38 KANHNGULACE^. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 



Var. snbinermis, Boiss. Flowers smaller. Spike more com- 

 pact. Crest of carpels less prominent — Damascus* Borders of 

 et Till. 



7. A. flammca, Jacq. Stem stout. Flower 0.015 m. to 0.03 

 broad. Calyx appressed-hairy. Petals linear-elliptical, flattened. 

 Spike cylindrical loose. Carpels ovate, ending in an ascending, black 

 beak. Tooth ohtuse, near l)ase of heah — Spring — Fields, throughout ; 

 rather rare. Too near A. 



5. MYOSURUS, L. Mouse-Tail, 



Flowers destitute of involucre. Sepals 5, furnished with a spur 

 at base. Petals 5, with filiform claw, and nectar-bearing pore at 

 base of lamina. Akenes wedge-shaped. Style beak-like, short— Small 

 annual herbs, with undivided leaves. 



M. laiiiiiinus, L. All the leaves clustered at the root, linear. 

 Scape 1-flowered, Petals sliorter than calyx. Carpels crowded on a 

 tapering spike— Spring — Above Zebedani. El-Balqa 



6. RANUXCUL.US, L. Crowfoot. Buttercup. ^tJ,2i 



Sepals 3-5. Petals 5, rarely more, with pore at base, naked, or 

 covered with a scale. Akenes numerous, usually flattened, apiculate 

 — Annual or perennial herbs. 



§ 1. BATRACmUOT. 11 Petals white, furnished With a naled pore 

 athase. Aquatic jjerenniaU, loith floating or immersed leaves. 



1. R, aqnatilis, L, % Flowers O.Ol m. to 0,02 broad. 

 Peduncles as long as, or longer than, leaves. Petals oliovate, hroad. 

 Stamens numerous — Spring. 



Var, lieteropliyllii§, D.C. The floating leaves round, with icedge 

 shaj)ed, crenate loles. The immersed leaves capillary, much dissected 

 — Hums. 



Var. §M]!>iiicrsiis, Gr. et Godr. All tlie leaves immersed, wkh 

 elongated capillary lobes, — Canals and streams ; common. 



Var. spSagerosperiiiHS, Boiss. Sepals J to -^- as long as petals. 

 All the leaves immersed, with short and stiff loles. Carpels nearly 

 globular, scarcely keeled — Common. 



Var. paiitotlirix, Bl. Leaves much dissected, lobes long, 

 slender — Common, with var, suhmersus, 



2. R. trifliopliyllus, Chaix. 11 Flowers less than 0.01 m. 

 broad. Peduncles usually shorter than leaves, sometimes longer. 

 Petals usually narrow, sometimes broad, less than tirice as long as sepals. 

 Stamens few. — Spring — Aintab to Galilee, and southward. A species 

 with much dissected leaves, and capillary lobes, too near to var. 

 pantothrix of last. 



§ 2, FICARIA, 21 Petals 8-12, yellow. Pore at lase of j^etals 

 covered irith a scale. 



3. R. €altliaefoliu<>i, Jord. 1^ S^ tfj^ Leaves ovate-cordate 

 entire or pinnate, or obscurely toothed. Peduncles as long as, or longer 

 than, leaves. Sepals yellowish- white. Corolla ^.^% m. to ^.^% Inroad. 



