RANUNCULACE^E. XIV. RANUNCULUS. 



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pedicels opposite the leaves ; calyx reflexed ; carpels finely tu- 

 bercled, each ending in a long acuminated horn. .H. Native 

 of Syria. This species is intermediate between Ranunculus and 

 Ceratocephalus . 



Horned Crowfoot. PL J foot. 



169 R. PINNA'TUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 126.) leaves villous, pin- 

 nate ; leaflets stalked, oblong, acute, somewhat pinnatifid ; pedi- 

 cels opposite the leaves, calyx reflexed ; carpels oval, finely 

 tubercled, mucronate with the short styles. . H. Native of the 

 East Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. Root with blackish 

 fibres. Stem branched, hispid. 



Var. a, Sonnerdtii (D. C. prod. 1. p. 42.) Native of India. 

 R. parviflorus, var. c. Bir. ren. 46. 



Var. ft, Hermdnni, (D. C. prod. 1. p. 42.) Native of Cape 

 of Good Hope. R. Africanus pratensi hirsute similis. Herm. cat. 

 pi. afr. p. 18. 



Pinnate-leaved Crowfoot. PL 1 foot. 



170 R. PARVIFLORUS (Lin. spec. 780.) leaves villous, orbicular, 

 3-lobed, coarsely toothed or cut ; stem decumbent, covered witli 

 soft hairs ; pedicels opposite the leaves ; calyx a little reflexed, 

 equal in length to the petals ; carpels granular-tubercled. 0. H. 

 Native almost throughout Europe in low humid places ; plentiful 

 in Britain. Smith, eng. bot. t. 120. Ray. angl. 3. p. 248. t. 12. 

 f. 1. Mor. hist. 2. p. 440. sect. 4. t. 28. f. 1. Hairy Crowfoot. 

 Petiv. engl. herb. t. 38. f. g. 



Var. j(3, acutilobus, (D. C. prod. 1. p. 42.) leaves deeply 3- 

 lobed ; lobes cut at the apex ; teeth acute. Native of TenerifFe. 



Var. y, erectus, (D. C. prod. 1. p. 42.) stem erect; leaves 

 5-lobed or coarsely 5-toothed. Native of Syria. 



Small-flowered Crowfoot. Fl. May, Ju. Eng. PL trailing. 



171 R. TR!LOBUS (Desf. all. ]. p. 437. t. 113.) leaves some- 

 what villous or smooth ; first ones roundish, crenated, the rest 

 3 -parted ; lobes diverging, cuneated at the base, toothed at the 

 apex ; stem erect ; pedicels opposite the leaves ; calyx at length 

 somewhat reflexed, shorter than the petals ; carpels granularly- 

 tubercled. O . H. Native of the regions of Mediterranean, 

 Barbary, Cyprus, Greece, Naples, France, and of Teneriffe. 

 R. parviflorus, var. b, Bir. ren. 46. R. Rosani Tenore. prod, 

 fl. neap. This species is allied on the one hand to R . parvijfldrus 

 and on the other to R. philonolis. 



Three-lobed-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. Pl.Jft. 



1 72 R. CORDIGERUS (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Linnaea 1 . 

 p. 502.) plant clothed with silky hairs ; radical leaves cordate, 

 roundish-ovate, crenate-toothed, entire, or 3-lobed, stem ones 

 cut or quite entire ; stem usually 2-flowered, or with radical, 

 naked, 1 -flowered peduncles; calyx reflexed ; carpels tubercled. 

 . H. Native of Corsica. 



Heart-bearing Crowfoot. PL 2 foot. 



173 R. SESSILIFLORUS (R. Br. prod. fl. holl. vol. 2. ined. 

 D. C. syst. 1. p. 302.) leaves rather villous, kidney-shaped, 3- 

 parted or coarsely toothed ; stems procumbent ; flowers sessile, 

 opposite the leaves ; carpels granularly-tubercled. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of New Holland about Port Jackson. The disposition of 

 the flowers is very near to that of R . nodiflorus. 



Sessile-flowered Crowfoot. Fl. June, July. PL prostrate. 



174 R. VERRUCOSUS (Sternb. in gaz. bot. ratisb. 1826.) leaves 

 villous, stalked, ternate ; segments trifid, acutely and deeply 

 toothed, all stalked ; stem erect, villous ; root bulbous ; calyx 

 reflexed ; carpels tubercled. I/ . H. Native about Trieste. 



Warted-fruited Crowfoot. PL 1 foot. 



