1.2 1. RANUNCULACE.E. 



lobes of lowest 1. overlapping at th^ base, lowest sheaths broad 

 clasping. Damp rather shady places, common. P. IV. V. 

 Pilewort. E. S. I. 



ttf L. divided, fl. yellow. 

 J Nectary without a scale, carp, smooth. 



23. R. auricomus (L.) ; root fibrous, radical L reniform 3 7- 

 pa-rtite with crenate or cut lobes stalked, stem-1. sessile digitate, 

 with linear or lanceolate more or lens toothed segments, pedun- 

 cles round, calyx pubescent, carp, downy ventricose, beak slender 

 hooked. E. B. 624. R. iii. 12. Pet. often wanting. Sep. 

 yellow. Receptacle covered with cylindrical tubercles upon 

 which the carp, are seated. St. about 1 foot high. Radical 1. 

 sometimes very deeply divided (var. incisifolius R.). Woods 

 and thickets, common. P. IV. V. Goldilocks. E. S. I. 



JJ Nectary with a scale, carp, smooth. 



24. R. dcris (L.) l ; st. not bulblike, root fibrous, radical L 

 palmately tripartite, segments trifid and deeply cut, uppermost 

 *tem-l. tripartite with linear segments, ped. terete, calyx pubes- 

 cent erect-patent, carp, oval glabrous margined, beak short mar- 

 ginal recurved, receptacle glabrous. E. B. 652. R. iii. 17. 

 Hairy. No stoles. St. 2 3 feet high. Beak about the length 

 of the carpel. Sometimes dwarf and 1-flowered on mountains. 



-The variations R. Borceanus (Jord.) having the base of st. 

 glabrous, l.-segm. very narrow, R. vulyatus (Jord.) having 

 usually an oblique or horizontal rhizome, and R. tomophyllu* 

 (Jord.) having a praemorse rootstock, have been found. J. of B. 

 viii. 257, x. 238. A var. with glabrous shining 1. much moro 

 bluntly cut than usual [var. pumilus WahL] grows on Cairri- 

 li'orm. Meadows and pastures, common ; mountains. P. VI. 

 VII. Upright Crowfoot. E. S. I. 



25. R. repens (L.) ; 1. with three-lobed segments, lobes 3-fid 

 and cut, ped. furrowed, calyx pubescent erect-patent, carp, oval 

 glabrous margined minutely pitted, beak longish slightly curved, 

 receptacle hairy. E. B. 516. Root fibrous. Stoles strong, leafy. 

 Primary stem usually erect, 1012 in. high. Meadows and 

 pastures, common. P. V. VIII. Creeping Crowfoot. E. S. I. 



26. R. bulboms (L.) ; stem bulblike at the base, radical 1. 

 with 3 segments each tripartite trifid and cut, ped. glabraws 



For an account of the vars. and forms, see Townsend, J.ofB. xxxviii. 

 (1900) p. 379. H.&J.U. 



