40 RANUNCULACE^. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 



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

 covered with dense Jihres. Lower root-leaves nearly round, 3-lobed, 

 dentate ; the remainder dissected into oblong or linear lobes. SUm 

 1-^ flowered . Spike ovate-oblong. Carpels ovate, punctate^ ending 

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

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



\ X Root leaves jmmateli/ parted. 



11. R. millefoliatus, Vahl. 71 Glahrescent. Leaves 2-3- 

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

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

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

 elsewhere in Lebanon. 



12. R. myriopliyllus, Euss. If 5ji« Canescent with appressed 

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

 Stem divaricately much hranched. Fruiting peduncles long. Spike 

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

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

 and Palestine. 



Var. Hlerosolymitanus, 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. 

 {R. Hierosolymitanus, Boiss.) 



* * Divisions of root flih'ous. 

 t Rachis hairy. 



13. R. palu§tris, L. 1i Rootstock short. Hair of stems and 

 petioles short, 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 places near AlejDpo. 



14. R. ;Weapolitaiiu§, Ten. ^i Upper portion of stems ap- 

 pressed hairy. Rootstock short, w4th 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. eliioiiopliilus, Boiss. % Smooth, dwarf, tufted. 

 Neck thickened, with flbrous roots. Root-leaves oblong, 2-6-]nnnately 

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

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

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

 lebanon. 



16. R. dcmi«<mi«i, D.C. If. Dwarf. Rootstock oUique. Neck 

 clothed with fibres, furnished with whitish hairs. Root-leaves smooth, 

 round, ^^aZwa^eZy divided into 3-5 segments, which are dissected into 

 oblong lobes. Scapes longer than leaves, 1 -flowered. Sepals pubescent. 

 Carpels triangular-ovate, flattened ; margin not thickened; beak hooked 

 — Summer — Alpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



t t Rachis smooth. Inflorescence corymbose, loose. 



17. R. Cassius, Boiss. % Appressed-silky-hairy. Root-stock 

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

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



