174 POLYAND. POLYGYN. 



dingston Loch, Edinb., Dr. Parsons. Pow Mill, Kinross-shire; 

 Mr.Arnott. Marshes in Arran and near Glasg., Mr. Murray. Fl. 

 July. I/ . 

 Stem 2 3 feet high. Flowers large. 



5. R. Flammula (lesser Spear-wort), leaves linear-lanceolate 

 nearly entire petiolate the lower ones ovato-lanceolate, stem 

 declined rooting at the base. Lightf. p. 288. E. B. 1.3S7. 



/3. much smaller, stem creeping filiform. R. reptans, Light f. 

 p.2S9.Jig.fro?itisp. v. I. Decand. Syst. Veg. v. \.p. 248. 



HAB. Sides of lakes and ditches, abundant. /3. Margins of lakes, espe- 

 cially in the Highlands, common. Fl. July, Aug. Jj. . 



The decumbent or creeping stem, the narrower petiolated stem leaves 

 and broader radical ones, together with the smaller size, are the 

 marks by which this is best known from the preceding. 



6. R. Ficaria (Pile- wort), leaves heart-shaped petiolate angular 

 or crenate, caLof 3 leaves, petals 9. Lightf. p. 289. E. B. 

 t. 584. Ficaria ranunculoides, Decand. 



HAB. Woods, meadows, and hedge banks, abundant. FL Apr. May. 3/ . 



Root of many long fasciculated tubers. .Leares- petiolate, two or three 



on the 1 -flowered stem. Flowers Shining, yellow, very handsome. 



tff Flowers yellow. Leaves variously divided. 

 -f- Root perennial. Pericarps smooth. 



7. R. fiiiricomus (Wood Crowfoot), leaves glabrous radical ones 

 reniform 3-partite and cut, stem-leaves divided to the base 

 into linear subdentate segments, cal. pubescent shorter than the 

 petals. Lightf. p. 290. E. B. /. 624. 



HAB. Woods and hedge -banks. Banks of the river opposite Logton 

 wood, near Dalkeith, Dr. Parsons. Kenmuir banks, Glasg., Hopk. 

 Rosslyn woods Habbies How and other places near Edinb. ; also 

 Caldron Linn and Castle Campbell, near Glasg., Mr.Arnott. Banks 

 f the Kelvine, Mr. Murray. Fl. Apr. May. I/ . 



One foot high, slender. Flowers large. Not acrid as most of the other 

 Crowfoots. 



8. R. sitleralns (Celery -leaved Crowfoot), leaves glabrous ra- 

 dical ones petioiate tripartite, lobes cut very obtuse upper ones 

 in 3 linear incised segments, calyx glabrous, pericarps collected 

 into an oblong spike. Lightf. p. '201. E. B. t. 681. 



HAB. Sides of ditches and pools. Fl. June. U . 



Stem stout, succulent, 1 2 feet high. Lower leaves very broad and 



glossy. Flowers extremely small, pale yellow. Heads of pericarps 



oblong. 



9. R. acris (upright Meadow Crowfoot), cal. spreading, pe- 

 duncles rounded (not furrowed), leaves tripartite their seg- 

 ments acute 3-ftd and cut upper ones linear. Lightf. p. 293. 

 E. B. t. 652. 



ft. -minor; stem 1 2- flowered. /?. mo?ita?ms f D.Don, MSS. 



