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RANUNCULACEJE. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 
curved hooked styles ; petals shorter than the reflexed calyx. — Woods, 
common. June. — Stem 1° — 2° high. Leaves ample. Petals ob¬ 
long, pale yellow, quite inconspicuous. 
* * * * Lower leaves merely cleft: annual. 
11. II* sceleratus, L. (Cursed Crowfoot.) Smooth and 
glabrous ; stem thick ; root-leaves 3-lobed, rounded, the lower stem- 
leaves 3-parted, the lobes obtusely cut and toothed, the uppermost 
almost sessile with the lobes oblong-linear and nearly entire; carpels 
pointless , very small and numerous, in cylindrical heads; petals scarce¬ 
ly exceeding the reflexed calyx. — Wet ditches, introduced from Eu¬ 
rope ? June, July.— A foot high. Stem hollow. Leaves thickish; 
the juice very acrid and blistering. Petals light yellow. 
* * * * * Leaves all ternately divided: perennial. 
Head of carpels oblong or cylindrical. 
f 12. R, Pennsylv&lliCllS, L. (Bristly Crowfoot.) Hir¬ 
sute with rough spreading bristly hairs; stem stout, erect; divisions 
ot the leaves stalked, somewhat ovate, unequally 3-cleft, sharply cut 
and toothed, acute ; carpels pointed with a short straight beak; petals 
rather shorter than the reflexed calyx. — Wet places, common. J une 
- Aug. — A coarse plant, 2° - 3° high, with inconspicuous pale flowers. 
Head of carpels globular: petals much larger than the calyx. 
X 13- R* fascicillaris, Muhl. (Early Crowfoot.) How, 
pubescent with close-pressed silky hairs; root a cluster oj thickest 
fleshy fibres; radical leaves appearing pinnate , the long-stalked ter 
minal division remote from the sessile lateral ones, itself 3-5-divi 
or parted and 3-5-cleft, the lobes oblong or linear; stems ascending) 
petals spatulate-oblong, twice the length of the spreading calyx, caT 
pels scarcely margined , tipped with a slender rather curved beak- 
Rocky hills, April, May.—Plant 5'-9' high; the bright yell°* 
flower V broad; petals rather distant, the base scarcely broader t *** 
the scale. 
14. R. repens, L. (Creeping Crowfoot.) Low, hair) 
nearly glabrous ; stems ascending , and some of them forming IwS rU * 
ners; leaves 3-divided; the divisions all stalked (or at least t t 
terminal one), broadly wedge-shaped or ovate, unequally 3-c*ett 
parted and variously cut ; peduncles furrowed; petals obovate, ,7U j^ 
larger than the spreading calyx ; carpels strongly margined , P 011 * 
by a stout straightish beak. — Moist or shady places, meadows, c c 
May - Aug. — Very variable in size and foliage, commencing to °' 
er by upright stems in spring before the long runners are fornu 
Flowers as large as, or often larger than, in No. 13. Fibres of the r0 ° 
sometimes thickened. 
15. R. bulbosus, L. (Bulbous Crowfoot, Butti bcC ^ 
Hairy ; stem erect from a solid bulb ; radical leaves 3 -divided ; the 
