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RANUNCULACEjE. XIV. RANUNCULUS. 



the skin ; and yet Alpine hunters chew it by way of refreshment, 

 as removing fatigue and preventing giddiness. 



Var. ft, Afagellensis (Ten. cat. hort. app. 1. p. 53.) differs 

 from var. a, in the lobes of the leaves being crenate, not 3-parted. 



Var. y, Traunfelneri (Hopp. Jahrg. 1819. 731. ex icon. 

 Schlecht. anim. ran. 2. p. 6.) 



Alp Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Aug. Scotland. PI. i to | foot. 



43 R. CRENA'TUS (Waldst. & Kit. pi. hung. p. 119. t. 10.) 

 leaves cordate, roundish, crenate at apex ; stem 1 -flowered ; 

 calyx smooth ; petals 5, obcordate, crenate at apex. I/ . H. 

 Native in moist places on the mountains of Hungary, near the 

 limits of perpetual snow. Like R. alpestris, but with the scape 

 always 1 -flowered, and the petals are furnished with a melliferous 

 pore at their base, not with a scale. 



CVenate-petalled Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. ft. 



44 R. ACONITIFOLIUS (Lin. mant. 79.) leaves palmate, 3-5- 

 parted, with the partitions deeply toothed ; upper leaves sessile, 

 cleft into linear-lanceolate lobes ; stem branched, many-flowered ; 

 bracteas lanceolate serrated ; calyx pressed, smooth. I/. . H. 

 Native of middle Europe, in moist pastures on the higher moun- 

 tains, particularly in Holland, Germany, Hungary, and north of 

 Italy, &c. This plant varies much in size, according to the places 

 of its natural growth ; on the tops of the highest mountains it 

 does not attain the height of three inches, but in the lower valleys 

 it attains the height of two feet. In shady places it becomes 

 smooth, but in dry situations it is downy. Flowers sometimes 

 few sometimes numerous, with oblong cuneated or orbicular 

 petals, with a linear scale at the base of each. 



Var. a, humilis (D. C. syst. 1. p. 240.) radical leaves 3-5- 

 parted ; stem slender, glabrous. I/ . H. R. aconitifolius, Lin. 

 mant. 79. Mor. hist. 3. p. 462. sect. 12. t. 2. f. 3. 5. 



Var. ft, crassicaulis (D. C. 1. c.) radical leaves 3-parted ; stem 

 thickish, clothed with pressed hairs at the top. l/.H. Native 

 of the Pyrenees in moist places by the sides of rivulets. R. 

 heterophyllus, Lapeyr. abr. 316. but not of Smith. This variety 

 may prove a distinct species. 



Aconite-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1596. PI. ^ to 2 ft. 



45 R. PLATANIFOLIUS (Lin. mant. 79. Fl. dan. t. 111.) plant 

 tall ; radical leaves with 5-7 acuminated toothed lobes ; upper 

 leaves sessile, cleft into linear-lanceolate lobes ; stem branched, 

 many-flowered ; calyx pressed, smooth ; bracteas linear entire. 

 I/ . H. Native of many parts of Europe on low mountains in bushy 

 places. R. aconitifolius var. S, platanifolius, D. C. syst. 1. p. 241. 



There is a variety of this with double flowers, which is very 

 common in our gardens under the name of Double white Batche- 

 lors' Buttons and Fair Maids of France. R. aconitifolius, ft, flore 

 pleno. Curt. bot. mag. t. 204. 



Var. ft, dealbatus, radical leaves with 7 toothed lobes, whitish 

 on the under surface ; cauline leaves 3-lobed. Tf. . H. Native 

 of the Pyrenees in the crevices of calcareous rocks. R. deal- 

 batus Lapeyr. abr. p. 315. R. platanifolius, var. e, D.C. syst. 1. 

 p. 241. 



Var. y, inlermedius, plant tall ; radical leaves 3-parted. If. . H. 

 Native of the woods of Cevennes. A. platanif61ius, var. y, inter- 

 medius, D. C. syst. 1. p. 240. 



Platanus-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1596. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



46 R. TERNA <r rus(Thunb. fl. jap. 241.) leaves all ternate with 

 ovate, trifid, toothed, segments ; stem rather hairy, many-flowered ; 

 calyx reflexed. 1). . H. Native of Japan in the island of Nipon. 

 Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 25. Very like R. aconitifolius, var. ft. 

 leaves all stalked of a deep green, with the upper surface pu- 

 bescent as well as the nerves on the under surface. Flowers 

 small, on short pedicels. 



Ternate-\ea\ed Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. PI. 1 foot. 



