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smooth, lower ones palmate, upper fingered ; flowers small ; 

 fruit oblong ; seeds very. numerous, minute. Water Crowfoot. 

 Hal. Watery places, common. June-Aug. Q 



The bruised herb is said to raise a blister, leaving a sore, 

 which is not easily healed. " Cunning beggers do vse to 

 stampe the leaves, and lay it vnto their legs and arms, 

 which causeth such filthy ulcers, as we daily see (among 

 such wicked vagabonds), "to move the people the more to 

 pitie." 



5. R. bulbosus, root bulbous ; stem upright, many-flowered ; 

 leaves cut into 3 stalked leaflets, which are deeply 3-cleft and 

 cut ; flower-stalks furrowed ; calyx reflexed ; seeds smooth. 

 Butter-cups. 



Hub. Meadows and pastures. May. I/. 



(5. R. repens, root slightly tuberous, with creeping scions ; 

 leaves compound, cut, the uppermost entire ; flower-stalks fur- 

 rowed ; calyx spreading. Creeping Crowfoot. 



Hab, Moist meadows and pastures. June-Aug. 11 



7. R' acriS) stem erect, covered with close hairs ; leaves in 3 

 deep lobed arid cut segments, those of the uppermost linear and 

 entire : flower- stalks round and even ; calyx spreading. Mea- 

 dow Crowfoot. 



Hob. Meadows and pastures. June, July. I/. 



8. R. arvensis, stem erect, much branched, many-flowered, 

 smooth ; leaves once or twice deeply 3-cleft, with linear-lanceo- 

 late segments ; flowers small, pale ; seeds very prickly at the 

 sides. Corn Crowfoot. 



Hab. Corn fields, rare in the immediate neighbourhood, 

 but common about Paxton, Swinton, &c. and in the vi- 

 cinity of Bamborough. June. Q 



The prickly seeds render this species troublesome to the 

 reaper. It is said to be very dangerous to cattle, and 

 they eat it greedily. 



* * * Petals white with a yellow claw. 



9. R* hederaceus, stem creeping; leaves roundish-kidney-sha- 



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