RANUNCULACE^. ( CBOWFOOT FAMILY.) %1 



segments divided into oblong-cuneate cut lobes. Carpels ovate, 

 punctate, slightly hairy, marginate, tapering into a short straight beak 

 — May and June — Lebanon and Antilebanon, and northward. 



18. It. Constantinopolitanus, Urv. 71 Villous below, 

 appressed-hairy above. Root-fibres descending directly from necJc. 

 Root-leaves triangular-ovate, ternate, with obovate, cut, and coarsely 

 toothed lobes. Carpels large, ovate, striate, smooth, ending abruptly in 

 a very shm-t, hooked beak — April to June — 



Var. Palsestinus, Boiss. Lobes of leaves cuneate at base — 

 Hedges, Aintab to Antilebanon and Lebanon. Plain of el Huleh. 



Series 3. Annuals. 

 * Carpels not margined. Petals destitute of scale at base, 



19. R. sceleratus, L. Stem erect, often thickened. Lower 

 leaves 3-parted, with oblong or cuneate, lobed or cut divisions. 

 Carpels in ovate heads 0.002 m. to 0.004 long, minute, obovate, with 

 grooved border, and short, mucronate beak — Spring — Wet places from 

 Hamath to Tripoli, and probably elsewhere. 



* * CarpeU more or less flattened, margined, generally tubercledor 



prickly. Petals with scale at base. 



t Leaves undivided. 



20. R. ophioglo§sifolius, Vill.0 Glabrescent. Stem fistulous, 

 erect. Lower leaves ovate or ovate-cordate, upper oblong-lanceolate. 

 Flowers about 0.005 m. to 0.007 broad. Heads as in last. Carpels as 

 large as mustard seeds, ovate, slightly flattened ; margin narrow, beak 

 short, black, hooked — Spring — Wet places near Tripoli, and probably 

 elsewhere. 



21. R. lateriflorus, D.C. Glabrous. Stem erect, fistulous. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical. Flowers small, sessile in axils, or terminal. 

 Heads round-ovate ; carpels ovate, with tubercled disk, and acute 

 margin. Beak nearly as long as ovary, lanceolate, hooked — Spring— 

 Syria. Moab. 



t t Leaves palmately divided, cut or lobed, sometimes much dissected. 



22. R, €hiu§, D.C. Villous or glabrescent. Stem much 

 branched. Leaves round-heart-shaped, with three crenately-lobed 

 divisions. Peduncles opposite leaves, thickened in fruit. Flowers 

 0.004 m. broad. Petals as long as sepals. Heads globular 0.005 m. 

 broad. Disk of carpels studded with tubercles, ending in a hooked hair. 

 Margin acute, not grooved, tapering to a hooked beak, half as long 

 as ovary — Spring — Coast of Syria, and Lebanon. 



23. R. pliilonotis, Retz. Hirsute. Lower leaves ovate- 

 cordate, sometimes broader than long, crenate-toothed or lobed. The 

 rest 3-parted, with cut and toothed divisions. Flowers 0.01 m. broad. 

 Petals twice as Irnig as sepals. Heads ovate, 0.004 m. broad. Carpels 

 nearly round ; disk tubercled near the 2-grooved margin ; beak very 

 sJwrt, obtuse — Spring — Aintab to Aleppo. 



24. R. tracliycarpns, F. et M. Hirsute. Root-leaves 

 round, crenate, 3-parted or cut. The remainder trifid, with lobed 



