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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Ranunculus continued. 



linear and entire. Stem erect. Bootstock straight, A. 8in. to 

 3ft. Europe (Britain), North Asia. Plant hairy. (Sy. En. B. 33.) 

 A double-flowered form of this species -Yellow Bachelors 

 Buttons is figured in K. M. 215. 



R. alpestris (alpine). /. white, varying in size, either single or 

 double, usually one to a stem ; petals five, obcordate or tnree- 

 lobed. June to August. I. orbicular-cordate, three-lobed, witn 

 the tops deeply crenate at the apex, blunt ; sometimes the leaves 

 are trifld, or hardly so. h. Sin. to 6in. Pyrenees, Ac. 



R. amplcxicaulis (stem-clasping). /. snowy-white under cul- 

 tivation, seldom double; scapes and peduncles smooth. April 

 and May. 1. oval-lanceolate, acuminate, stern-clasping, smooth, 

 or with a few deciduous hairs on the edges, glaucous. Stems 

 three to six-flowered, h. Sin. to 9in. Pyrenees and Western 

 Alps, 1633. See Fig. 353. (B. M. 266; G. C. n. s., xix. 788; 

 R. G. 1885, 244.) 



R. anemonoides (Anemone-like).* fl. white, tinted with pink, 

 pale outside, large, and rather attractive, borne on peduncles 

 Sin. to 6in. high. Summer. I. glaucous-green, biternately divided, 

 the segments cut into linear divisions. Styrian Alps, Ac., 1883. 

 'A charming little plant. 



K. aquatilis (aquatic). Lodewort ; Ram's Foot, &c. fl. white ; 

 peduncles usually leaf-opposed, one-flowered. May to August. 

 I, floating ones three-lobed, or parted or absent ; submerged ones 

 di- or trichotomously multifld, the seaments capillary or linear ; 

 stipules broad. Temperate regions (Britain). A very variable 

 plant, of which the following are enumerated, by Hooker, as 

 sub-species: eirdnatwi, Huitaiis, heterophyllus, pantothrix, and 

 tripartitug. 



FIG. 354. RANUNCULUS ASIATICUS FLORE-PLENO. 



R. asiatlcus (Asiatic).* Common Garden Ranunculus, /.variable 

 in colour ; calyx spreading, afterwards reflexed ; petals large 

 obovate very blunt. May and June. I. ternate or biternafe '; 

 segments toothed or deeply trifld. Stein erect, simple or 

 branched at the base. A. 9in. Levant, 15%. Under cultivation 

 this has nearly always double flowers. See Fig. 354. 



R. a. sanguineus (bloody).* Turkey Ranunculus, fl. purple 

 B, and variegated with the same colours, excluding 



ng 

 I ternate 



yellow, orange, 



all colours verging on white or blue, always doubl 



segments toothed, obtuse. Stem simple. 

 R. a. tenullobus (slender-lobed). /. white yellow rarelv 

 g^jg*,/ niultifld, with linear, acute lobes Stem . Sinwhat 



R. a. vulgaris (common). Persian Ranunculus, fl of all 

 colours (blue excepted) and variegated, double or single I ter- 

 nate ; segments trifid, acute. Stem branched at the bottom. A 

 very ornamental plant, having innumerable forms in gardens" 



Ranunculus continued. 



R. bulbosus (bulbous-rooted), 

 yellow, with furrowed peduncles, reflexed 

 receptacle. Spring and early summer. I. trifoliolate or ternati- 

 sect, hairy ; segments lobed. h. 1ft. Europe, Asia, North Africa. 

 (Sy. En. B. 35.) 



R. cardiophyllus (heart-leaved), fl. golden, large ; calyx 

 spreading, half as long as the corolla. May. I., radical ones 

 roundish-cordate, crenate and multifld ; cauline ones palmately 

 multifld : lobes linear, deeply crenate. h. 1ft. North America, 

 1829. Plant pubescent, hairy. (B. M. 2999.) 



R. cassubicus (Cassubian). fl. yellow ; calyx pubescent, shorter 

 nd July. 



than the petals. June anc 



Cuckoo Buds; Gold Cup. fl. 

 pals, and hairy 



aooth; radical ones 



stalked, kidney-shaped, crenate ; cauline ones divided into linear, 

 serrated lobes, h. 6in. Northern and Eastern Europe, &c., 1794. 

 (B. M. 2267.) 



R. cortusaafolius (Cortusa-leaved).* fl. yellow; calyx spreading. 

 May. I., as well as the stem, slightly pilose ; radical ones some- 

 what cordate-reniform, slightly lobed, broadly crenate ; cauline 

 ones sub-sessile, three to five-parted ; floral ones lanceolate. 

 Stem branched, corymbose, h. 2ft. Tenerifle, 1826. (B. M. 

 4625; L. J. F. iii. 293.) 



