A8 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Var. a, divergens. F. Schultz. 
Ficaria ranunculoides, Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. III. Ran. Tab, I. Fig. 4572. 
Ficaria ranunculoides a, divergens, 7. Schultz, Archives de Flore, 1855, p. 122. 
Ranunculus Ficaria, Jord. Obs. sur Pl. Nouv. ou Crit. Frag. VI. p. 3. 
Ficaria ranunculoides, Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 39. Boreau, Fl. du Cent. de la 
Fr. ed. iii. Vol. II. p. 20. 
Lobes of the lowest leaves not overlapping at the base. Lowest 
sheaths narrow. 
Var. 2, incumbens. F. Schultz. 
Ficaria caltheefolia, Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. III. Ran. Tab. I. Fig. 4571 (non 
Gr. & Godr. F\. de Fr.). 
Ficaria ranunculoides 3, incumbens, /. Schultz, Archives de Flore, 1855, p. 122. 
R. Ficaria 8, incumbens, /. Schultz, 18th and 19th Jahresbericht der Pollichia, p. 34. 
R. calthzefolius, ‘ Bluff” (non Jord. Obs. Frag. VI. p. 3). 
F. ambigua, Boreau, Fl. du Cent. de la Fr. ed. iii. Vol. IT. p. 20. 
Lobes of the lowest leaves overlapping at the base. Lowest 
sheaths very broad, amplexicaul. 
In hedgebanks, meadows, outskirts of woods, and damp places. 
Var. a common throughout Britain. I possess a specimen of var. 6 
from ‘‘ near Edinburgh, May, 1849,” collected by myself, but the 
exact locality of which I do not recollect, as my attention had not 
then been drawn to this variety. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Spring. 
Root of white branched fibres, along with which are succulent, 
pale yellowish tubers, from 4 to 1 inch long, and similar ones are 
occasionally found in the axils of the lower leaves. Stem decum- 
bent, sometimes rooting at the lower joints, usually branched, the 
termination of the branches ascending. Petioles of the lower leaves 
very long, the leaves themselves very variable both in outline and 
in the degree of indentation in the margin. I have one specimen in 
which the divisions between the triangular teeth or lobes extend 
more than one-third of the way down. Flowers variable in size, 
usually about 1 inch across. Petals usually about twice as long as 
the ovate-concave sepals, thick, rich yellow, glossy, turning whitish 
when they fade. Head of fruit globular. Achenes slightly downy, 
often abortive, spherical, with the base attenuated towards the 
part by which they are attached to the receptacle ; the spherical and 
attenuated portions are nearly equal in length; the apiculus, formed 
by the remains of the sessile stigma, extremely small. Plant some- 
what succulent, bright green, shining, the leaves often with dark 
markings. 
