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Carpels ovate, hirsute— Febm&rj to April— Wet places, from Aintab 

 to Jerusalem. 



4. R.. ficarioides, Bory et Chaub. 11 Dwarf. Leaves small 

 ovate-cordate, with obtuse, crenate lobes. Peduncles shorter than 

 leaves. Sepals yellow. Corolla ahout 0.01 m. broad. Carpels oblong, 

 smooth — March to May — Lebanon, from 500 m. to 1,500. 



§ 3. EURANUNCUL. US. or "^l. Sepals 5. Petals generally yelloio, 

 sometimes scarlet, or crimson, or orange-colored, or wJi ite. Pore at base oj 

 petals generally covered tcith a scale. 



Series I. Perennials. 



* Divisions of root grumous. 



t Carpels nearly spherical. Alpine plants. 



5. R. myosuroides, Boiss. et Ky. 21 Dwarf (0.03 to 0.00 m..) 

 glabrescent. Root-leaves 1-2 or more, with 3-5 oblong, entire, or bifid 

 lobes; stem-leaves 3-parted, or wanting. Flowers 0.007 m. broad-, 

 petals elliptical, somewhat longer than sepals. Spike oblong. Carpels 

 smooth, oblong. Style shorter than ovary, straight — May to July — 

 Alpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



t t Carpels flattened. 

 \ Root-leaves, or all but the lowest, palmately lobed or cut. 

 a. FloiDcrs large, red, or rose-colored, or orange, or yellow, or white. 



6. H. Asiaticii§, L. 2^ 6^«i\\j'lli Appressed hairy. Lower 

 leaves round, crenate ; the others more or less dissected, 

 with oblong, toothed lobes. Flowers 1-5. Corolla 0.02 m, 

 to 0.08 broad, cri7nson, or rose-colored, or orange, or yellow, or ^ohite. 

 Spike 0.02 m., or more in length, dense. Carpels papyraceous. 

 Beak reflexed, shorter than ovary — February to May — Fields, and 

 waste places, Syria and Palestine, Notwithstanding its brilliant 

 flowers, not to be regarded as the " lily of the field. ^'' 



Var. tcnuiloI>u§, Boiss. Leaves much dissected — With type, 

 b. Floicers medium-sized, yelloic, or ichitish. 



T. R. Sprimerianus, Boiss. 11 Hirsute. Stem stout, 0.04 m, 

 high, much hrinched. Root-leaves round, with heart-shaped base, and 

 th7'ee obtusely lobed divisions. Spike oblong. Carpels triangular-py?'a- 

 midal, beset with hairs icith a tubercled base. Beak as long as ovary, 

 straight, or slightly curved, hooked at extremity — May to July — 

 Subalpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon, El-Buqa'. 



8. R. ]>aina§ceiiu§, Boiss. et Gaill. 2^. Stem and induraent 

 as in last. Root-leaves as in last, with numerous, overlapping, obtuse 

 lobes. Lobes of stem-leaves oblong, obtuse. Spike ovate, at length 

 oblong. Beak curved — Spring — Fields, Aintab to Damascus, and the 

 Buka'. This and the last are probably varieties of R. oxyspermus, 

 M.B. 



9. R. cuneatu§, Boiss. % Villous. Stem slender, 0.25 m. 

 high, with few branches. Root leaves round-ovate, with wedge-shaped, 

 or rounded, or heart-shaped base ; lobes not over-lapping. L/obcs of 

 stem-leaves linear, acutish. Spike ovate. Beak straight — Summer 

 —Alpine regions of Lebanon . 



