BUTTERCUP FAMILY 



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ste?n, about i foot high and bulbous at the base : glabrous, fur- 

 rowed /^^/^;z^/(? y and reflexed i^d^^/y.-r-Meadows. — Fl. May, June. 

 Perennial. 



13. R. sdrdous (Pale Hairy Buttercup). — Root fibrous; stem 

 6 — 18 in. high, hairy; leaves lobed ; pedu7ide furrowed, with 

 spreading or reflexed hairs ; flowers i in. across ; sepals reflexed ; 

 petals pale yellow ; carpels compressed, with small warts near the 

 margin. — Waste places.— Fl. June— October. Annual. 



14. R. parviflorus {^mdX\-?iQ^tx^A Crowfoot). — Differing in its 



R. FICARIA {Lesser Celandine)- 



prostrate, hairy stem ; less divided leaves ; flowers not more than 

 \ inch across ; and hooked tubercles on the carpels. — Dry waste 

 places. — Fl. May — August. Annual. 



15. R. arvensis (Corn Crowfoot). — Nearly glabrous; stem 

 erect ; leaves deeply 3-lobed, with linear-lanceolate lobes ; flowers 

 \ in. across ; sepals spreading ; petals pale yellow ; carpels few and 

 very spinous. — Cornfields — Fl. May — July. Annual. 



16. R. Ficdria (Lesser Celandine). — Glabrous. Root fasci- 

 culate ; leaves mostly radical, cordate, stalked, angular, or crenate ; 

 flowers about i in. across; sepals 3 — 5; petals 8 — 12, acute, 

 golden-yellow ; carpels small, smooth. One of our brightest 

 spring flowers, studding every bank with its numerous glossy 

 starlike flowers, the favourite of the poet Wordsworth, not to be 



