AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 59 
early in bloom, all of the genus Ranunculus, 
Crowfoot,—R. auricomus, Goldilocks, a slender 
plant, common in thickets and shaded banks, 
with yellow Sepals (Calyx leaves), petals often 
wanting, root-leaves roundish, whilst those of 
the stem have long segments ; 2. heterophyllus, 
Water Crowfoot, or Szow-cups, a handsome 
white flower with yellow centre, stem in the 
water, floating leaves roundish and lobed, sub- 
mersed ones with long narrow segments ; and 
R. hederaceus, \vy-leafed Crowfoot, with very 
small flowers, also white, stem floating, or 
creeping on mud, and few stamens. 
Alliaria officinalis, Hedge-Garlick, also called 
Sauce-alone, is sending up, in the fickle April 
days, its clusters of white cruciform flowers by 
waysides, and in waste places; the plant has 
a garlick-like smell, when bruised. Notice 
also two other common CRUCIFER&, and com- 
pare their pods,—Szsymbrium thalianum., 'Thale- 
cress, a slender little plant with long thin pods, 
and forked hairs on its lower leaves; and the 
universal weed Casella Bursa-pastoris, Shep- 
herd’s Purse, known by its peculiar bag-like 
pouches of seed, widened upward and com- 
pressed, 
