ADONIS. RANUNCULUS. 5 



pointed without tails." E. B. 1062. R. iv. 4/. Fl. bright blue. 

 Root similar to the last. Scarcely naturalized. P. IV.] E. 



[*?4. A. ranunculoides (L.); fl. solitary or in pairs, sep. 5 el- 

 liptical, involucre of 8 nearly sessile ternate deeply cut leaves, 1. 

 similar often quiriate, carp, pointed downy without tails. E. B. 

 1484. R. iv. 4/. Fl. bright yellow. Sep. externally pubescent. 

 Root similar to the last. A very doubtful native. P. IV.] E. 



4. ADONIS Linn. Pheasant's Eye. 



fl. A. autumnalis (L.) ; cal. glabrous patent, pet. connivent, 

 carp, without teeth collected into an ovate head and tipped with 

 a straight beak. E. B. 308 R. iii. 24. Pet. scarlet, black at 

 the base, scarcely exceeding sepals. L. triply and copiously pin- 

 natifid, segments linear. Corn-fields, rare. A. VII. E. S. 



Tribe III. Ranunculea. 



5. MYOSURUS Linn. Mousetail. 



1. M. minimus (L.) E. B. 435. E.iii. 1. St. simple,- leafless, 

 single-flowered, 2 5 in. high. L. linear, fleshy. Receptacle 

 ultimately very long, with many oblong carpels. Seed attached 

 to the upper part of the carp, and pendulous, the radicle pointing 

 upwards. In damp places in fields. A. V. VI. E. 



6. RANUNCULUS Linn. Crowfoot. 



A. Fr.-st. arching, carp, transversely, wrinkled, pet. white (with 

 a yellow claw in all our plants). BATRACHIUM Fries. 

 Water Crowfoot. 



* Submersed 1. 2 3ce 3-furcate with filiform segments spread- 

 ing in the section of a sphere, rarely wanting. Receptacle 

 hispid. 



1. R. trichophyllus (Chaix) ; submersed I. closely trifurcate, 

 segments short rigid not collapsing into a pencil when taken 

 from the water, no floating L, ped. not narrowing upwards about 

 equalling the L, fl. small, pet. obovate 5 7 -veined not contiguous 

 evanescent, stig. oblong, receptacle oblong, carp. -obovate late- 

 rally apiculate compressed. St. 67. 11. St. not rising out of the 

 water. Upper 1. sessile, all dense. Stip. -adnate, large round," 

 auricled. Buds globose. Fl. starlike. Stam. exceeding the 

 pistils. Stig. short but lengthening. Receptacle as thick as 

 peduncle. Carp, a little narrowed at the end. Ponds and 

 ditches. P. V. VI. 



