1^88 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



3ammidai RANUNCULUS foliis ovato lanceolatis petiola- 

 tis, caulc declinato. % ;/. 772, {Ger. €mac.g6i. 

 f. 2. Moris, hlft.f. 4. /. 29./. 34. & variet.fbliis 

 fubferratis. Ger. em. Qj6i. f, 3. Moris, hijl.f. 4. /. 

 29./. ^^. Pet. herb, t.'i'^.f, 6) 



LelTer Spcarwort. Anglis. 



An lus-mor, Ghlals-icun. Gmlis, 



On the fides of lakes and ditches very common, if. 

 VII-VIII. 



The ftalk is often a cubit high, proftrate at the 

 bafe, but creft upwards and branched : the leaves 

 are elliptical, of a thick and firm texture, ge- 

 nerally fmooth, but fometimes a little rough and 

 hairy, moft commonly entire on the edges, but 

 Ibmetimes a little ferrated ; they Iheath the flalk 

 at their bafe like the preceding : the uppermoft 

 leaves are l.near : the Caiyx is a little hairy, the 

 flower not above half an Inch in diameter, the 

 Petals yellow and fhining, the necfariferous pore 

 encompalTed with a prominent fcale. By this It 

 appears, that in fome ftates it differs very litde 

 from the R. Lingua. It varies wonderfully in 

 magnitude, and in gravelly foils, degenerates to 

 fuch a trailing dwarf 111 and diminutive fize, with 

 linear leaves, that it is difficult to diftinguifli it 

 from the following fpecies. 



It has an acrid and cauitic quality, and is ufed in 

 many parts of the highlands to raile blifters : 

 ior this purpofe the leaves are well bruifed in a 



mortar, 



