RANUNCULUS 



elabrous or at first with h-ir> edges soon beeommf» 

 glabrous, glaucous . fls. J-b. either terminal or aiillarj , 

 pui-p white, with vellow st Aniens: sepals pointed, pet- 

 als much larger, obtuse. Mts. of S. E. Eu. B.M. 26G 

 (poor). L.B (' 16.1593. J.H. III. 35-345. G.C. II. 



RANUNCULUS 



1499 



PL. 



-'h. 



nearh 

 borne 





2077. Persian Ranunculus— R. Asiaticus (X }^) 



ent: head globose. May-July. Wet places, Brit Col. to 

 Ore and Mont -Var platyphyllus, Gray (N. mtii-i- 

 miis UiPPnel Ottpn S tt „i ni„ip high hs lai^pr. 



7 Asiaticus, I 



simple .1 1,111 I 



petiolati 1 II 11 



flexed ; petals 1 iii^i , 

 May, June. Asia Jli 

 16.133 (var. ui/i-'il"-- 

 of many kinds an iti 

 The Persian and luil 

 8. orthorhjnchus, II 

 branched, hirsuti t, m 



.ug hei 

 high, , 



tiissfoluis \\ 1 



I.I,. i,lh ,.ln)yate,gloss5 -iell 

 ,ni si,i, s tapering into rei i 

 lpii.;tli bead of fiuit sl,„i 

 entte, Canary grou]. liit 

 — Not very hardy ami ii, , 

 early spring. It is w, II s,i 

 creased by division ut t!i. 



. dn ided into 3-5 

 seveial oi main , 



Hon in wmtei and 

 .t culture. • It IS m- 

 itumn. 



