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RANUNCULUS 



3-6, terminal or axillary, pure white, with yellow sta- 

 mens; sepals acute; petals much larger, obtuse: achenes 

 in an ovoid head, obliquely globose, faces raised in 

 prominent nerves, beak recurved; receptacle pubescent 

 at base. April-July. Mountains of Eu. B.M. 266 

 (poor). L.B.C. 16:1593. J.H. III. 35:-345; 71:85. G.C. 

 II. 19:788. G.L. 22:95. G.W. 3, p. 217; 15, p. 429. 



15. pyrenafeus, Linn., also incorrectly offered in the 

 trade as pyrenaicus, Hort. Perennial, about 1 ft. high: 

 Ivs. linear or lanceolate, entire, all basal, bluish green: 

 scape tomentose at the top, 1-4-fld.; fls. white, rather 

 large; sepals glabrous; petals obovate: achenes obliquely 

 obovate-globose, sides glossy, beak short, hooked; 

 receptacle pubescent. June-Aug. S. Eu. 



16. parnassifdlius, Linn. Perennial, 3-8 in. high: sts. 

 1-6-fld., hirsute above: radical Ivs. long-petioled, 

 rather cordate or ovate-rounded, upper surface shiny 



3342. Ranunculus lingua. ( X 54) 



green, under surface lanate on the nerves; petioles 

 lanate; cauline Ivs. sessile, ovate-lanceolate: fls. snowy 

 white or rarely purplish; sepals pubescent, roseate, 

 very obtuse; petals obovate: achenes in a spherical 

 head, obliquely globose, faces glossy; receptacle 

 pubescent. June, July. Alps and Pyrenees. B.M. 386. 

 L.B.C. 3:245. J.H. III. 30:37. Gn.W. 20:275. 



17. insignis, Hook. f. Perennial, 1-3 ft. high, usually 

 villous: sts. stout and erect, paniculately branched: 

 radical Ivs. numerous, large, rounded-cordate or reni- 

 form-crenate, often short-lobed, 4-9 in. diam., thick and 

 leathery; petioles stout, sheathing at base; cauline Ivs. 

 smaller, upper cut and lobed: peduncles often very 

 numerous, stout with linear-oblong bracts: fls. golden 

 yellow, 1-2 in. across; sepals 5, woolly outside; petals 

 5-6, rarely more, obcordate, with 1 or 2 glands at base: 

 achenes forming a rounded head Hin- diam., swollen, 

 villous, beak long and slender; receptacle oblong, pubes- 

 cent. New Zeal. A variable plant, both in size and 

 degree of hairiness. 



RANUNCULUS 



18. gramineus, Linn. (S. graminifblius, Salisb.). 

 Perennial, 6-12 in. high: sts. erect, fibrillose at the neck, 

 otherwise glabrous, 1-7-fld.: Ivs. lanceolate or linear, 

 entire: fls. yellow, brilliant; sepals glabrous; petals 

 cuneate, scales of the petals tubular : achenes in a head, 

 obliquely obovate-globular, faces reticulate, nerved, 

 beak short; receptacle glabrous. April-June. Eu. and 

 Morocco. B.M. 164. 



19. lingua, Linn. Fig. 3342. Perennial, 2-3 ft. or 

 more high: roots densely fibrous: sts. erect, glabrous: 

 Ivs. 6-10 in. long, lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, 

 semi-amplexicaul, entire or toothed: fls. showy, yellow, 

 about \Yi in. across, somewhat panicled; sepals oval, 

 villous; petals shining: achenes 60-80, in a globose 

 head, compressed, with a straight border which is 

 larger at the top, beak large, short, sword-shaped; 

 receptacle glabrous. June Sept. Marshes, ditches and 

 pond borders. Eu. and Temp. Asia south to the Him- 

 alayas. Gn. 48:500. Useful for water-gardens and 

 aquatic planting. Var. grandiflorus, Hort., apparently 

 differs only in the size of fl. 



20. repens, Linn. Perennial, stoloniferous: root- 

 stock short and thick; roots fibrous: sts. decumbent, 

 8 in. to 2 ft. long, more or less appressed hairy: Ivs. 

 3-divided, the terminal segm. or all three petioluled, 

 all ovate, cuneate or truncate, acute, incised-lobed: 

 peduncles sulcate: fls. yellow, about 1 in. across; sepals 

 spreading, hairy below; petals obovate, much longer 

 than the sepals: achenes in a globose head, piano- 

 compressed, ovate-orbicular, beak slightly curved less 

 than half the length of the body; receptacle slightly 

 villous. May-July. Eu. ? Siberia, N. Amer., Newfound- 

 land to Va., Ont. and Brit. Col., Bermuda and Jamaica. 

 B.B. (ed. 2) 2:113. Var. flore-pleno, DC., Fig. 3343, 

 is a double form not uncommon in gardens. 



21. bulbdsus, Linn. (R. spedosus, Hort.). Perennial, 

 about 1 ft. high: root a true bulb: sts. erect, hirsute: 

 Ivs. petioled, broad ovate, 3-5-parted, terminal division 

 petioluled, lateral sessile or nearly so, all variously 

 lobed or cleft: peduncles sulcate: fls. bright yellow, 

 about 1 in. across, terminating the branches; sepals 

 often reflexed; petals 5-7, much larger than the sepals, 

 obovate, shining above: achenes in a globose head, 

 ovate, compressed, beak very short, bowed; receptacle 

 slightly villous. Eu., Persia, N. Afr., naturalized in N. 

 Amer., New England to N. C., Tenn., and La. B.B. 

 (ed. 2) 2:112. One of the common field buttercups. 

 Var. fldre-pleno, Hort. (R. spedosus flore-pleno, Hort. 

 R. spedosus plenus, Hort.), is a double-fld. form. 



22. Enysii, T. Kirk. Perennial, 6-15 in. high: root- 

 stock rather stout: sts. slender, glabrous: Ivs. all radical, 

 numerous, 1-3 in. diam., 3-5-foliate or biternate; Ifts. 

 long-petipluled, toothed, 3-5-lobed or 3-5 narrow 

 cuneate incised, toothed or lobed segms., 'occasionally 

 pinnately divided: scapes 1-5, longer than the Ivs., 

 1- rarely 2-fld.: fls. yellow, %-I in. across; sepals 5, 

 broadly ovate; petals usually 5, rarely more, broadly 

 obovate: achenes in a small rounded head, numerous, 

 turgid, glabrous, beak stout, straight or curved. New 

 Zeal. 



23. montanus, Willd. Perennial, about 6 in. high: 

 rootstock short, creeping: sts. pubescent, with soft 

 appressed or spreading hairs, especially toward the top, 

 usually 1-fld.: radical Ivs. few, petioled, glabrous, 

 orbicular or pentagonal, palmately 3-parted, segms. 

 obovate, trifid, obtuse, sinus sharp; cauline Ivs. 3-5- 

 parted, sessile, somewhat clasping, segms. linear-oblong, 

 divergent, obtuse: fls. bright yellow, terminal, about 1 

 in. or more across; sepals pubescent, concave, acute, 

 yellowish green; petals 5, large, broadly obovate with 

 a very short scale at base: achenes 20-30, turgid, 

 glabrous, beak recurved, much shorter than the body; 

 receptacle pilose. May-July. Mountains of Eu. B.M. 

 3022. L.B.C. 17:1610. G. 37:341. Var. dentatus, 

 Baumg. (R. carpdticus, Herbich). Lvs. much more 



