218 POLYANDRIA^POLYGYNIA. [Eanmculus. 



Wimbledon woods, growing with Eranthis hycnialis; near Harrow; 

 Luton Hoe, Bedfordshire ; and near Beikhamstead, Essex. Fl. April. 

 2/ — Flowers light and bright blue. 



4. A.^rajiunculoides, L. (7/ellotu Wood Anemone) ; leaves ter- 

 or quinate, leaflets subtrifid cut and toothed, involucres shortly 

 stalked ternate cut and toothed, calycine segments 5 — 6 ellipti- 

 cal, pericarps without awns. E. Bot. t. 1484. 



Woods, rare ; King's Langley, Herts ; and Wrotham, Kent. Fl. 

 April. If. . — Floioer brightish jellow. 



19. Adonis. Lmn. Pheasant's Eye. 



L A.*autum7idlis, L. (^Cor 71 Adonis or Pheasant^ s Eye); petals 

 concave connivent scarcely longer than the glabrous calyx, 

 pericarps reticulated collected into an ovate head, stem branched. 

 E. Bot. t. 308. 



Amongst corn, about London, Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Glasgow and 

 Dublin. FL Sept. Oct. © . — Leaves thrice compound, with linear seg- 

 ments. Petals bright scarlet, such as might well be supposed to have 

 sprung from the blood of Adonis. 



20. Ranunculus. Liiin. Crowfoot. 



* Pericarps transversely wrinkled. Petals ivJiite. 



1. R. aqudtilis, L. ( Water Crowfoot); stem submersed, leaves 

 capillaceo-multifid, floating ones tripartite their lobes cut, petals 

 obovate larger than the calyx, pericarps glabrous or hispid. 

 E. Bot. t 101. — /3. all the leaves capillaceo-multifid. R. imntO' 

 thrix, DC. — 7. all the leaves orbicular in their circumscription, 

 deeply cut into fine capillary segments. R. circinnatus, Sibth. 

 — R. ccespitosus, DC. 



Lakes, ditches and rivers ; abundant. Fl. JNIaj', June. If. — Varies 

 much in the length of the stems and form of the leaves, according to the 

 depth and stillness of the water. 



2. R. hederdceus, L. (^Ivy Croufoot) ; stem creeping, leaves 

 roundish kidney-shaped with 3 — 5 rounded entire lobes, petals 

 small scarcely longer than the calyx, stamens 5 — 10, pericarps 

 glabrous. E. Bot. t. 2003. 



Wet places, shallow pools of water, and where water has stood. Fl. 

 through the summer. "U.. 



** Pericarps not transversely wrinkled. Nectary with a small 

 scale, Fl. yellow {except R. alpestris.) 



f Leaves undivided. 



3. R. Lingua, L. {(treat Spear-wort) ; leaves lanceolate subser- 

 ratedsessile semiamplexicaul, stem erect glabrous. E.Bot.t. 100. 



Marshes, sides of lakes and ditches ; not very general. Fl. July. 1^. 

 — Stem 2—3 feet high. Flowers large, handsome. 



4. R. Fldmmula, L. {lesser Spear-icort) ; leaves llnear-lanceo- 



