20 Ranunculaceae. 



RANUN'CULUS RE'PENS (III,). Common Buttercup, 5— 8. Stem 



(30) creeping, calyx spreading, flower stalks furrowed, leaves ternate, leaflets 

 trifid. Meadoivs. 



RANUN'CULUS SCELERA'TUS {95). Celery-leaved Crowfcoi, 

 (23) 5 — 9. Leaves glabrous tripartite, calyx reflexed hairy, flowers small 



pale yellow, head of achenes oblong. Lower leaves broad and glossy. 



Wet ditches. 



RANUN'CULUS BULBO'SUS (97). Common Buttercup. 5—6. 



(31) Calyx hairy reflexed, peduncle furrowed, leaves ternate, leaflets trifid, 

 root bulbous. Meadows. 



RANUN'CULUS A'CRIS (iii). Common Buttercup. 6—7. Calyx 

 (29) spreading, peduncle rounded, leaves tripartite, segments trifid. 

 Meadows. 



RANUN'CULUS AURI'COMUS (85). Wood Crowfoot, Goldilocks. 

 (28) 4 — 5. Leaves glabrous, radical leaves reniform tripartite with long 



petioles, cauline leaves sessile deeply divided, segments linear. Woods 



and copses. 



V.—CALTHA. 



CAL'THA PALUS'TRIS (iii). Marsh Marigold. 3—6. Sepals 

 (37) 5 petaloid, petals o, stem creeping, leaves cordate glabrous ('ark 



green, stipules large, flowers I.irge golden-yellow, fruit of follicles. 



Wet ditches. Fig. p. 65. 



Yl.— ADONIS. 



ADO'NIS AUTUMNA'LIS. Pheasant's-eye. 5—7. Stem erect 8—12 



(10) in., leaves much divided, petals scarlet with a dark spot at the base, 

 carpels numerous forming a head at first oblong afterwards lengthening. 



[T. W. C. 

 A. autumnalis and A. vernalis are common in gardens. 



NW.—MYOSURUS. 



Myosu'rus min'imus (43). Mouse-tail. 6 — 8. Scapes erect 2 — 6 in., 



(11) leaves radical linear, flowers minute yellowish green in a spike, sepals 5 

 with a small spur, petals 5 ligulate, fruit a long spike of densely 

 packed achenes. [T. W. Wl. 



NWl. — TROLLIUS. 



TROL'LIUS EUROPiE'US(6i). Globe-flower. 6—8. Sepals 5— 15, 

 139) large yellow petaloid, petals 5 — 15 small linear, stamens many, fruit 

 of follicles, leaves 5-partite, flowers globular. Moist woods. 



Y^.—HELLEBOR US. 



Sepals 5 persistent, petals 8 — 10 minute, stamens many, follicles 3 — 10 

 sessile, leaves digitate. Very poisonous. 



