10 1. RANUNCULACE.E. 



ttt L- undivided, fl. yellow, nectary with a scale. 



19. R. Ficaria (L.); root with fasciculate knobs, /. cordate 

 stalked angular or crenate, st. with 1 3 1. single-flowered, sep. 

 usually 3,'carp. smooth blunt. E. B. 584. H. iii. 1. Pet. usually 

 8, but varying from 6 to 11. St. 3 8 in. long, weak, often pro- 

 ducing bulbs in the axils of its leaves. Damp shady places, 

 common. P. IV. V. Pilewort. 



fttt L. divided, fl. yellow. 

 J Nectary without a scale, carp, smooth. 



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

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

 with linear or lanceolate more or less toothed segments, peduncles 

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

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

 low. St. about one foot high. Woods and thickets, common. 

 P. IV. V. Wood Crowfoot. Goldilocks. 



44 Nectary with a scale, carpels smooth. 



21. R. acris (L.); root fibrous, radical 1. palmately tripartite, 

 segments trifid and deeply cut, uppermost stem-1. tripartite with 

 linear segments, peduncles round, calyx pubescent erect-patent, 

 carp, oval glabrous margined, beak short marginal recurved, re- 

 ceptacle glabrous. E. B. 652. R. iii. I?. Hairy. St. 23 feet 

 high. Beak about 5 the length of the carpel. Sometimes dwarf 

 and 1-fl. on mountains. Meadows and pastures, common ; moun- 

 tains. P. VI. VII. Upright Crowfoot. 



22. JR. repens (L.) ; stoles creeping, 1. with 3 stalked leaflets 

 which are 3-lobed, lobes 3-fid and cut, peduncles furrowed, calyx 

 pubescent erect-patent, carp, oval glabrous margined minutely 

 pitted, beak longish slightly curved, receptacle hairy. E. B. 516. 

 Primary stem erect, 10 12 in. high. Meadows and pastures, 

 common. P. V. VIII. Creeping Crowfoot. 



23. R. bulbosus (L.) ; stem bulblike at the base, radical 1. with 

 3 stalked leaflets which are tripartite, segments trifid and cut, 

 peduncles furrowed, calyx hairy refiexed, carp, round margined 

 smooth, beak short, receptacle hairy. E. B. 515. R. iii. 20. 

 St. about 1 foot high. Upper 1. cut into narrow segments. 

 Meadows and pastures. P. V. Bulbous Crowfoot. 



444 Nectary with a scale, carp, rugose or tubercular. 



24. R. hirsutus (Curt.) ; root fibrous, radical 1. with 3 stalked 

 trifid and cut leaflets, peduncles furrowed, calyx reflexed, carp. 

 round margined with a series of tubercles near the margin, beak 

 short curved, receptacle hairy. E. B. 1504. R. iii. 23. JR. Phi- 



