CALTHA. ERANTHIS. 1 1 



tonotis (Ehrh.) Koch. St. 4 18 in. high ; the smaller specimens 

 are R. parvulus L. Upper 1. in narrow acute segments. Fl. pale 

 yellow. Waste land and corn-fields, rare. A. VI. X. E. S. 



f25. R. arvensis (L.) ; root fibrous, radical 1. 3-cleft dentate, 

 stem-1. once or twice ternate with linear-lanceolate segments, 

 calyx erect-patent, carp, margined beaked and spinous. E, B. 

 135. R. iii. 21. Fl. pale yellow. Known by its spinous fruit. 

 Corn-fields. A. VI. Corn Crowfoot. 



26. R, parviflorus (L.); root fibrous, stems spreading, 1. round- 

 ish-cordate 3 5-lobed cut, upper 1. oblong undivided or 3-lobed, 

 calyx at first erect afterwards reflexed, carp, orbicular muricated. 

 E. B. 120. R. iii. 22. Peduncles opposite the leaves. Pet. 

 narrow. Corn-fields and dry banks, rare. A. V. VI. E. I. 



Tribe IV. Hellebores. 



7. CALTHA Linn. Marsh Marigold. 



1. C. palustris (L.); st. ascending, L heart-shaped roundedcre- 

 nate. E. B. 506. R. iv. 101. Fl. large. Sep. roundish-ovate, 

 bright yellow. 13. minor (DC.) ; smaller in all its parts and with 

 the 1. considerably shorter in proportion, but the posterior lobes 

 greatly produced. Marshy places, common. /3. in more moun- 

 tainous situations. P. III. V. 



2. C. radicans (Forst.) ; st. creeping, 1. triangular serrate-cre- 

 nate. E.B. 2175. Fl. half the size of those of C. palustris, 

 sep. narrower, hinder angles of the leaves scarcely produced. I 

 have only seen cultivated specimens. " In a ditch that runs 

 from the farm-house called Haltoun, on the estate of C. Gray, 

 Esq. of Carse, Forfarshire. 1790." Mr. G. Don. All the other 

 stations probably belong to C. palustris /3. minor. P. V. VI. S. 



8. TROLLIUS Linn. Globe Flower. 



1. T. europeeus (L.); sep. 10 15 concave converging into a 

 globe, pet. 10 about equalling the stain., 1. palmately 5-parted, 

 segments rhomboid 3-partite incise-serrate. E. B. 28. R. iv. 101. 

 Fl. bright yellow. Pet. ligulate. St. 1 2i feet high. Damp 

 mountain pastures. P. VI. VII. 



9. ERANTHIS Salisb. Winter Aconite. 



[*1. E. hyemalis( Salisb.); sep. 6 8 oblong. E. iv. 101. Hel- 

 leborus Linn. Radical 1. upon long stalks, 5 7 -parted, deeply 

 cut into linear-oblong segments. St. 4 6 in. high, with 2 op- 

 posite sessile 1. just below the solitary yellow fl. Root (rhizome) 

 tuberous. Naturalized in thickets. P. II. III.] E. S. ? 



