, P3Tenees. R. parfiassifolius, L. 

 (PI. 3); radical leaves cordate-ovate, stem-leaves am- 

 plexicaul ; high ; Southern Switzerland, Dauphiny, 

 Pyrenees, rare. R. amplcxicaulis, L. ; radical leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, stem-leaves amplexicaul; P3Tenees. 



H, Petals 5, white or slightly pink ; leaves more or 

 less divided : — R. glacialis^ L. ; calyx woolly with rough 

 hairs, radical leaves ternate ; very high ; Switzerland, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. R. acojiitifolhis , L. ; stem 1-3 ft., 

 flexuous ; flowers \-\ in. ; petals with a nectariferous 

 scale at the base, leaves divided to the base ; high, damp ; 

 Alps, Jura, Vosges, PjTenees. R. Pacheri, Dalla Torre; 

 flowers smaller, plant more hairy ; Carinthia. R. platani- 

 folius, L. ; smaller than aconitifoliuSy lower leaves divided 

 I, upper nearly entire ; Alps, Jura, Pyrenees. R. Seguieri^ 

 Vill. ; plant 2-4 in., villous, 1-3-leaved, leaves deeply 

 palmate; Dauphiny, Jura, Carinthia, local. R. alpestris^ 

 L. ; stem 2-4 in., radical leaves 3-5-cleft, beak of fruit 



