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RANUN’CULUS. 
Flowers white ; (aquatic or mud plants). 
Plant with finely-cut submerged leaves, with or without 
| f broader floating leaves. } 
L aquatiilis. Water Crowfoot. 
Leaves all roundish or angular, none of them with rile Sin 
cut segments. J 
L hedera’ceus. 
Flowers yellow. 
; Petals 8-12; sepals (usually) 3; leaves angular or heart- 
shaped | 
L Fica'ria. Lesser Celandine? 
Petals 5 (or fewer) ; sepals (usually) 5. 
Leaves toothed or entire, not deeply cut. 
Flowers 1-2 inches across, the flower-stalks not 
furrowed. ) 
Lin’gua. Great S pees 
Flowers rarely 2 inch, stalks furrowed. 
Flowers 3 to ? inch across, the petals ee 
f longer than the sepals. J 
L Flam'mula. Lesser Spearwort. 
Flowers about + inch across, petals very small. 
ophioglossifo'lius. 
Leaves (or some of them) deeply cut or lobed. 
Fruits covered with long spines, more or less 
f visible on the ovaries even in flower. } 
i arven’'sis. 
Fruits and ovaries not spiny. 
Flowers about + inch, petals very small. 
| Leaves and sepals without hairs; fruits smooth, 
[ projecting in an oblong head. | 
| t scelera'tus. 
Leaves and sepals hairy; fruits with little 
| tubercles, in a rounded head. 
L parviflorus. 
Ilowers about 3 inch or more across. 
Sepals bent back against the flower-stalk. 
Stem swollen below the ground; flowers 
bright-yellow ; fruits smooth. } 
bulbo'sus. Buttercup. 
Stem not bulbous; flowers pale-yellow ;* 
| fruits with little tubercles. _ i, 
k hirsu'tus. 
Sepals spreading, not bent back. 
