4 RANVNCULACE^E. [ANEMONE. 



narrow, subsessile, cut lobed or pinnatifid, involucral like the radical, 

 petioled. Flower solitary, 1-1 in. diam. Sepals oblong, white, rarely purple. 

 Achenes downy, as long as the style. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), W. Siberia, 

 N. America. 



A. APENNI'NA, L. ; leaves 2-nately pinnate, sepals 10-14 narrow pale 



blue, achenes pointed. 



Naturalized in plantations, &c, in England, Scotland and Ireland; fl. April. 

 Glabrous. Rootstock stout, black. Scape 4-8 in. Leaves few, from the base 

 of the scape ; leaflets pinnatifid, subacute, involucral similar. Flower li in. 

 diam. Sepals spreading. Head of ovoid achenes globose. DISTRIB. Italy 

 to Turkey. 



3*. ADO'NIS, L. PHEASANT'S-EYE.: 

 Herbs, annual or perennial. Leaves much divided. Sepals 58, pe- 



taloid, imbricate. Petals 5-16, yellow or red, eglandular. Carpels many ; 



ovule 1, pendulous. Fruit, a spike or head of many acheues. Styles short, 



persistent. DISTRIB. Temp. Europe and Asia; species 3-4. ETYM. 



classical. 



A. AUTUMNA'LIS, L. ; annual, flowers globose, petals broad concave. 



Naturalized in Suffolk, and S. counties, sporadic elsewhere, and in Scotland 

 and Ireland; an alien or colonist, Watson; fl. May-July. Stem 8-10 in., 

 erect, branched, very leafy. Leaves decompound, segments small, linear. 

 Sepals greenish. Petals scarlet, with a dark basal spot, suberect, rather 

 longer than the sepals. Head of reticulated achenes, sometimes elongate. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, W, Asia, N. Africa ; introd. in America. 



A. MYOSU'RUS, L. MOUSE-TAIL. 



Small annual herbs. Leaves narrow, all radical. Scapes 1 -flowered, 

 leafless. Sepals 5, rarely 6-7, with a small basal spur behind, imbricate 

 in bud. Petals 5, rarely 6-7, small, narrow, tubular, or 0. Stamens few. 

 Carpels many ; ovule 1, pendulous. Fruit a long spike of densely packed 

 achenes; style short, persistent. DISTRIB. Europe, S. America; species 

 2. ETYM. /u>s and ovpd, mouse-tail. 



1. M. min'imus, L. ; spike slender, style very short. 

 Cornfields, &c. from Northumberland southwards ; fl. April-June. Glabrous, 

 2-6 in. Leaves erect, many, linear, rather fleshy. Scapes many, slender. 

 Flowers minute, yellow-green. Sepals 5, narrow-oblong ; spur appressed 

 to the scape. Petals 5 ; limb short, ligulate. Spike, of achenes "dense, 

 lengthening to 1-3 in. ; receptacle filiform ; achenes attached by the ventral 

 surface, minute, keeled, mucronate at the back. DISTHIB. Europe, W. Asia, 

 N. Africa ; introd. in America, &c. 



5. RANUN CULUS, L. BUTTERCUP, CROWFOOT. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Lewes entire, lobed or compound ; stipules 

 membranous or 0. Flowers usually panioled, white or yellow. Sepals 3-5, 

 caducous, imbricate in bud. Petals usually 5, rarely 0, glandular at the 

 base. Stamens many. Carpels many; style short; ovule 1, ascending. 

 Fruit a head or spike of apiculate or beaked achenes. DISTRIB. All 

 temp, regions; species about 160. ETYM. rana, a frag. 



