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66. Upright Crowfoot, Buttercup, Ranunculus acris, Crow- 

 foot family. The bright yellow flowers of the Buttercup are 

 familiar in all meadows : they appear in summer on stems 

 1 to 2 ft, high : most of the leaves grow on long stalks from 



66. Upright Crowfoot, 

 Buttercup. 



67. Greater Celandine 



near the root : they are hairy and deeply palm-divided, the 

 segments being also cut : the flower-stalks are not furrowed. 



There are several related species which are quite common : 

 the Creeping Crowfoot with a furrowed 

 flower-stalk, and sending out runners : 

 the Bulbous Crowfoot with the sepals bent 

 sharply back, and the base of the stein 

 much swollen: Goldilocks, common in 

 woods, distinguished from the others by 

 the fact that there is no little scale inside 

 the petals at their base : the Corn Crow- 

 foot in corn-fields with spiny seed-vessels. 



67. Greater Celandine, Chelidonium 

 majus, Poppy family. The stem is tall, 

 branched, and leafy : the leaves are fairly 

 large and deeply lobed : the flowers are 

 small, and the fruits long and pod-like : 

 the plant is common in shady waste 

 places, and is peculiar in possessing a 

 thick juice, which is bright orange in 

 colour : flowers in summer. 



68. Yellow Rocket, Barbarea vulgarly 

 Cress family. The stem is 1 to 2 ft. 



high, and may be slightly branched : the leaves are feather- 

 lobed, lyre-shaped, and dark, glossy green : the flowers are 

 small, yellow, and borne in crowded spikes at the ends of the 



68. Yellow Rocket. 



