RANUNCULUS.] RANUNCULACEJB. 7 



arching, style of minute achenes subcylindric, tip recurved. Sandy shores 

 of Windermere and Loch Leven. 



6. R. ophioglos'sifolius, Villars; annual, erect, many-flowered, lower 

 leaves long-petioled broadly ovate or cordate, petals scarcely longer than, 

 the sepals, achenes minutely granulate small hairy, style minute. 



St. Peter's Marsh, Jersey ; fl. June- Aug. Glabrous or slightly hairy upwards 

 Root fibrous. Stem 6-10 in. or more, slender, decumbent at the base, 

 branched, hollow, furrowed. Peduncles furrowed. Flowers \ in. diam. 

 DISTBIB. W. and S. Europe. 



** Leaves divided, gland of petals without a scale. 



7. R. auri'comus, L. ; perennial, leaves orbicular 3-lobed or -partite, 

 segments of lower obtuse cuneate cut, of upper linear spreading sub- 

 entire, sepals spreading pubescent, head of downy achenes globose. 

 Goldielocks. 



Woods and copses, from Lanark and Moray southwards ; ascends to 1,600 ft. 

 in the Highlands ; rare in the S. and W. of Ireland ; fl. April-May. Erect, 

 6-10 in., branched, slender, glabrous or slightly hairy upwards. Radical 

 leaves long-petioled. Peduncles not furrowed, pubescent. Flowt-rs | in. 

 diam. Petals larger than the downy sepals, bright yellow, often imperfect 

 (var. depaitpera'tus). Achenes on tubercles of the receptacle, compressed; 

 style slender, subulate, curved. DISTKIB. Europe (Arctic), N. and W. Asia 

 to the Himalaya. Not acrid. 



8. R. scelera'tus, L. ; annual, erect, stem hollow, leaves glabrous 3- 

 lobed or -partite, segments of lower lobed obtuse, of upper linear sub- 

 entire, sepals reflexed hairy, head of small glabrous achenes oblong. 

 Ditches, &c., rarer in the N. ; fl. May-Sept. Root fibrous. Stem 8-24 in., sub- 

 corymbose above. Leaves variable in lobing, upper a little hairy. Flowers 

 $ in. diam. Achenes many, small, a little wrinkled on the faces, furrowed 

 on the dorsal edge; style minute. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Asia, 

 N. India to Bengal ; introd. in America, &c. Very acrid. 



*** Leaves divided, gland of petals with a small scale. 



9. R. a'cris, L. ; perennial, hairy, erect, without runners, leaves 3-7- 

 partite, segments of lower cuneate deeply cut and lobed, of upper linear 

 entire, peduncles not furrowed, sepals spreading pubescent, receptacle 

 glabrous, achenes glabrous compressed margined, style recurved. 

 Meadows, &c. ; ascends to nearly 4,000 ft. in the Highlands ; fl. April-Sept. 



Rootstock straight. Stem, 8 in. -3 ft. Leaves usually all petioled, orbicular 

 or 5-angled in outline, uppermost sessile. flower 1 in. diam. Petals 

 spreading. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Asia ; introd. in America. 

 Mr. Syme has pointed out (Report of Bot. Exchange Club for 1869, p. 8), that 

 the varieties titeve'ni, Reich, (sp.), vulga'tus, Jord. (sp. ), and rec'tusl Boreau 

 (sp.), all enumerated in his English Botany (p. 38), are not the continental 

 plants so called, but forms of orcea'nus, Jord. (sp.), and tonuphyl'hu, 

 Jord. (sp.). 



10. R. re'pens, L. ; perennial, hairy, stem decumbent below with long 

 runners, leaves 3-foliolate or 3-nately pinnatisect, segments cuneate lobed 

 and toothed, those of the upper leaves more entire narrower, peduncles 



