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Clarke's Travels, 2. p. 723. Sepals oval, reflexed, somewhat 

 pilose on the outside. Petals obovate, orbicular, size of those of 

 R. acrls. Flower terminal, erect, yellow. 



Slender Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PI. \ ft. 



13 R. FUMARI.-EFOIIUS (Desf. in icon. pict. hort. paris, 37. 

 t. 74.) leaves quite smooth, pinnate, many-parted ; lobes oblong ; 

 scapes numerous, 1 -flowered, clothed with pressed villi ; calyx 

 spreading, smooth. Native ? Formerly cultivated in gardens. 

 R. rutaef'olius, Mill. diet. no. 6. but not of Lin. Scapes some- 

 times leafless, sometimes furnished with one multifid leaf about 

 the middle. Sepals ovate, oblong. Flowers always double, 

 yellow, about the size of the double-flowered var. of R. acris. 

 A species allied on one side to R. gracilis and R. millefolidtus, 

 on the other to R. Asiaticus. 



Fumitory-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, Jul. Clt ? PI. 1 foot. 



14 R. MYEIOPHY'LLUS (Russel. gew. alep. in Schrad. journ. 

 1799. p. 424.) leaves decompound, multifid, hoary-villous ; seg- 

 ments linear ; stem branched, beset with close pressed hairs, 

 calyx spreading, villous. I/ . H. Native between Aleppo and 

 Mossul. The whole herb canescent, with white villi. Petals 

 yellow, obovate, a little longer than the calyx. Ovaries collected 

 into an oval-oblong head. 



Myriad-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. PI. 1 foot. 



15 R. ORIENTA'LIS (Lin. spe. 781.) leaves decompound, mul- 

 tifid, "pubescent ; stem branched, clothed with close, pressed 

 villi ; calyx reflexed ; carpels with long horns. If. . H. Native 

 of the Levant, island of Lesbos. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 32. stem 

 from a finger to a hand high. Peduncles short, 1 -flowered ; 

 petals oblong. 



Var. ft, R. 0. pulsatillce folio parvojlore. Tourn. cor. p. 20. 

 Native of Smyrna. Scarcely differs from the first unless that 

 the petals are a little narrower. 



Eastern Crowfoot. PI. f foot. 



16 R. LEPTA'LEUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 258.) leaves decompound, 

 multifid, smooth ; stem pilose ; calyx spreading ; carpels with 

 long horns. 7/ . H. Native of the island of Cyprus. Deless. 

 icon. sel. 1. t. 33. Carpels as in the preceding species hooked 

 at the apex. 



Slender Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. PL 2 foot. 



17 R. CICUTA'RIUS (Schlecht. anim. ran. 25. t. 4. f. 2.) leaves 

 pinnate and pinnate-parted ; segments cuneated, cut, or toothed, 

 smooth ; stem somewhat branched, covered with close-pressed 

 villi ; calyx spreading, pubescent. If. . H. Native of eastern 

 Siberia. 



Cicuta-like Crowfoot. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



18 R. OXVSPE'RMUS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1328.) leaves villous, 

 radical ones stalked, ovate, 3-parted, toothed, floral ones 3-parted ; 

 lobes elongated, toothed at the top ; stem erect, villous, dichoto- 

 mous ; calyx reflexed ; carpels muricated, awned. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Tauria, Caucasus, Iberia, and Syria near Aleppo, in 

 fields. Petals oblong or obovate. Carpels disposed into an 

 ovate-oblong head, muricated, with the back smooth, ending in 

 straight, stiff, awl-shaped points. Perhaps a distinct section. 



Sharp-seeded Crowfoot. Fl. May.Ju. Clt. 1822. PL 1 ft. 



19 R. PEDA'TUS (Waldst. and Kit. hung. 2. p. 112. t. 108.) 

 leaves smooth, radical ones stalked, 3-parted or pedate ; lobes 

 linear, entire or bifid ; stem leaves sessile, parted, upper- 

 most ones linear ; stem erect, few-flowered, calyx adpressed. 

 If. . H. Native of Hungary near Buda, Tartary, and in Siberia 

 near the river Volga. Lodd. bot. cab. 4. p. 351. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 2229. Stem pubescent or smooth, or with the base 

 smooth and the top pubescent, 1-5 -flowered. Carpels disposed 

 into an ovate head. 



Pedate-leaved. Crowfoot. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1306. PL 1 ft. 



20 R. PETROSELINUS (Biria, ren. 43. t. 2.) leaves smooth, but 

 villous at the base of the petioles, ternate ; segments 3-parted ; 



lobes somewhat 3-lobed, deeply toothed; stem erect, many- 

 flowered. I/ . H. Native of the island of Bourbon. Stem 2 

 feet high. Sepals oblong, acute. Carpels ovate, pointed with 

 the very short styles, collected into ovate-oblong heads. 

