RANUNCULACE.E. 7 



Carpels oblong, glabrous, whitish, blunt, or with a very small 

 mucro (point). 



In shallow rivulets, rills, springy and muddy places. Per. ; 

 May-Sept. 



R. coenosus, Guss. — K. Lenormandi, Schultz. E. B. S. 2930. 

 L. B. S. H. 13^. 



A. 14. C. 60. Lat. 50-55°. Alt. 0-200. Tern. 50-47°. 



Stem as in R. hederaceus. Leaves uniform, 3-5-lobed ; lobes 

 larger (deeper), and having 2-3 notches. Petals obovate, larger 

 than the sepals. Carpels obovate, terminated by the short style, 

 which is near the centre of the carpel : in R. hederaceus the style 

 is lateral, and shorter. 



Watery places ; not so common as the above. Per. ; May-Sept. 



R. tripartitus, DC. L. B. S. C. 12. 



Stems variable, usually sAvimming. Lower leaves with capil- 

 lary diverging and divaricating (not spreading in the same plane) 

 segments ; upper leaves nearly reniform, deeply 3-5 -parted, with 

 triangular or obovate, toothed or incised lobes. Stipules of the 

 upper leaves united only for one-third of their length from the 

 base. Petals very small, oblong, scarcely longer than the sepals. 

 Carpels glabrous when ripe, scarcely pointed. 



Stagnant water, and in muddy places. Per. ; May-July. 



R. circinatus, Sibthorp. — E. B. S. 2869. Coss. et Ger. t. 1. 

 f. 9. L.B.S.H. 11^-. 



A. 14. C. 50. Lat. 50-56°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 51-47°. 



Stems variable in length, submersed or swimming. Leaves all 

 capillary, spreading in the same plane, and forming a circular 

 outline, 2— 4-forked, rigid, and not collapsing into a pencilled tuft 

 when taken out of the ivater, with sheathing, not auricled (stipu- 

 late) stalks. Petals large, obovate. Carpels obovate, laterally 

 tipped with the acute recurved style. 



Ditches, stagnant waters. Per. ; June- August. 



R. fluitans, Lam.— E. B. S. 2870. Coss. et Ger. t. 2. f. 1-2. 

 L.B.S.H. 11^. 



A. 14. C. 50. Lat. 50-56°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 51-47°. 



Stems of various length, sometimes very long, floating or 

 swimming. Leaves all submersed, uniform, repeatedly forked, 

 segments very long, nearly parallel. Petals 5-12, much larger 

 than the sepals. Carpels glabrous. Per. ; May-August. 



