RANUNCULACEAE. [VOL. II. 



27. Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. 



Early or Tufted Buttercup. 



(Fig. 1621.) 



Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. Cat. 54. 1813. 



Pubescent; fibrous roots thickened; plant gen- 

 erally low, 6 / -i2 / high, tufted. Leaves petioled, 

 3~5-divided; divisions stalked (especially the ter- 

 minal one), deeply lobed and cleft, the lobes ob- 

 long or linear; flowers about \ f broad; petals 

 yellow, obovate, much longer than the spread- 

 ing sepals, rounded, truncate or even emargi- 

 nate; head of fruit globose, about, 4" in diam- 

 eter; achenes flat, slightly margined, beaked 

 with the subulate persistent style which is 

 nearly or quite their length. 



Woods, Ontario and New England to North Caro- 

 lina, west to Manitoba and Texas. April-May. 



28. Ranunculus parvulus L. Hairy But- 

 tercup. (Fig. 1622.) 



Ranunculus parvulus L. Mant. i: 79. 1767. 

 Ranunculus Philonotis Retz, Obe. 6: 31. 1791. 



Erect, hairj', 6'-i5' high, branching. Basal and 

 lower leaves broad -petioled, the blade about 2' 

 broad and long, 3-divided or cleft, the divisions 

 broadly ovate, cuneate, stalked, cleft and lobed, 

 the upper sessile or nearly so, deeply cleft into 

 linear-oblong obtuse segments; flowers yellow, 

 io // -i5 // broad; petals much exceeding the reflexed 

 calyx; head of fruit oblong, 1"-$" thick; achenes 

 flat, strongly margined, short-beaked, provided with 

 a series of small tubercles or papillae which become 

 more prominent in drying, or rarely nearly smooth. 



In ballast grounds and waste places, St. John, N. B. ; 

 vicinity of New York and of Philadelphia, Norfolk, 

 and in the Southern States. Fugitive from Europe. 

 Summer. 



29. Ranunculus parvifldrus L. Small- 

 flowered Crowfoot. (Fig. 1623.) 



Ranunculus parviflorus L,. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 780. 1763. 

 Hairy, slender, diffuse, branching from the 

 base, S'-io' high. Basal leaves long-petioled, the 

 blade reniform or cordate-orbicular, i' broad 

 or less, 3-cleft, the lobes broadly oval, obtuse | 

 cut and toothed; upper leaves short -petioled or 

 nearly sessile, 3-5-parted into linear-oblong 

 lobes; flowers yellow, i // -2 // wide, the petals 

 not longer than the calyx; head of fruit globose, 

 2" broad; achenes flat, margined, densely papil- 

 lose, 1J4" long, tipped with a sharp beak of 

 about one-fourth their length. 



In waste places, Maryland and eastern Virginia 

 to Florida, Arkansas and Texas, and in ballast 

 grounds about the northern seaports. Naturalized 

 or fugitive from Europe. Also naturalized in Ber- 

 muda. Summer. 



