Ranunculaceae 99 



Ranunculus Erect 4-12 inches high, branch- 

 pedatifidus m g. Basal leaves petioled, 

 J. E. Smith. broadly ovate or nearly or- 



Northern 



Buttercup. bicular > about f of an inch 

 broad, crenate or often lobed, 

 those of the stem deeply and narrowly lobed, 

 nearly sessile. Flowers about J of an inch 

 in diameter, petals little surpassing the 

 spreading sepals. 



In moist shaded situations near Banff; 

 flowering in June. 



Ranunculus Stem branching, more or less 

 eremogenes hairy, 6-1 8 inches high, sparingly 

 Greene. leafy. Leaves rounded in out- 



D/ltch line, mostly 5-parted, the seg- 



ments cut into about 3 -toothed 

 lobes. Flowers \ of an inch or more broad, 

 the light yellow petals surpassing the sepals ; 

 fruit in an obtusely ovoid head. 



In wet springy places, ditches and the 

 margins of pools, frequent through the 

 Rockies at the lower altitudes; flowering in 

 June and July. 



