1. KANUNCULACE^E. 9 



3-lobed, Pan. compact. Fl. with short pedicels. Sep. cream- 

 coloured. Anth. yellow, with long filaments. Ach. small, dark 

 olive when ripe. 



Rare. Banks of Clyde at the Iron-works, and above the Railway Bridge, 

 amongst willows; near Dunoon. (E) P. 7. 



3. ANEMONE. Anemone. 



A. NEMOROSA, L. Wood Anemone, Wind-Flower. Rhizome 

 creeping, brownish black. Le. appearing after the flower, bi- 

 ternate, leaflets deeply cut, toothed or lobed. Fl. white, tinged 

 externally with purple or pink, solitary, distant from the 3 -leaved 

 involucre, which resembles in form the radical leaves. Ach. 

 compressed, downy. 



Frequent in woods. Carmyle and Kenmuir banks ; Cambuslang Glen ; Cathkin 

 hills; common in all the woods bordering the Firth. (B) P. 36. 



4. ADONIS. Pheasant's Eye. 



A. AUTUMNALIS, L. Stem erect, branched, 6 18 in. high. 

 Le. alternate, upper ones sessile, 2 3 times pinnatifid, lobes 

 linear, acute. Cal. smooth. Cor. with concave petals, bright 

 scarlet, with a dark spot at the base. Ach. reticulated. 



Very rare. Corn field near Tollcross. (G) A. 5-7. 



5. RANUNCULUS. Crowfoot, Buttercup. 



1. FLOWERS WHITE. 



1. R. FLUITA.NS, Lam. River Crowfoot. Stem long. Le. all 

 submerged, divided into very long, multifid segments. Stip. 

 broad. Pet. obovate, much larger than the calyx. Ach. mostly 

 abortive, inner edge straight, style lateral. 



In canals and running streams. (E) P. 68. Frequent in Clyde, from Dal- 

 marnock upwards, seldom flowering near Glasgow ; often so in the still water; 

 above Hamilton Bridge; Black Cart at Inchinnan, &c. 



2. B,. AQUATTLIS, L. Water Crowfoot. Stem submerged. Lower 

 le. divided into many diverging capillary segments ; upper le. 

 floating, orbicular or reniform 5 cut and broadly lobed. Ped. 

 shorter or not much exceeding the leaves. Ach. packed in a 

 globular or ovoid head. (B) P. 5 8. 



Var. peltatus Fries. Floating le. numerous, with long stalks, 

 subpeltate, mostly 5 -lobed, submerged ones with divaricate many 

 cut segments. Ped. longer than the le. tapering. Stigma clavate. 

 Ach. obtuse. 



Frequent in ponds and ditches. St. Germans, Dougalston, and Bardowie Lochs; 

 Frankfield, Kelvin, &c. 



Var. confusus, Godr. Floating le. with long stalks 3-lobed, 

 submerged ones with rigid, cut segments. Ped. scarcely longer 



