^ • UANUNCULACE-K. Hununcnlx.s. 



§ 2. Terrestrial herbs, wit/i the leaves all uitdlv'ul.d : st-pals lanje and /xtal-like : )>et- 

 als minute, with a neetarij\ruiis pit at the base of the blade: ahenes smooth, 

 t(l/)eri/ii/. •• Al-|l.\Nn.sli;,M.MA, St. Ililililt!. 



;5. R. hyBtriculus, liray. (il;il)r.ius : tlio scupo lilco rtlrm l> to M> iiK-hcs, usually 

 l-llijwi'ro.l iiml Inillr.-.-s : jc'iivcs l.ioa.lly iionlutu nr i'fiiir>inii. iihoiil .O-Ii.ImmI, .Icnply 

 croiiiiLuly LuuLliwl : sl^hiIo T) tu li, whiLu luul puLal likis 1 ti. T) liiR'S lung, (U-ciauuiis : 

 petals inconspicuous, consisting of a minute lleshy bia.le (having a uectanlerous pit 

 at its base) raised upon a uarvow claw of twice its length, the whole scarcely 2 lines 

 long : akenes 2 to 3 lines long, slender and tapering to a long hooked beak, and 

 Ibriuing a compact ovate head. — Troc. Am. Acad. vii. 328. 



Foot-hills ol" llic .Sienu Neviuk, Forest Hill and Ncwustlo (,Bol,nider), ami neiir I'lacoiville, 

 Jiattaii. This little phuit has more the look of an Anemom^ lliaa a Kammeiilus, hut the Iruit 

 ilistiiiL'ui.shes it. The seajies are rarely ".i-liowercd, ai)(l sometimes hear a suigle leal. 1 he mi- 

 nute petals are prohahly yellow. Kout laseiele.l-lil.rous. Leav.s 1 or -J im-hes long, on petioles 

 three times as long. 



§ 3. Terrestrial heibs, tvith the leaves com/ioiiud: sej-als somewhat }>etal-lihe : petals 

 tvith a scale at the base : akenes vesicular and manjiued or loiiujed at the base. 



■i. R. Andersonii, Gmy. Stems 3 to inches high, 1-fiowered : radical leaves 

 palmately 2-lcnialt! ; icallets petiolulale, laciniately lobed : llowers about an inch in 

 diumotor; petul.s obovatn ..r m-aily .ulu.ular, (Uu-p pink; bopala nearly as long, glii- 

 broua, persistent, Koni(!wlmt petaloid, pink on the margin: ukeiies 1 to f) Hiich long, 

 bladdery, obovate, compressed, with a narrow ventral wing and a dorsal mai'gin, 

 glabrous, mucronate, with very short subulate recurved style. — Proc. Am. Acad. 

 vii. 327 ; Watson, Bot. King. G, t. 1. 



Sierra Valley (Lcmmoji), near Car.son Valley (AndcrsoH), east to Salt Lake, lf^(dson. Tho 

 plant i.s cither wholly glal)rous or somewhat eiliate on the ililateel petioles ami on the segments 

 of tho leaves. Stems commonly seape-liUe ami leailess, hut .sometunes with a .small divided leaf 

 or hract a short distance helow the ilower. Leaves somewhat lleshy, an inch or more long and 

 wide, on petioles 2 inches long. A truly remarkahle species. 



§ -1. Terrestrial herbs, but often </roU'iii(/ in wet places, mostli/ ei'ect : sepals f/reeit 

 and herbaceous : petal's yellow, with a scale at the base : akenes neither wrin- 

 kled nor hispid. — li.\NUNCULUS proper. 



'■■ All the leaves undivided, the marc/ins entire. 



5. R. Flammula, Linu., var. reptans, CJray. Glabrous throughout : stems 

 hlilbrm, creei)ing and rooting at the joiut.s, 4 to 10 inches long : leaves mostly lance- 

 olate and acute at each end, entire: llowers 4 (2 to 5) lines in diameter: petals 

 broadly obovate, one hall" longer than the sepals : akenes few, in a small globular 

 head, plump, smooth; beak very short ami curved.' — Ji. rejUans, Linn. 



Moist places from the sea-level to 6,000 feet altitude. The species has a wide range on hoth 

 continents. A creeping plant, in wet iilaees, and (piit(! variable in size. Leaves 1 to Ir^ hiehes 

 long, the lower ones on long petioles, the upper ones usually somewhat clustered at the joints, 

 varying from linear to oblong in shape. The head is of rather few carpels, commonly hut 2 

 lines in diameter. 



0. R. alismeefolius, Ocycr. SuKiolh thnmgh.iuL : stems nearly or cpiite erect, 

 10 to IG inches high, rather stout : leaves broadly lanceolate, entire, lilunt at ape.x : 

 llowers G to i) lines in diameter ; petals broadly obovate, conspicuously nervtul, nearly 

 twice as long as the sepals : akenes smooth, slightly llatbuii'd, pointed with a nearly 

 or quite straight beak, crowded in a compact, ovate head. — Ueiith. I'l. llartw. 

 295. 



Var. alismellus, Gray. Stems slender, t;r(!ct, to 8 inches high : lower leaves 

 elliptical : petioles sparingly pilose : flowers 5 to G lines in diameter : petals about G. 

 — I'roc. Am. Acad. vii. 327. 



