12 1. RANUNCULACE^E. 



13. R. SCELERATUS, L. Celery-leaved Crowfoot. Stem erect, 

 very thick, branched, hollow, furrowed, 1 2 ft. high. Radical 

 le. petiolate, 3-cleft and cut, quite glabrous, shining, upper le. 

 divided to the base, segments dentate. Fl. very small, pale 

 yellow. Pet. with no scales. Ach. small, very numerous, 

 wrinkled in the middle, collected into an oblong head. 



Not common. Banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal from Port-Dundas to 

 Bowling ; banks of the Clyde from Renfrew to Dumbarton. (B) P. 59. 



14. R. BULBOSUS, L. Bulbous Crowfoot. Stem bulb-like at 

 the base, 1 ft. high. Le. of 3-petiolate leaflets, with 3-cleft 

 segments, cut or serrate, upper one sessile, with few linear lobes, 

 Ped. hairy, furrowed. Cal. hairy. Ach. with a broad hooked 

 beak. Rec. hairy. 



Frequent in meadows and pastures. (B) P. 56. Glasgow Green, King's 

 Park; Banks of Clyde; Gourock, &c. 



6. CALTHA. Marsh Marygold. 



C. PALUSTRIS, L. Stem ascending, rooting at the base. 

 Eadical le. roundish, deeply cordate at the base, crenate, lobes 

 approximate. Fl. large, deep yellow. Follicles when ripe, 

 spreading, showing the loose seeds. 



Common. Banks of rivers and marshy places. (B) P. 4 6. Banks of Clyde ; 

 Kelvin; Cart, &c. 



7. TROLLIUS. Globe Flower, Lucken Gowan. 



T. EuPtOPAEUs, L. Stem erect, 1 2 feet high. Le. on long 

 stalks, cut into 5 segments, which are again cut into 3 5 and 

 inciso-serrate. Fl. large. Cal. concealing the stamens. Pet. 

 inconspicuous, strap-shaped, mingled with the stamens. 



Frequent. Moist places. (S) P. 68. Banks of Clyde at Kenmuir, extending 

 upwards on both sides; Bothwell; Falls of Clyde; Gourock, &c. 



8. HELL^BORUS, L. Hellebore. 



*H. FCETIDUS, L. Stinking Hellebore. Flowering stem, 1 2 

 ft. high. Le. mostly on the lower portion of the stem, pedate, 

 stalked, evergreen, becoming gradually contracted into bracts. 

 Fl. panicled, drooping, globose. Cal. converging, often tinged 

 with purple. 



Rare, and certainly introduced. "Blantyre Priory; old walls, Barncluith,' 

 HopJc. (E) P. 24. 



9. AQUIL^GIA. Columbine. 



*A. VTJLGARIS, L. Common Colunibine. Stem 1| 2 ft. high. 

 Le. bi-ternate, segments broad, 3-lobed and crenate, glaucous, 

 nearly glabrous. Pet. with incurved spurs. Fl. drooping, blue 

 or dull purple. 



Rare. A doubtful native. "Blantyre Priory; in the wood above Castlemilk/' 

 Hopk. " Banks of the Mouse, near Jerviswood." A. Dunlop. 



