124 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



ped, with 3 or 5 lobes, entire, smooth; petals small, scarcely 

 longer than the calyx ; seeds wrinkled. Ivy Crowfoot. 



Hob. Ditches and watery places, frequent. May-Aug. 



10. R. aquatilis, stem floating, submersed; leaves in capillary 

 segments under water, above somewhat peltate, lobed, bluntly 

 notched ; petals obovate, twice as long as the calyx. Water 

 Crowfoot. 



(1) aquatilis, all the leaves divided into long capillary seg- 

 ments. 



(2) circinatus, all the leaves divided into capillary diverg- 

 ing segments, forming a small orbicular outline. 



Hob. Ponds and still running waters. (1) In rapid 

 streams. (2) Holy Island Loch. May, June. 7/ 



The properties of this seem to be very different from those 

 of the Corn Crowfoot ; for we are told by Dr PULTENEY, 

 that, in the neighbourhood of Ringwood, on the borders of 

 the Avon, some cottagers sustain their cows and horses 

 almost wholly by it. The cows relished it so highly, that 

 it was unsafe to allow them more than a certain quantity, 

 between 25 and 30 pounds each daily, but with variation, 

 according to circumstances. The cows were not in a mean 

 condition, and gave a sufficient quantity of good milk. 

 Hogs also are fed with the same plant, on which they im- 

 prove so well, that it is not necessary to allow them other 

 substances, till it is proper to put them up to fatten. 

 Lin. Trans. 



166. TROLLIUS. 



1. T. europ&us, petals about 15, converging into a globe ; nec- 

 taries from 5 to 10, the length of the stamens. Globe-flower. 



Hob. Moist meadows, not uncommon. Haidendean, abun- 

 dant. Felkington Bog, sparingly, Dr Thompson. " Bun- 

 cle Wood. Banks of the Leet at Swinton. In the 

 marshy field near Edington Moor," Rev. A. Baird. 

 Lamberton Moor. June. 7/ 



The flowers are large, handsome, yellow, giving the plant a 

 good title to its place in the garden. The country people 

 of Westmoreland, Scotland, and Sweden, consider it a 

 sort of festival flower, going in parties to gather it, for 



