40 RANUNCULACE^. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 



10. R. Chaerophyllos, L. If Appressed-silky-hairy. Nech 

 covered with dense fhres. Lower root-leaves nearly round, S-lobed, 

 dentate ; the remainder dissected into oblong or linear lobes. Stem, 

 l~3JloiDered. Spike ovate-oblong. Carpels ovate, punctate, ending 

 in a spreading, recurved beak — Spring — Aleppo, Antilebanon, and 

 Lebanon, below 1,000 m., to coast. 



I I Moot leaves pinnately parted. 



11. R. millcfoliatus, Vahl. 1^ Glal/rescent. Leaves 2-3- 

 pinnately parted, lobes oblong, or linear, acute. Stem simple, 1-2 

 Jiowered. Spike oblong. Carpels nearly spherical. Beak recurved, 

 half as long as ovary — Spring — Abeih at el Hadhirah, and probably 

 elsewhere in Lebanon. 



12. R. myriophyllus, Euss. 2f 5^« Canescent with appressed 

 wool. Leaves pinnately dissected ; lobes oblong, somewhat acute. 

 Stem divaricately much branched. Fruiting peduncles long. Spike 

 oblong. Carpels triangular-obpyramidal, punctate, smooth, ending in 

 a slightly spreading beak, shorter than ovary — Spring — Fields, Syria 

 and Palestine. 



Var. Hicrosolyniitaiiiis, Post. Lobes of leaves linear. 

 Flowers whitish, often 0.02 m. or more in breadth. Fruiting peduncles 

 thickened. Beak shorter than in type — With type throughout. 

 {M. Hierosolymitanus, Boiss.) 



* * Divisions of root fibi'ous. 



t Rachis hairy. " 



13. R. palustris, L. 11 Rootstock short. Hair of stems and 

 petioles sliort, dense ; of leaves appressed- villous. Root-leaves ovate, 

 ternately parted ; divisions cut-lobed, obtusely toothed. Peduncles 

 grooved. Carpels ovate, ending in a short, straight beak — Spring — 

 Wet jilaces near Aleppo. 



14. R. Xeapolitauus, Ten. 1^ Upper portion of stems ap" 

 jDressed hairy, Rootstock short, with thickened fibres. Lower leaves 

 round-ovate, ternately parted ; divisions cut-lobed, acutely toothed. 

 Peduncles slender, grooved. Carpels round, ending in a short, conical 

 beak — End of Spring — From Lebanon to Aintab, and northward. 



15. R. cliiO]ioplislii§, Boiss. % Smooth, dwarf, tufted. 

 Neck thickened, ^'\\X\ fihrous roots. Root-leaves oblong, 'i-Z-pinnately 

 parted, with oblong lobes. Scapes not longer than leaves, 1-2 flowered. 

 Sepals smooth. Carpels ovate, margin thicTcened ; disk tubercled ; 

 beak not hooked — Summer — Alpine regions of Lebanon and Anti- 

 lebanon. 



16. R. €lemi§sus, D.C. If. Dwarf. Rootstoclc oblique. Neck 

 clothed ivifh fibres, furuished with vv^hitish hairs. Root-leaves smooth, 

 round, palmately divided into 3-5 segments, which are dissected into 

 oblong lobes. Scajjes longer than leaves, 1 -flowered. Sepals p>ubescent. 

 Carpels triangular-ovate, flattened ; margin not thicJcened ; beak hooTced 

 — Summer — Alpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



t t Rachis smooth. Inflorescence corymbose, loose. 



17. R. €as§ius, Boiss. 2|! Appressed-silky-hairy. Root-stoch 

 horizontal, with descending fibres, and sliort terminal suchers. Radical 

 leaves pentagonal, tcrnate, the middle segment petiolulate, and all the 



