238 FOLYANDEIA FOLYGYNIA. [CL 



from six to eighteen inches long, sometimes entirely decumbent, 

 slightly branched, leafy : leaves alternate, the lower ones some- 

 times broad : petals gold-yellow : nectaries minute. This plant is- 

 extremely acrid, and is used in the Hebrides for raising blisters, 

 Chopped'small and infused in water, it is also employed there as 

 a purgative for calves. Dr. Withering recommends the distilled 

 water as an instantaneous emetic in cases of poisoning. In alpine 

 situations it becomes creeping. Perennial : flowers from June to 

 September : grows in watery places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. vL 

 pi. 387. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 45. 



** Leaves divided. 



3. R. aurioomus. Goldilocks. Wood Crowfoot. Root-leaves 

 kidney-shaped, crenate, three-cleft; stem-leaves fingered, with 



linear segments ; stem many-flowered ; calyx coloured. Boot 



fibrous : stem about a foot high, erect, branched : leaves more or 

 less downy : flowers terminal, solitary, gold-yellow : calyx hairy, 

 pale-yellow : nectary a naked pore. Perennial : flowers in April 

 and May : grows in woods and bushy places : frequent. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. is., pi. 624. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 47. 830. 



4. R. scelerdtus. Celery -leaved Crowfoot. Stem erect, hollow, 

 much branched ; leaves smooth, lower ones palmate, upper fin- 

 gered ; fruit oblong ; seeds very numerous, minute. Root 



fibrous : stem from six inches to two feet high, smooth, round, 

 hollow, leafy : lower leaves stalked, upper sessile, uppermost un- 

 divided : flowers small, pale-yellow, numerous : calyx hairy, re- 

 flected : nectary somewhat tubular. This species is extremely 

 acrid, and blisters the skin. It is said to be used by strolling beg'- 

 gars to produce artificial sores. Annual: flowers from June to 

 September: grows in watery places : common. Eng. Bot.vol. x. 

 pi. 681. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 48. 831. 



6. R. bulbosus. Bulbous Crowfoot. Butter-cups. Calyx reflected ; 

 flower-stalks furrowed ; stem erect, many-flowered ; leaves com- 

 pound ; root bulbous ; seeds smooth. Root a solid round bulb : 



stem about a foot high, hairy : lower leaves compound, their leaf- 

 lets cut or lobed : flowers terminal, solitary : calyx-leaves egg- 

 shaped, hairy : petals gold-yellow : nectary covered by a scale. 

 Perennial : flowers in May : grows in pastures and meadows : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 515. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 49. 832. 



6. R. hirsutus. Pale Hairy Crowfoot. Calyx reflected, pointed ; 

 stem erect, many-flowered, hairy ; leaves ternate ; root fibrous ; 



seeds tuberculated. Stem from three inches to a foot high : 



flower-stalks furrowed, hairy : calyx hairy, reflected : petals gold- 

 yellow : nectary covered by a scale. Annual : flowers from June 

 to October : grows in moist meadows and waste ground . not com- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. voL xxi. pi. 1504. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 50. 833. 



7. JR. repens. Creeping Crowfoot. Calyx spreading ; flower- 

 stalks furrowed ; runners creeping ; leaves compound, erect, the 



uppermost entire. Stem erect or ascending, about a foot high, 



hairy : leaves twice ternate : flowers gold-yellow : nectary covered 

 by a notched scale. Perennial : flowers in the summer months : 

 grows in rich soil, by walls, and in shady places : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. viii. pi. 516. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 51. 834. 



8. R. dcris. Upright Meadow Crowfoot. Calyx spreading ; 

 flower-stalks round ; leaves tripartite, their segments three-cleft 



