RANUNCULACEAE. (Vor. II. 
27. Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. 
Early or Tufted Buttercup. 
(Fig. 1621.) 
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhi. Cat. 54. 1813. 
Pubescent; fibrous roots thickened; plant gen- 
erally low, 6’-12’ high, tufted. Leaves petioled, 
3-5-divided; divisions stalked (especially the ter- 
minal one), deeply lobed and cleft, the lobes ob- 
long or linear; flowers about 1’ broad; petals 
yellow, obovate, much longer than the spread- 
ing sepals, rounded, truncate or even emargi- 
nate; head of fruit globose, about, 4’’ in diam- 
eter; achenes flat, slightly margined, beaked 
with the subulate persistent style which is 
nearly or quite their length. 
. Woods, Ontario and New England to North Caro- 
lina, west to Manitoba and Texas, April-May. 
28. Ranunculus parvulus L. Hairy But- 
tercup. (Fig. 1622.) 
Ranunculus parvulus Y,, Mant. 1:79. 1767. 
Ranunculus Philonotis Retz, Obs. 6:31. 1791. 
Erect, hairy, 6’-15’ high, branching. Basal and 
lower leaves broad-petioled, the blade about 2’ 
broad and long, 3-divided or cleft, the divisions 
broadly ovate, cuneate, stalked, cleft and lobed, 
the upper sessile or nearly so, deeply cleft into 
linear-oblong obtuse segments; flowers yellow, 
10//-15/’ broad; petals much exceeding the reflexed 
calyx; head of fruit oblong, 2/’-3/’ thick; achenes 
flat, strongly margined, short-beaked, provided with 
a series of small tubercles or papillae which become 
more prominent in drying, or rarely nearly smooth, 
In ballast grounds and waste places, St. John, N. B.; 
vicinity of New York and of Philadelphia, Norfolk, 
and in the Southern States. Fugitive from Europe. 
Summer. 
= 29. Ranunculus parviflorus L. Small- 
flowered Crowfoot. (Fig. 1623.) 
Ranunculus parviflorus 1. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 780. 1763. 
Hairy, slender, diffuse, branching from the 
base, 6-10’ high. Basal leaves long-petioled, the 
blade reniform or cordate-orbicular, 1’ broad 
or less, 3-cleft, the lobes broadly oval, obtuse, 
cut and toothed; upper leaves short-petioled or 
nearly sessile, 3-5-parted into linear-oblong 
lobes; flowers yellow, 1/’-2/’ wide, the petals 
not longer than the calyx; head of fruit globose, 
2// broad; achenes flat, margined, densely papil- 
lose, 114’ long, tipped with a sharp beak of 
about one-fourth their length. 
In waste places, Maryland and eastern Virginia 
to Florida, Arkansas and Texas, and in ballast 
grounds about the northern seaports. Naturalized 
or fugitive from Europe. Also naturalized in Ber- 
muda, Summer. 