R. crcticus macrophyllus (large-leaved Cretan), fl. golden, 

 large ; calyx pressed. April and May. I. profoundly lobed, with 

 slightly rounded teeth. Stem branched, many-flowered, and, as 

 well as the leaves, slightly hairy. A. 1ft. Grecian Archipelago, 

 1658. (B. R. 143) 



R. Ficaria (Figwort). Lesser Celandine ; Pilewort fl. bright 

 yellow, about lin. in diameter, sometimes apetalous ; peduncles 

 stout, axillary, one-flowered. March to May. I. variable, cordate, 

 obtusely angled or crenate ; petioles stout, dilated at base. Stem 

 short, decumbent, branched at base. Europe (Britain, Ac.). 

 See Fig. 355. (Sy. En. B. 39.) 



R. Flamraula (Flammula). Lesser Spearwort. fl. yellow, rarely 

 |in. in diameter ; style of achenes short, obtuse. June to August. 

 I., lowest ones petiolate, ovate ; upper ones more lanceolate and 

 sessile. Europe (Britain). Plant prostrate or erect. (F. D. 572; 

 Sy. En. B. 29.) 



R. furnaripefolins (Fumitory-leaved), fl. yellow, always double ; 

 sepals ovate-oblong, spreading; scapes numerous, one-flowered, 

 leafless or furnished with one multifld leaf about the middle, 

 clothed with adpressed hairs. May to July. I. quite smooth, 

 pinnate, many-parted ; lobes oblong, h. 1ft. Native country un- 

 known. 



R. glacialis (glacier), fl. seldom double ; petals white or reddish, 

 suffused with purple, somewhat orbicular, bluntly emarginate, as 

 long as the very hairy calyx. June to August. I. usually smooth, 

 . or the upper ones sometimes villous ; radical ones stalked 

 palmately force-parted or ternate, with trittd lobes and rather 

 blunt lobules. Stem one to three-flowered, h. Sin. to 6in. Moun- 

 tains of Europe, 1775. (F. D. i. 19.) 



R. gramineus (grass-like).* /. yellow ; scales of petals tubular. 

 April to June. I. lanceolate-linear, quite entire. Stems erect, 

 quite smooth, with fibres at the neck, one to three-flowered. 

 A. 6in. to 12in. South-western Europe, &c. (B. M. 164.) The 

 variety flore-pleno has double flowers, and phcenicifolius has lanceo- 

 late leaves. 



R. Heldreichianus (Heldreich's). fl. of a pale chrome-yellow, 

 shining, numerous. Spring. I. tripartite, the lobes deeply in- 

 cised, h. 1ft. Greece, 1882. An attractive plant, a sub-species of 

 R. Sprunerianus. 



R. isopyroldes (Isopyrum-like). /. white ; petals five or some- 

 times more, twice as long as the smooth calyx, oval ; peduncles 

 two or three, rising from the axils of the upper leaves, or ter- 

 minal. May and June. I., radical ones pinnate, with stalked, 

 twice trifld segments ; cauline ones ternate. A. Sin. to 6in. 

 Siberia, 1818. 



R. Lingua (Lingua). Greater Spearwort. fl. yellow, handsome, 

 2in. in diameter, sub-panicled ; sepals and petals five. July to 

 September. 1. bin. to lOin. long, Jin. to lin. broad, sessile, 

 half-amplexicaul, lanceolate, entire or toothed. Stem 2ft. to 

 3ft. high, hollow. Root densely fibrous. Europe (Britain, in 

 marshes and ditches). (Sy. En. B. 31.) 



R. Lyalli (Lyall's).* New Zealand Water Lily. fl. waxy-white, 

 4in. in diameter ; sepals five, broad, pilose ; petals broadly 

 cuneate, with an obscure, oblong, basilar gland ; peduncles very 

 numerous, stout, erect. Spring and summer. I. peltate, on long, 

 stout petioles, glabrous ; limb orbicular, very concave, thick and 

 coriaceous, sometimes lift, in diameter, simply crenate. Stem 

 paniculately branched, many-flowered. A. 2ft. to 4ft. New 

 /ealand, 1879. A very handsome, erect, cool greenhouse plant. 

 (G. C. n. s., xv. 724, and xxiii. 371.) 



R. millefoliatus (thousand-leaved), fl. yellow; calyx pressed. 

 May to July. I. decompound, multifld ; lobes linear, smooth. 

 Stem almost leafless, erect, villous, one-flowered. A. 1ft. South 

 Europe, 1820. (B. M. 3009.) (jrandiflorus (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 

 248) is a form with larger flowers. 



R. monspeliacus (Montpelier). fl. yellow; calyx reflexed. 

 April and May. I. woolly ; radical ones three-lobed ; lobes 

 cuneate, trifidly toothed; upper leaves three-parted, with entire, 

 linear lobes. Stem erect, few-flowered. A. lift. Mediterranean 

 region. 



