RANUNCULUS. 



dentate, calyx reflexed, head offr. oblong, carp, minute. E. B. 

 681. R. iii. 11. Fl. very small, pale yellow. Nect. round, open, 

 bordered all round, rarely not bordered above. Lower 1. broad, 

 glabrous, shining. Stem 1 2 feet high, thick. By ditches and 

 ponds. A. VI. IX. Celery-leaved Crowfoot. 



C. Fr.-st. straight, carp, not transversely wrinkled. 



t L. divided, fl. white, nectary naked. 



[14. R. alpestris (L.) ; root fibrous, 1. smooth, radical 1. some- 

 what heart-shaped deeply 3 5-lobed, lobes incise-crenate at the 

 extremity, stem-1. 1 or 2 simple linear or trifid with linear lobes, 

 fl. almost solitary, ped. furrowed, calyx glabrous, carp, obovate 

 with a straight beak hooked at the end. E. B. 2390. Pet. ob- 

 cordate. St. 4 5 in. high. Clova mountains. Mr. G. Don. 

 P. V.] S. 



tt L. undivided, fl. yellow, nectary nearly or quite naked, 

 bordered. 



[15. R. gramineus (L.); root fibrous, the fibres thickening 

 towards the end, 1. linear-lanceolate striated entire, st. and ped. 

 glabrous few-flowered, carp, obliquely obovate rugose with a 

 short revolute point, nectary tubular. E. B. 2306. Wales? 

 P.V.VL] E.? 



16. R. Flammula (L.) ; root fibrous, L ovate- or linear-lanceo- 

 late nearly entire stalked, stem, reclining at the base and rooting, 

 carp, obovate minutely pitted with a short point. E. B. 387- R. 

 iii. 10. Stems 6 18 in. high. L. sometimes serrate, hairy or 

 glabrous. /3. reptans; st. procumbent filiform rooting, 1. linear. 

 In wet places. P. VI. VIII. Lesser Spearwort. 



[17- R- ophioglossifolius (Vill.); root fibrous, lower L cordate- 

 ovate stalked, upper 1. oblong sessile amplexicaul, stem erect 

 hollow, carp, obliquely ovate margined tubercled with a short ter- 

 minal point. E. B. S. 2833. R. iii. 21 .Glabrous. Fl. small. 

 St. about 1 foot high, branched, many-flowered, tapering below. 

 St. Peter's Marsh, Jersey. A. VI.] 



18. R. Lingua (L.) ; root fibrous, I. elongate-lanceolate acute 

 somewhat serrate sessile amplexicaul, stem erect, carp, margined 

 minutely pitted with a broad sword-shaped beak. E. B. 100. R. 

 iii. 10. Fl. large. St. 23 feet high. St. and 1. glabrous or 

 with adpressed hairs. In marshy places, rather rare. P. VI. 

 VII. Great Spearwort. 



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