POLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Trollius. 
tals bright yellow. Mr. Woopw. Balbous root globular, but 
compressed. Nectary short, inversely heart-shaped ; but in the 
Re irsutus, . is oblon ow This circumstance alone 
is wo to distinguish t 
Butter Flower. Butter an Gold Cup. Bulbons — 
Meadows and pastures. 
R. Calyx expanding: fruit- stalks furrowed: suckers creep 
ing: leaves compound. . 
Curt. 211—E, bots 516-Blackw, 31. 1=Fl. dane 795-Dod: 
425=Lob. obs. 379. 1, and ic. 1. 664. 2=Ger. em. 951. 14 
Pet. 38.7 and 8—H.ox. iv. 28.18-Pet. 38, 8—Ger. 804.1. 
The stem creeping and striking out roots from the joints, 
will diwiye distinguish this from the R. bulbosus. Fruit-stalks 
with 5 furrows, one or two flowers. Cai. hai - 
not t gehoredh Bloss, of a deeper yellow than in the R. acris. 
reeping Crowfoot, Butter Cups. Meadows, pastures, on rub- 
bish under hedges, and in gardens, i in moist gee 
P, June—Aug. 
R. ot #8 DEC upper leaves doubly compet strap- 
ge Be 135-Kniph, 12-Walc.—Fl, dan. 219—Fuchs. 
157-f- B. iii. 859. 1-Dod. 427. 2—Lob. obs. 380. 1, and 
7.1. 665. 2—Ger. em. 951. 3—Park, 328. 4—H. ox. iv. 
29. Bae 33. 10-Ger. 805. 3. 
Whole plant 
leafits era owers rye yellow. Seeds mo 
cbrioen'y pki tie those of t R paorilore: Seeds a and 
flowers existing on the same totem ii the same time. 
Co rn Crowfoot. Common in corn field A, June.* 
TROL'LIUS. €a/. none: petals about 14: cap- 
sules many, egg-shaped, many-seeded. 
T. Petals approaching : nectaries as long as the stamens. 
Kxniph. 4-Fl. dan. 133-E. bot. 28-Clus, i. 237. 1-Dod. 430. 
1—Lob. obs. 385. 1, and ic. i, 675—Ger. em. 955. 12— 
Ger. 809. 13-F. B. iii. 419=H. ox. xii. 2. 2-Matth, 
613—Park, par. 219. 11. 
* It has 1 lately been said that cows, horses, and sheep in Italy eat it 
greedily, though . is soacrid as to poison the latter, Three ounces of the 
juice killed a n four minutes. Its ayruce: ote, if not wi in 
cornfields, where aetle are excluded, may possib y be the reaso 
have not heard of mischief being done by it in chit ——s 
LL2 
pale; upright, eae eee of the upper 
re‘pens. 
arven’siss 
Europe’us. 
