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li. Trauenfellneri, Iloppe, is said by Kittcl, ' Dcutsclilands 

 Flora,' to be only a variety of R. ulpestris. 



Clova Mountains, Mr. G. Don. Not recently observed. Per. ; 

 May. "Mr. Don's memorandum in Smith's Herbarium runs 

 thus : ' By little rills and among rocks on the mountains of 

 Clova, Angusshire, seldom flowering.' " See Cybele in loco. 



R. auricomus, Lin. Wood Crowfoot. — e.b. 624. l.b.s. 18. 

 A. 16. C. 70. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-500 yds. Tern. 51-42°. 



Roots fibrous, oblique. Stems solitary or few, 12-18 inches, 

 erect or ascending, almost glabrous. Root-leaves remform- 

 roundish, crenate or more or less deeply incised, with crenulate 

 lobes ; stem-leaves sessile, palmate, in 5-7 diverging, linear seg- 

 ments, which are entire or nearly so. Calyx downy. Carpels 

 pubescent, with a slender, curved and hooked beak. 



Woods ; bushy, moist places. Per. ; April-June. 



R. acris, Lin, Common Buttercup. — e.b. 652. l.b.s. 19. 

 A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-1300 yds. Tern. 52-34°. 



Root horizontal or oblique, simple, with radical fibres below 

 the crown. Stem 12-18 inches, erect, many-flowered, more or 

 less clothed with appressed hairs. Leaves hairy ; the radical 

 ones 3-5-partcd, with cuneate incised or dentate lobes^ on long 

 petioles ; stem-leaves uniform, with narrower lobes and shorter 

 petioles ; the upper ones sessile or nearly so, usually palmate, in 

 3-5 linear, entire or incised segments. Peduncles not furrowed. 

 Calyx erect or slightly spreading. Carpels glabrous, with a 

 hooked beak. Receptacle glabrous. 



Meadows and pastures. Per. ; May-July. 



R. repens, Lin. Creeping Crowfoot. — e.b. 516. l.b.s. 20. 

 A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-900 yds. Tem. 52-38°. 



Root simple, short, truncate, rarely oblique. Stems 6-10 

 inches, two- or more-flowered, hairy or pubescent, some ascend- 

 ing, others prostrate and rooting (stoloniferous) . Leaves hairy 

 or nearly glabrous ; the root-leaves have usually patches of black 

 and white on the upper surface, ternate, the middle leaflet on a 

 long petiole ; segments 3-parted, incised or toothed ; upper leaves 

 sessile or nearly so, with linear, entire or incised segments. Pe- 

 duncles furrowed. Co^yx spreading. Carpels smooth, finely punc- 

 tate, crowned by a curved beak. Receptacle slightly hairy. 



Meadows, roadsides, and especially near hedges and banks of 

 rivers. Per. ; April-September. 



