RANUNCULACEjE. XIV. RANUNCULUS. 



117 R. TUBEROSUS (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. 820.) radical leaves 

 large, 3-lobed ; lobes distant, lateral ones 2-lobed, intermediate 

 one wedge-shaped, 3-lobed, with cut lobules ; stem rather as- 

 cending, pubescent; peduncles round, divaricating; calyx pressed. 

 I/ . H. Native of the Pyrenees in meadows. Plant large. 

 Trunk of root about the thickness of a finger. Like R. nemo- 

 rdsus. 



Tuberous-rooted Crowfoot. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 ft. 



118 R. ANEMONEFOLIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 282.) radical leaves 

 3-parted, pubescent, with deeply toothed lobes, cauline ones 

 ternate, with entire lobes ; upper leaves long, linear, entire ; 

 stem erect, 1-2-flowered, smooth at the base, pubescent at the 

 top ; calyx reflexed. If. . H. Native of Cappadocia. Petals 

 obovate, very blunt, about the size of those of R. gramineus. 



Anemone-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, July. PI. 1 foot. 



119 R. NAPELLIFOLIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 282.) radical leaves 

 3-parted, with the partitions divided into many linear lobes, 

 floral ones 3-parted, with linear lobes ; stem erect, 1-3-flowered, 

 fibry at the neck and covered with pressed hairs ; calyx pressed. 

 I/ . H. Native of Cappadocia and in fields about Constantinople. 

 Calyx hairy. 



Napellus-lemed Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1822. PL i foot. 



120 R. PLATYSPE'RMUS (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 37.) 

 radical leaves many-cleft, cauline ones 3-parted, with linear 

 lobes ; stem erect, carpels compressed, orbicular, membranous, 

 terminated by hooked awns. I/ . H. Native of Russia at the 

 salt lake Inder, in the steppe Kirghisian. A very distinct 

 species, nearly allied to R. oxyspermus and R. dissectus. 



Broad-seeded Crowfoot. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



121 'R. DISSE'CTUS (Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 25. suppl. p. 381.) 

 radical leaves somewhat pinnately-many-parted, with acute linear 

 lobules ; cauline leaf divided into very entire linear lobes ; stem 

 erect, 1-2-flowered, pubescent ; calyx hairy, spreading. 7. H. 

 Native of Siberia towards the top of Mount Tschaturdag and 

 elsewhere, and in Eastern Caucasus. 



Dissected-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL | 

 to 1 foot. 



122 R. VILLOSUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 283.) leaves villous, ter- 

 nate, with ovate, deeply toothed segments ; floral leaves 3-parted 

 with oblong almost entire lobes ; stem erect, forked, covered 

 with rather deflexed hairs ; calyx hispid, spreading. % . H. Na- 

 tive of Persia. Ovaries terminated by hooked awns. 



Villous Crowfoot. PI. 1 foot. 



123 R. CAPPADOCICUS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1326.) leaves pu- 

 bescent, radical ones cordate, trifid, with toothed acuminated 

 lobes ; lower cauline leaves stalked, upper ones sessile, entire ; 

 stem erect, generally 2-flowered ; calyx spreading ; root prse- 

 morse. If. H. Native of Cappadocia. R. chaerophyllos var. 

 g. Bir. ren. 43. An intermediate plant between R. acris and R. 

 Ifimiginosus. Stem simple or bifid at the top. Carpels ovate, 

 rather compressed, smooth, terminated by hooked awns. 



Cappadocian Crowfoot. PI. 1 foot. 



124 R. SERICEUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 109 ) leaves silky-villous, 

 radical ones stalked, 3-5-parted, cauline ones ternate, with stalked, 

 3-parted segments ; lobes of all deeply serrated ; stem erect, 

 villous, many-flowered ; calyx spreading. % . H. Native of 

 the Mauritius. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 39. Habit of R. acris or 

 R. polyanthemus. Flowers about the size of those of R . arven- 

 sis, with oblong petals. Carpels compressed, acuminated. 



Silky Crowfoot. PI. H foot. 



125 R. RHJEADIFOLIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 284.) leaves nearly 

 smooth, pinnately ternate, lower ones stalked, long, with oval 

 3-lobed deeply toothed segments ; lobes of upper leaves linear ; 

 stem erect, branched, almost smooth; calyx reflexed. 1.H. 

 Native of Mogador in fields, and perhaps also in the Canary 

 islands. Deless. icon. sel. 1 . t. 40. Flowers small. 



Rhceas-leaved Crowfoot. PI. 1 foot. 



