RANUNCULACE^l. X. ADONIS. 



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Slender Knowltonia. Fl. Mar. April. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 



4 KN. HIHSU'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 200.) leaves biternate ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, profoundly serrated, hairy; scapes branched 

 at the base ; branches decumbent, few-flowered. "If. . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. 145. t. 51. Ana- 

 menia hirsuta, Vent. malm. 22. in obs. Adonis hirsuta, Poir. 

 suppl. l.p. 147. 



Hairy Knowltonia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 foot. 



5 KN. DAUCIFOLIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 200.) leaves ternate ; 

 leaflets pinnatifid ; lobes linear, acute ; umbel compound. If. . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Adonis filia, Lin. fil. 

 suppl. 271. Adonis daucifolia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 46. Anamenia 

 daucifolia, Vent. malm. 22. in obs. Root horizontal. Herb 

 villous at the neck, base of stem and petioles, the rest smooth. 

 Scapes naked, nearly two feet high. Peduncles pubescent. 



Carrot-leaved Knowltonia. Fl. ? Clt. 1822. PI. 2 feet. 



Cult. These plants will grow freely in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and may either be increased by dividing the plants at the 

 root, or by seeds, which often ripen in abundance. 



X. ADO' NTS (The plant which sprang from the blood of Adonis 

 when wounded by a boar ; in allusion to the blood-red color of 

 the flowers of most of the annual species.) Dill, giess. nov. 

 gen. 109. t. 4. Lam. illust. t. 498. Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 355. t. 

 74. Lin. gen. 698. 



LIN. SYST. Pulydndria Polygynia. Calyx of 5 pressed sepals, 

 but they are sometimes loosened at the base. Petals from 5 to 

 15, with a naked claw. Stamens numerous, inserted in the base 

 of the gonophor. Cariopsides numerous, 1 -seeded, spiked, 

 ovate, pointed with the style. Embryo ovate. Cotyledons dis- 

 tant. Annual or perennial herbs, with their cauline leaves 

 pinnate-parted into multifid lobes with innumerable linear lo- 

 bules. Flowers solitary, on the top of the stem or branches. 



SECT. I. ADONIA, (applied to this section on account of its 

 containing the original or true species of Adonis.} D. C. syst. 

 1. p. 221 ; prod. 1. p. 23. Cariopsides acuminated with the 

 straight style. Petals 5-10. Stamens 18-20. Roots annual. 

 The species of this section are probably varieties of one species. 



1 AD. AUTUMNA'IIS (Lin. spe. 771.) calyx smooth; petals 

 6-8, concave, conniving, scarcely larger than the calyx ; carpels 

 somewhat reticulated, crowned by very short styles, collected 

 into an ovate head ; stems branched. . H. Native through- 

 out Europe in corn-fields, and very frequently cultivated in 

 gardens : also in Labrador. Smith, eng. bot. t. 308. Curt. fl. 

 lond. 2. t. 37. Schkuhr. hand. 2. No. 1489. t. 152. Flower of 

 an intense blood-red, rarely pale, globose from the concave con- 

 niving petals, and from its form and colour is called in France 

 Goutte de sang. 



Autumnal Pheasant's-eye. Fl. May, Sept. Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



2 AD. FLA'VA (Vill. cat. strasb. 247.) calyx smooth, loosened 

 at the base ; petals flat, oblong, double the length of the calyx ; 

 carpels smoothish, collected into an oblong head; stem almost 

 simple. 0. H. Native of France in corn-fields and vineyards, 

 and probably throughout Germany. Weinm. phyt. t. 28. f. a. 

 and b. exclusive of the synonyms. Tab. icon. 790. f. 1. Stem 

 scarcely branched. Flowers yellow, rarely flame-coloured. Pe- 

 tals nearly linear. 



Yellow Pheasant's-eye. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. 1 foot. 



3 AD. PARVIFLO'RA (Fisch. inlitt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 24.) calyx 

 loosened at the base, smooth ; petals flat, oblong, length of calyx ; 

 carpels few, collected into an ovate head, crowned by straight 

 conical styles i stem simple. 0. H. Native of Russia on the 

 banks of the Rhymnus, near the salt lake Indirio. Petals pale 

 scarlet, when dried whitish. 



Small-flowered Pheasant's-eye. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. ? PI. 1 foot. 



4 AD. MICRA'NTHA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 222.) calyx smooth, not 

 loosened at the base ; petals flat, oblong, a little longer than the 

 calyx ; carpels somewhat reticulated, collected into a somewhat 

 ovate head; stem a little branched. 0. H. Native of the 

 south of France about Toulouse, Avignon, &c. in corn-fields. 