2. Leaves entire. 



175 R. OPHIOGLOSSIFOLIUS (Vill. dauph. 4. p. 732. t. 49.) 

 lower leaves stalked, cordate, obtuse, upper ones oblong, sessile ; 

 stem erect, fistulous ; peduncles opposite the leaves ; carpels gra- 

 nularly-tubercled. 0. H. Native of the south of Europe in 



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moist meadows and bogs, particularly in France, about Montpelier, 

 Portugal, Italy, &c. R. flammula var. f. Bir. ren. p. 37. R. 

 ophioglossoides, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1320. R. cordifolius, Bast. fl. 

 main, et loir. 207. R. Telonensis Robert. R. fistulosus, Brign. 

 fasc. rar. pi. forogul 25. R. uliginosus, Tenore in litt. Carpels 

 ovate, compressed. 



Adders' -tMgue-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1823. PL ft. 



176 R. ULIGINO'SUS (Willd. enum. 580.) leaves ovate and lan- 

 ceolate, serrated, smooth ; stem ascending, fistulous ; peduncles 

 opposite the leaves ; petals length of calyx. 0. H. Native of 

 Teneriffe. Very like R. flammula and R. ophioglossifblius. 

 Flowers as small as those of the abortivus. The immature fruit 

 has only been seen ; they are disposed in a globose head, and 

 appear to be granularly-tubercled. 



Bog Crowfoot. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1829. PL j foot. 



177 R. NODIFLO'RUS (Lin. spec. 773.) radical leaves stalked, 

 oval- oblong; flowers sessile opposite the leaves ; carpels granu- 

 larly-tubercled, scarcely beaked. O H. Native of France and 

 Hungary, &c. in low places where the rain remains a considerable 

 time. Carpels collected into a globose head. 



Var. a, dentatus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 43.) leaves 3-nerved, 

 toothed at the apex, Native of Hungary. R. nodiflorus. Walds. 

 et Kit. hung. 2. p. 1 92. t. 176. R. nodiflorus, var. ft, Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 2171. var. y, siculus, &c. Petiv. gaz. 39. t. 24. f. 9. 



Knot-flowered Crowfoot. Clt. 1714. PL j foot. 



178 R. LATERIFLO'RUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 251.) leaves radical, 

 stalked, oval-oblong; flowers sessile, opposite the leaves or axil- 

 lary ; carpels granularly-tubercled, beaked by the elongated 

 styles. 0. H. Native of Syria. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 30. 

 Cuss. hort. cath. 185. 



Lateral-flowered Crowfoot. PL -| foot. 



j- Species not sufficiently known. 

 1. Leaves entire. 



179 R. OBTUSIU'SCULUS (Raf. in journ. bot. 1808. vol. 1. p. 

 225.) Native of North America, in marshes of New Jersey. Stem 

 erect, simple ; leaves stalked, lanceolate, bluntish ; flowers few, 

 terminal. 



Bluntish-leaved Crowfoot. PL 1 foot. 



2. Leaves multifid. . 



180 R. DE'BILIS (Raf. in journ. bot. 1808. vol. 1. p. 225.) 

 Native of Pennsylvania near German-town. Stem weak ; leaves 

 few, bifid, cut, serrated, on long half-jointed stalks ; flowers ter- 

 minal, solitary. 



Weak Crowfoot. PL procumbent. 



181 R. FORSKOE'HLII (D. C. syst. 1. p. 303.) R. multifidus, 

 Forsk. fl. aegyp. 102. R. chserophy'llos, Var. a. Bir. ren. 42. 

 Native of Arabia. Leaves multifid, lower ones pinnately jagged. 

 Stem 2 feet high, erect, many-flowered, round at the base, striated 

 at the apex, pilose ; calyx equal in length to the corolla. 



Forskohl's Crowfoot. PL 2 feet. 



182 R. CANTONE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 43.) Native of 

 China near Canton. Hecatonia pilosa, Lour. coch. 371. D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 228. Stem erect, branched, pilose; leaves pilose, 

 ternate, lanceolate, serrated ; flowers terminal, solitary ; carpels 

 acuminated, collected into a globose head. (Lour.) 



Canton Crowfoot. PL 2 feet. 



183 R. LAGASCA'NUS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 43.) Native of Spain. 

 R. pubescens. Lag. cat. hort. madr. p. 1 9. Plant hairy ; pe- 

 duncles elongated, 1 -flowered; calyx pilose, reflexed; leaves 

 3-parted, 3-lobed, crenated, upper ones lanceolate, quite entire. 

 (Lag.) 



Lagasca's Crowfoot. PL ? 



184 R. HORNEMA'NNI (Schlecht. anim. 2. p. 36.) Native of 

 North America. R. tuberosus, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 527. 

 Calyx reflexed, pilose ; peduncles furrowed ; leaves triternate ; 



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