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divided into three lobes. Upper leaves with narrower seg- 
ments. ‘The root is bulbous. 
Three other species may be found, but they are less 
common. 
Ranunculus auricomus. Wood Crowfoot. It is found, 
though seldom, in woods and coppices. Its leaves are small 
and kidney-shaped, and the stem leaves cut into narrow 
segments. Petals yellow, and rather larger than the calyx. 
RaNnuNCULUS PARVIFLORUS. Small-flowered Crowfoot. 
Corn-fields about London, and the south and west of Eng- 
land, are the localities for this species. I have found it on 
the South Downs. It has a spreading stem lying on the 
ground. Leaves hairy, three-lobed and cut. Flowers oppo- 
site the leaves, with very small yellow petals as long as the 
calyx. 
RanuncuLus uirsutus. Pale hairy Crowfoot. This 
species is not unlike the last, but less spreading, and very 
yariable in size; when very small it has been considered a 
distinct species called A. parvulus. Flowers small, yellow, 
calyx divisions turned back, leaves three-lobed and cut, 
hairy and silky; stem erect, and with many flowers. Found 
in meadows and waste ground. 