 Flowers small, yellow or flame. Ovaries few 7-10. Stem simple at 

 the base, at the top usually a little branched. A doubtful species. 



Small-flowered yellow Pheasant's-eye. Fl. Ju. Jul. PI. 1 foot. 



5 AD. MICROCA'RPA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 223.) calyx smooth; 

 petals flat, oblong, twice as long as calyx ; carpels reticulated, 

 disposed in an oblong head ; stem almost simple. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of Spain about Tudela in corn-fields, and of the island of 

 Teneriffe. Calyx scarcely loosened at the base. Fruit about 

 one half smaller and more numerous than in any other species. 

 Flowers yellow-citron, or somewhat flame-coloured. Perhaps 

 distinct enough from Ad. flaxa, by its stem being one half or 

 more shorter, and more crowded with leaves. 



Small-fruited Pheasant's-eye. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. PI. |ft. 



6 AD. ANO'MALA (Wallr. sched. 273.) calyx pilose on the out- 

 side, acutish ; petals 3, oblong, flat, bluntish, spreading, with the 

 claw of the same colour ; carpels ovate, disposed in 6 rows, 

 crowned with the withered styles, afterwards becoming loosely 

 and irregularly disposed into an oblong spikes ; stem branched. 

 . H. Native about Halle in fields. 



Anomalous Pheasant's-eye. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



7 AD. CITRINA (Hoffm. fl. germ. 1. p. 251.) calyx hispid at 

 the base ; petals flat, oblong, longer than the calyx ; carpels dis- 

 posed into an ovate-oblong head ; stem almost simple ; flowers 

 small, almost sessile among the leaves. 0. H. Native of France, 

 Germany, and Teneriffe, in corn-fields. Plant small. Stem 

 erect, simple, very rarely branched. Flowers solitary, small, yellow. 



Ctojwi-coloured-flowered Pheasant's-eye. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1819. PI. 1 foot. 



8 AD. FLA'MMEA (Murr. syst. 514.) calyx hispid at the base ; 

 petals flat, oblong, acute, longer than the calyx ; carpels disposed 

 into a cylindrical head ; stem branched ; flowers large, stalked. 

 . H. Native of Austria in corn-fields. Jacq. fl. aust. 4. t. 

 355. Besl. hort. eyst. ce'st. ord. 5. t. 11. f. 3. Stem smooth or 

 pilose. Petioles pilose. Flowers flame-coloured ; sepals oblong, 

 acute. 



^Yame-coloured-flowered Pheasant's-eye. Fl. July, August. 

 Clt. 1800. PL 1 foot. 



9 AD. .KSTIVA'LIS (Lin. spec. 772.) calyx hispid at the base : 

 petals, flat, oblong, obtuse, one half longer than the calyx : carpels 

 reticulated, disposed into a loose oblong spike, beaked with the 

 straight style ; stem almost simple. . H. Native of England 

 in corn-fields ; south of France, Italy, &c. Ad. miniata, Jacq. fl. 

 aust. t. 354 ; Ad. maculata, Wallr. sched. 270. Stem elongated. 

 Flowers peduncled, small, of a deep crimson colour. 



Summer Pheasant's-eye. Fl. June, July. England. PI. 1 foot. 



10 AD. DENTA'TA (Del. fl. segyp. ill. 17, descr. eg. t. 53. f. 1.) 

 calyx hispid at the base ; petals flat, oval-oblong, a little longer 

 than the calyx ; carpels toothed at the base, with tubercles, 

 netted, disposed into an elongated spike. 0. H. Native of 

 Egypt in corn-fields and arid places. Stem striato- angular, hard, 

 branching. Flowers on short peduncles. 



Far a, orientalis, (D. C. syst. 1. c.) petals yellow. Native of 

 Egypt and the island of Cyprus. Ad. dentata, Del. fl. segyp. 

 ill. p. 17, descr. aegyp. t. 53. f. 1. Petals oval, yellow, with 

 a black claw. Fruit echinately toothed at the base, with the back 

 a little crested, disposed in slender spikes. 



Var. fi, provincidlis (D. C. syst. 1. c. prod. 1. c.) petals flame- 

 coloured. Native of Provence between Digne and Colmars. 

 Petals oblong. Fruit a little tuberculately-toothed at the base, 

 disposed in a long spike. 



Toothed-fruited Pheasant's-eye. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. ? PI. 1 foot. 