126 R. RE'PENS (Lin. spec. 779.) leaves ternate, with wedge- 

 shaped, 3-lobed, deeply-toothed segments ; runners creeping, 

 rising from the neck of the stem ; flower bearing stems rather 

 erect ; calyx pressed ; carpels terminated by straight points. 

 H. . H. Native throughout Europe in meadows, moist pastures, 

 and shady waste places, in towns, neglected gardens, very com- 

 mon ; also in the mountains of North America. Smith eng. bot. 

 516. Curt. lond. fasc. 4. t. 38. Mart. rust. t. 29. Fl. dan. 

 t. 95. Gmel. fl. sib. 4. p. 206. no. 54. t. 84. R. prostratus, Poir. 

 diet. 6. p. 113. R. infestus Sal. prod. 373. This plant varies 

 much according to the soil and situation where it grows. It is 

 very acrid in taste and blisters the skin. 



Far. ft, flore plena (flowers double) Tab. icon. 53. f. 1. Ger. 

 herb. 957. f. 2. Besl. Eyst. vern. 1. 1. 13. f. 2. 



Far. -y, erectus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 285.) flowering stems erect, 

 without runners. 



Far. S, glabratus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 285.) leaves and stems 

 very smooth. R. lucidus, Poir. diet. 6. p. 113. 



Far. c, linearilobus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 38.) runners creeping, 

 very long, bearing flowers ; lobes of leaves very narrow. 



Creeping Crowfoot. Fl. May, Aug. Brit. PI. J to 1 foot. 



127 R. CALEYA'NUS, plant pilose ; stem prostrate, many- 

 flowered ; radical leaves on long stalks, upper cauline ones ses- 

 sile, all ternate ; segments 3-parted, lobed, middle one on a long 

 stalk ; calyx reflexed ; carpels compressed, terminated by short 

 points, disposed in ovate heads. If. . H. Native near London 

 in dry places, particularly in the late Mr. Caley's garden at 

 Bayswater. 



Caley's Crowfoot. Fl. May, Aug. Britain. PI. trailing. 



128 R. MARGINA'TUS (D. Urv. enum. pi. arch. no. 479.) root 

 fibrous ; stem branched at the base, spreading, rather hairy ; 

 leaves surrounded by a callose margin, lower ones stalked, ter- 

 nate, with crenated blunt segments ; stem leaves with linear seg- 

 ments ; calyx reflexed ; carpels rounded, flat, marginated, ter- 

 minated by rather hooked points. 3. H. Native on hills about 

 Trapesus. Petals small. 



Marginated-carpelleA Crowfoot. Fl. May, July. PL 1 foot. 



129 R. JAPONICUS (Langsd. ex Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 38.) leaves palmately ternate, with roundish deeply and bluntly 

 toothed segments ; stem creeping ; calyx reflexed. If. H. Na- 

 tive of Japan, near Nagasaki, R. Langsdorfii, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 652. Carpels compressed, smooth, terminated by hooked 

 points. This plant is called in Japan Kimbu-Nohanrva. 



Japan Crowfoot. PL creeping. 



ISO R. DIFFU sus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 38.) plant villous ; leaves 

 roundish, 3-lobed, toothed, cordate at the base ; stem creeping, 

 diffuse ; pedicels 1-flowered, opposite the leaves ; calyx pressed ; 

 carpels oval, smooth, dotted, terminated by straight points. 

 If.H. Native of Nipaul in inundated places. Flowers small. 

 Stem creeping. 



Diffuse Crowfoot. PL creeping. 



131 R. GERANOIDES (H. B. et Kth. nov. gen. et spec. amer. 

 5. p. 44.) plant villous ; radical leaves ternate ; segments stalked, 

 trifid, cuneated at the base, deeply toothed ; stem ascending, 

 few-flowered; pedicels 1-flowered opposite the leaves; petals 

 oblong ; calyx somewhat reflexed. 3 . G. Native of New 

 Granada on Mount Quindiu, also of the island of Java, according 

 to Blume. Carpels smooth, compressed, terminated by straight 

 points. 



Geranium-like Crowfoot. PL 5 foot. 



132 R. CHILE'NSIS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 286.) stems procumbent, 

 and are hispid as well as the petioles ; leaves rather villous, cor- 

 date, orbicular, 3-5-cleft, with deeply toothed lobes ; calyx very 

 villous. 7(..F. Native of Chili near Talcaquano. The affinity 

 of this plant is doubtful, owing to the carpels being unknown. 