 Parsley-like Crowfoot. PL 2 feet. 



21 R. ILLY'RICUS (Lin. spe. 776.) leaves clothed with silky 

 wool, first ones entire linear, the rest 3-parted, with entire or 3- 

 parted linear lobes ; stem erect, many-flowered ; calyx some- 

 what reflexed. If. . H. Native of Dalmatia in pastures, Austria 

 on Mount Hamburgh ; in shady places in Mount Haemus ; not 

 rare in Tauria and about Odessa. Jacq. aust. t. 222. Lob. icon. 

 672. Tab. icon. t. 48. f. 1. R. tomentosus, Mcench. meth. 

 212. R. gramineus, Habl. taur. 149 from Bieb. R. sericeus, 

 Willd. enum. 589, not Poir. Like R. Monspeliacus, but differs 

 in having the first leaves entire, not trifid. Carpels acuminated, 

 collected into ovate-oblong heads. 



Illyrian Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1596. PI. 1J ft. 



22 R. MONSPELIA'CUS (Lin. spe. 778.) leaves woolly, radical 

 ones 3-lobed ; lobes cuneated, trifidly-toothed ; upper leaves 

 3-parted, with entire linear lobes ; stem erect, few-flowered ; 

 calyx reflexed ; spikes of carpels ovate. I/ . H. Native in the 

 region of the Mediterranean, in sunny pastures or among rocks, 

 especially in Arragon, Occitania, Provence, Italy, Algiers, and 

 Tunis. Similar but differing from R. Illyricus by the radical 

 leaves being 3-parted, toothed ; the rest very variable, as may be 

 seen from the number of varieties. 



Var. a, angustifulius (D. C. 1. c.), inhabits exposed situa- 

 tions ; lobes of leaves narrow, elongated. R. Illyricus, Besl. 

 eyst. vern. ord. 1. t. 13. f. 1. Gouan. fl. monsp. p. 269. Willd. 

 enum. 589. 



Far. ft, cuneatus (D. C. 1. c.) inhabits grassy places ; lobes of 

 leaves wedge-shaped, trifidly toothed at the top. Mor. hist. 2. 

 p. 445. sect. 4. t. 30. f. 43. R. Monspeliacus, D. C. icon. gall, 

 rar. t. 50. R. apiifolius. Desf. in pict. hort. par. 37. t. 73. 

 not Pers. 



Var. y, rolundifblius (D. C. 1. c.) inhabits rocks ; leaves roundish, 

 trifid ; lobes toothed, obtuse. Mor. hist. 2. p. 446. sect. 4. t. 30. 

 f. 47. (bad). R. Monspeliacus. Gouan. fl. monsp. 279. Poir. 

 diet. 6. p. 111. R. saxatilis, Balb. misc. p. 27. 



Montpelier Crowfoot. Fl. April, May. PL 1 J foot. 



23 R. SPICA'TUS (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 438. t. 115.) leaves some- 

 what hairy, radical ones stalked, orbicular, 3-lobed, upper ones 

 3-parted ; lobes entire linear ; stem erect, few-flowered ; calyx 

 reflexed. I/ . H. Like the preceding, but with the leaves less 

 hairy, and less profoundly cut, rounder and larger. Carpels very 

 much compressed, hooked at the top, collected into a cylindrical 

 spike. Leaves 3-lobed and toothed in the same specimen. 



Var. a, vera ; leaves 3-lobed, toothed, stem 1 to 2-flowered. 

 Native about Algiers in marshy places. R. spicatus. Desf. 

 1. c. Bir. ren. 42. 



Var. /3, Olyssiponensis (Pers. syn. 2. p. 106.) leaves crenated; 

 stem 1 to 2-flowered. Native about Lisbon. R. Lusitamca gru- 

 mosa radice, foliis hederse terrestris, Tour. inst. 286. 



Var. y, Cartimsianbrum ; leaves 3-lobed, crenated ; stem 

 2 to 5-flowered. Native about Carthage. R. asphodeli radice, 

 &c. Tour. herb. 



Spiked Crowfoot. PL If foot. 



24 R. ASIA'TICUS (Lin. spe. 777.) leaves ternate or biternate ; 

 segments toothed or deeply trifid ; stem erect, simple, or branched 

 at the base ; calyx spreading, afterwards reflexed ; spikes of car- 

 pels cylindrical. 1J. . H. Native of the Levant. Smith fl. graec. 

 t. 518. In all the varieties the petals are obovate and longer 

 than the calyx, very blunt, and larger than in the rest of Ranun- 

 culi ; carpels smooth, much compressed, hooked with the re- 

 maining style. The three varieties enumerated are perhaps so 

 many distinct species. 



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