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stouter plant than the last, with leaves somewhat similar. 
Flowers large, and drooping. Calyx purplish, with dull, 
purple, orange-coloured petals, of singular shape. Awn of 
the fruit very feathery. 
POLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. 
THALAMIFLOR&, RANUNCULACES. 
RANUNCULUS. (Crowroor.) 
Generic Character. See page 56. 
RANUNCULUS SCELERATUS. Celery-leaved Crowfoot. Grow- 
ing on the sides of pools and ditches. Stem stout and suc- 
culent, one to two feet high. Lower leaves very broad and 
glossy, stalked, and three-lobed. Upper divided into three 
narrower segments. lowers extremely small, pale yellow. 
RANUNCULUS REPENS. Creeping Crowfoot. Too frequent 
in pastures, as it is useless to the farmer. It is a creeping, 
spreading plant, leaves divided into three lobes, which are 
again subdivided into three. Flowers yellow. 