47 R. LA'CERUS (Bell, in act. turin. 5. p. 233. t. 8.) leaves 

 wedge-shaped, irregularly and acutely cut; stem smooth, branched, 



many-flowered ; calyx pressed. I/ . H. Native of the Alps of 

 Valais, Dauphiny, Piedmont in fertile pastures but very rare. 

 R. Pyrenae'us. var. Vill. dauph. 4. p. 733. R. Vallesiacus 

 Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 325. R.laciniatus. Guid. herb, valais. p. 177. 

 This plant is considered a hybrid, between R. aconitifolius and R. 

 Pyrence us, because the carpels in cultivated plants have always 

 been observed to be empty. 



Var. ft, pallidus (D. C. prod. 1 . p. 31.) flowers pale yellow, not 

 white. R. frigidus, Schrank. hort. monac. t. 57. but not of Willd. 

 This is a Hybrid between R. graminifblius and R. aconitifolius 

 according to Stoffels. 



Torn-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1821. Pl.ito 1 ft. 



2. Flotvers white. Leaves undivided. 



48 R. PYREN/EUS (Lin. Mant. 248.) leaves linear or lanceo- 

 late, quite entire ; scapes and peduncles downy at the top. I/ . H. 

 Native of the highest Alps of Europe, particularly in the Py- 

 renees near the limits of perpetual snow, common. Deless. icon, 

 sel. 1. t. 27 Mor. hist. 2. p. 445. sect. 4. t. 30. f. 4. ? R. am- 

 plexicaulis, var. y, Gouan ill. 34. 



Var. ft, buplewrifblius (D. C. syst. 1. p. 243.) stem 1-flowered; 

 leaves lanceolate. I/ . H. Native of the Pyrenees in moist places 

 in the valleys of the lower hills. R. Pyrenseus, Jacq. misc. 1. 

 p, 154. t. 18. f. 1. R. bupleurifolius, Lapeyr. abr. 314. R. 

 lanceolatus. Guid. herb, valais. p. 177. 



Var. y, plantagineus (All. pedem. no. 1445. t. 76. f. 1 . but not 

 of Pers.) stem many-flowered ; leaves lanceolate. I/ . H. Native 

 of Piedmont. 



Pyrenean Crowfoot. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1807. PI. to 1 ft. 



49 R. ANGUSTIFO'LIUS (D. C. rapp. voy. 1. p. 74. syst. 1. p. 

 243.) leaves linear, or rather lanceolate, glaucous, not stem- 

 clasping ; scapes and peduncles smooth. I/ . H. Native of the 

 Eastern Pyrenees about Mount Louis. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 

 27. R. amplexicauLis, ft. D. C. fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 889. R. 

 Pyrenae'us, a, Lapeyr. abr. pyr. 313. exclusive of the synonyms. 

 An intermediate plant between R. amplexicaulis and R. Pyre- 

 nce~us, differing from the first in the peduncles being smooth, not 

 downy, with smaller flowers ; from the last in the leaves not 

 clasping the stem, narrower. Scape 1-2 or 3-flowered. 



Narrow-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1822. PI. -| 

 to | foot. 



50 R. AMPLEXICAU'LIS (Lin. spec. 774.) leaves oval-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, clasping the stem; scapes and peduncles 

 smooth. If.. H. Native of the Alps of Europe, Provence, 

 Apennines, Pyrenees, Iceland, and on the mountains of Leon in 

 Spain, in high moist rocky situations. Curt. bot. mag. t. 226. 

 Deless. icon. sel. f. t. 27. f. c. R. plantaginifolius, Sal. prod. 

 372. Leaves smooth, or with a few deciduous hairs on the 

 edges, glaucous. Stem 3-6-flowered. Flowers snowy white, but 

 when growing near the limits of perpetual snow they are said to 

 be purplish, seldom double. 



Stem-clasping -\eaved Crowfoot. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1633. 

 PI. ^ to 4 foot. 



51 R. PARNASSIFO'LIUS (Lin. spec. 774.) radical leaves stalk- 

 ed, rather heart-shaped, ovate-roundish, cauline ones sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate ; peduncles hairy. If. . H. Native of the Alps 

 and the Pyrenees, in the fissures of rocks contiguous to perpe- 

 tual snow. Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 191. t. 9. f. 3. Roem. 

 fl. europ. fasc. 5. icon. Hoh and Rein. itin. p. 190. Curt, 

 bot. mag. 886. R. cordatus, Guid. herb, valais. 177. Leaves 

 somewhat coriaceous, with the foot-stalks much dilated at their 

 base. Stem 1-6-flowered. Flowers snowy-white, sometimes 

 purplish about the size of those of R. amplexicaulis. 



Var. ft, parviflorus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 244.) leaves acutish ; 

 flowers smaller. l/.H. Native of the Alps of Valais. Schleicher. 

 Flowers always white. 



