1. RANUNCULACE^. 11 



7. R. FICARIA, L. Pilewort or Lesser Celandine. Rhizome 

 producing fasiculated tubercles. Stem 4 8 in. high. Le. 

 broadly renifprm, on long petioles, crenate or bluntly toothed, 

 lobes spreading, sheaths of lower le. narrow, 23 on the one- 

 flowered stem. Fl. a glossy yellow. 



Very common. Found in most of the woods and bushy places around Glasgow 

 Kelvin woods, Canny le, &c. (B) P. 35. 



Var. incumbens. Sheaths of lower le. broad. Lobes over- 

 lapping. 



Frequent. Bute very common. 



3. FLOWEES YELLOW, Le. divided. 

 A. Calyx spreading. 



8. R, AUfticoMUS, Ij. Wood Crowfoot, Goldilocks. Stem 

 ascending, 8 12 inches high. Radical le. on long stalks, varying 

 in form, rounded or reniform, 3-partite and cut. Stem, le sessile, 

 divided into linear segments. Cal. pubescent. Pet. with no 

 scales. Ach. downy. 



Frequent in woods around Glasgow. (B) P. 4 5. Kelvin woods ; Carmyle and 

 Kenmuir banks ; Maryhill, &c. 



9. R. ACHis, L. Upright Meadow Crowfoot, Buttercup, or 

 Kingcup. Stem erect, 1 3 ft. high. Le. tripartite, or 3-cleft, 

 segments deeply cut or toothed ; uppermost sessile, with narrower 

 segments. Fed. hairy, round not furrowed. Cal. pubescent, 

 Ach. compressed, beak curved. Rec. smooth. 



Common everywhere in meadows and pastures. (B) P. 67. 



10. R. HEPENS, L. Creeping Crowfoot. Stem throwing out 

 runners, forming new plants at each joint. Le. with 3 shortly 

 stalked segments, 3-lobed and cut, upper ones sessile, hairs long. 

 Fed. furrowed. Recep. hairy. 



Common by all roadsides, in meadows, and cultivated ground. (B) P. 58. 



11. R. ARVENSIS, L. Corn Crowfoot. Root fibrous. Stem 

 annual, erect, slightly branched. Le. 3-cleft, with 3-cleft or 3- 

 partite segments. Fed. not furrowed. Fl. small, pale lemon 

 yellow. Ach. large, covered with conical tubercles or hooked 



Very rare. Corn fields, "Bogle's hole," Hopk.; near Tollcross. (E) A. 57. 



B. Calyx reflexed. 



12. R. HIRSUTUS, L. Hairy Crowfoot. Root fibrous, annual. 

 Stem erect or ascending. Lower le. ternate, segments 3-cleft, 

 lateral ones sessile. Fed. hairy, furrowed. Cal. hairy. Ach, 

 tuberculated near the margin; beak very short. 



Rare. Occasionally on the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal from Port- 

 Dundas to Bowling. (E) A. 610, 



