LVI. 



RANUNCULUS ACRIS. 

 Upright Meadow Crowfoot. 



C/assXlII. PoLYANDRiA. — Orderlll. Polygynia. 



Nat. Ord. Ranunculace^. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five (rarely three) sepals. Petals 

 five, (seldom more,) with a nectary at their base. Peri- 

 carps without awns. 



Spec. Char. Calyx spreading. Peduncles rounded. 

 Leaves palmate, tripartite ; segments acute, trifid and 

 cut ; upper ones linear. Stem erect. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek (iaT^a.x,iot. Dioscnrides. 



f Ranunculus pratensis erectus acris. Bauh, Pin. 178. Raii. 



I Syn. 248. 

 Ranunculus surrectis cauliculis. Ger. Em. 951. 

 Ranunculus hortensis. Dod. Pempt. 426. f. 1. 

 Chrysanthemum. Fuchs. Hist. 879- ic. 



I Ranunculus acris. Lin. Sp. PI. 779- Fl. Brit. 593. 

 French .... Renoncule acre ; Grenouillette ; Bouton d'or. 

 Italian.... Ranuncolo; Ranunculo acre 

 Spanish . . .. Ranunculo. 

 Portuguese Ranunculo. 



German... Scharfer Hahnenfuss ; Ranunkel. 

 Dutch .... Veld Haanevoet ; Veld Haanepoot ; Boterbloem. 

 Danish . . Ranunkel ; Smoerurt. 

 Swedish . . Ranunkel ; Smoerblomster. 

 Russ Lutik. 



Latin ^ 



Description. — The root is perennial, consisting almost en- 

 tirely of long, white, slender fibres. The stems are erect, 

 round, fistulous, branched, many-flowered, moderately leafy, 

 beset with minute appressed hairs, and rising to the height of 



