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6. Ranunculus pusillus Poir. Low 
Spearwort. (Fig. 1600.) 
Ranunculus pusilius Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6: 
gg. 1804. 
Annual, slender, weak, glabrous, branch- 
ing, 6’-12’ high. Leaves entire or denticu- 
late, the lower oblong or ovate, on long 
petioles, the upper narrower, lanceolate or 
linear, short-petioled or sessile; flowers yel- 
low, 2’’-3’’ broad, the petals few, often barely 
exceeding the sepals; stamens 1-10; head of 
fruit globose, 2’’ broad; achenes beakless, 
merely tipped by the persistent style-base. 
Marshes, southern New York and New Jersey 
near the coast, Bucks and York counties, Pa., 
south to Florida and west through the Gulf 
States to Texas and Missouri. April-July. 
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7. Ranunculus oblongifolius Ell. 
Oblong-leaved Spearwort. (Fig. 1601.) 
Ranunculus oblongifolius Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 
2:58. 1821-24. 
Ranunculus pusillus var. oblongifolius T. & G. 
Fl. N. A. 1:16. 1838. 
Annual, branched above, erect or ascend- 
ing, 1°-1%° high, glabrous or pubescent. 
Leaves entire or denticulate, oblong, or ob- 
long-lanceolate, the lower on long petioles, 
the blade sometimes 3’ long, the upper nar- 
rower, lanceolate or linear; flowers yellow, 
5//-6’’ broad, the 5 petals much exceeding 
the sepals; stamens numerous; head of fruit 
2/’ broad; achenes merely tipped by the style- 
base. 
In swamps, southern Virginia, southern IIli- 
nois and Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 
April-Sept. 
8. Ranunculus réptans L. Creeping Spearwort. 
(Fig. 1602.) 
Ranunculus reptans 1. Sp. Pl. 549. 1753. 
Ranunculus filiformis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 320. 1803. 
Ranunculus Flammula var, replans FE. Meyer. Pl. Lab. 96. 1830. 
Trailing or reclining, glabrous or pubescent, rooting from 
the nodes, the flowering stems and peduncles ascending. 
Leaves linear, lanceolate or spatulate, 1/-2’ long, mainly en- 
tire, gradually narrowed into the petiole; flowers bright yel- 
low, 4’’-5’’ broad, solitary on peduncles 1/—3/ long, petals 4- 
7, much exceeding the calyx; achenes flattish, with a minute 
sharp beak; stamens numerous, 
On shores, Newfoundland and arctic America, south to New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and in the Rocky Mountains 
to Colorado. Also in Europe and Asia. Summer. 
