6 BRITISH BOTANY. 



Carpels numerous, arranged in a spike on a cylindiical receptacle, 

 beaked with the short persistent style. 



A. autumnalis, Lin. Pheasant's Eye. — E. B. 308. L. B. S. 9. 

 A. 3. C. 8. Lat. 50-53°. Alt. 0-100 yds. Tern. 51-48°. 



Stem 4-12 in., branched, glabrous. Sepals dark purple, gla- 

 brous, spreading. Petals 6-8, deep purple-red (scarlet?) ; obovate, 

 concave, connivent. Carpel-border without teeth, terminating 

 with a straight beak. 



Cornfields. Kent. Annual; May-Oct. 



Myosurus, Lin. — Annual, glabrous plants, with one-flowered, 

 radical peduncles. Leaves all radical, linear, narrow, entire. Se- 

 pals 5, coloured, caducous, elongated into a spur below their in- 

 sertion. Petals shorter than the sepals, with a long tubular claw. 

 Stamens 5-10. Carpels numerous, closely imbricated on a fili- 

 form receptacle, terminated by the short style. 



M. minimus, Lin. Mouse-tail. — E. B. 435. L. B. S. H. 10. 

 A. 10. C. 30. Lat. 50-55°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 51-47°. 



Radical peduncles 2-4 inches high, erect. Leaves numerous, 

 erect. Spurs close to the peduncle. Carpels four-angled, com- 

 pressed. 



Cornfields. South and south-east of England; Hampshire, 

 etc. Annual, May. 



Ranunculus, Lin. — Perennial and annual plants. Stems 

 branched, many-flowered. Leaves variously divided ; the root- 

 leaves petiolate ; the stem-leaves alternate, sessile or petiolate. 

 Flowers terminal or lateral, soUtary, on axillary peduncles, or op- 

 posite to the leaves. Sepals 5, coloured or herbaceous, caducous. 

 Petals 5, rarely more or fewer, with a nectariferous pore, and 

 usually with a scale at the base (on the claw) . Carpels nume- 

 rous, in globular, rarely oblong heads; style persistent, curved 

 into a beak, or prolonged to a point. 



Sect. I. Bateachium. — Aquatic perennials, usually submersed or swimming. 

 Petals wliite, usually with a yellow claw and uncovered pore (scale want- 

 ing). Carpels wrinkled (ridged) across, witliout a border. 



R. hederaceus, Lin. Ivy-leaved Water Crowfoot. — E. B. 796. 

 L.B. S.H. 13. 



A. 18. C. 80. Lat. 50-59°. Alt. 0-800 yds. Tern. 51-41°. 

 Stems 2-6 inches, prostrate, rooting. Leaves uniform, cordate- 

 reniform, entire, with 3-5 triangular short rounded lobes, on long 

 petioles. Petals oblong or obovate, slightly longer than the calyx. 



