60 POLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. 



T. PUBESCENS? Ph. Stem Striate; leaflets ovate, or subcordate, mostly 3 lobed ; lobes raucronate. 

 Synon. T. polygamuml Muhl. T. revolutum? Ell- 



FL Beginning of July, and after. Fr- mat. Middle of September, and after. 



Hah- Swamps, and shaded rivulets: Wollerton's: frequent. 4to 6 feet high: flowers white. 



Obs. This resembles the preceding; but the leaflets are more regularly three lobed, and the lobes, Of 

 segments, are mucronate,— or rather terminate in a small, abrupt acuminatiofi- 



200. CALTHA. Nutt. Gen. 487. 

 [Gr. Kalathos, a basket; from a fancied resemblance of the corolla to a golden basket.] 

 Cal. 0. CoR petals 5 to 9. Nectary 0. Capsules several, many seeded. 

 C. PALUSTRis. Ph. Erect; corymbose; leaves cordate-reniform, acutely crenate, lobes spreading 

 Fm/^o— Marsh Marygold. Colt's-foot. Meadow Cowslip. 



Fl. Middle of April Fr. mat. Beginning of June. 



Hob. Wet meadows, swampy springs, &c. frequent- 5 to 10 inches high: flowers deep yellow. 



Ohs. I have specimens, from Patten's low grounds, in this Borough, which appear to be the C_m<«g_fT^ 

 rima of Pursh^-with leaves entire, or obsoletely crenate, and the smus closed; but I doubt their bemg 



'"itSp?!>"ept^"dTrrhifprant, i^a popular remedy for coughs; but I am uaacquainted with it, 



virtues. 



201. HEPATICA. Nutt. Gen. 490. 

 [Gr. Hepar, the liver; the lobes of its leaves being supposed to resemble those of the liver.] 

 Cal. 3 leaved, somewhat involucre-like, Cor- petals 6 to 9. Seeds naked. 

 H. TRILOBA. Ell. Leaves 3 lobed, lobes roundish, entire; scapes 1 flowered, often clustered. 

 Synon. Anemone hepatica. Willd- sp. pi. Mx. &c. FuZgro— Liver-wort. Liver-leaf. 

 Fl- Beginning of April. Fr. mat. 



Hab. Woodlands: very common. About 6 inches high: flowers blue,— sometimes purple, or white. 



202. RANUNCULUS, Nutt. Gen. 491. 

 [Lat. diminutive of Rana, a frog; a name, says Dr. Smith, whose origin is as obvious as its sense is obscure- 3 

 Cal. 5 leaved. Cor. petals 5, each with a melliferous scale, or pore, on the claw. Seeds naked, numerous.^ 



R. flammula. Ph. Glabrous; declinate; lower leaves petiolate, oval-lanceolate; upper lance. linear. 



Fw/g-o— Spear-wort. 



Fl. Middle of July, and after. Fr. mat. Middle of September. 



Hah. Wet, miry places: forks of Brandy wine: not common. 1 to 2 feet high: flowers yellow, small. 



Oha. This plant does not precisely agree with the descriptions of the European species; but perhaps it 

 is not specifically distinct. It is remarkably acrid,when chewed, and probably worthy of notice, in a 

 medical point of view. Dr. Withering asserts, from his own experience, that the distilled water of the 

 European plant is preferable to any other medicine yet known in cases where instantaneous vomiting is 

 desirable,— as where poisons have "been swallowed, &c 



R. abortivus. Ell. Glabrous; radical leaves cordate-reniform, crenate; cauline cleft into linear lobes. 



Fl. Latter end of April, and after. Fr. mat. July, and after. 



Hab. Woodlands, and moist grounds: frequent. 9 to 15 inches high: flowersyellow, petals minute. 



R. SCELER.A.TUS Ell. Glabrous; radical leaves palmate-lobed; cauline 3 parted, segments cuneate 



Vu/gro— Celery-leaved Crow-foot. 



Ft. Middle of May, and after. Fr. mat. 



Hab. Moist places; along rivulets, &c. frequent. 12 to 18 inches high; flowers yello\y. 



R. PENNSYLVANicus? Ell Hirsute; radical leaves lernate, trifid, incised; cauline lanceolate. 



PZ. Latter end of April, and after. Fr. mat. 



Evb. Woodlands: Patton's; Bath, &e. frequent. 9 to 15 inches high: flowersyellow. 



065. I have several specimens which approach the descriptions given of this species, and yet none of 

 them exactly accord. 



R. BULBosus. Ph. Hirsute; leaves compound, ternate, trifid, incised; calyx reflexed; root bulbous. 

 Fa/^o— 3 itier-cup. Bulbous Crow-foot. 



Fl Middle of May. Fr. mat Beginni:ig of July. 



Hab Pastures; N. H. Sharples's; Brandywine; frequent. 12 to IS inches high: flowers deep yelloi?. 



Obs. This 13 a foreigner. The root is highly acrid, and has been recommended ac a rubefacient. 



