102 Ranunculaceae 



Rockies at the lower elevations; flowering 

 in June. 



Ranunculus Stem 3-6 inches high, smooth, 

 Suksdorfii slender, 1-3 -flowered. Leaves 



A. Gray. i an ' m ^ Qr more long, sub- 



reniform or broadly fan-shaped with wedge- 

 shaped base, deeply 3-5-cleft or parted, the 

 radical into cuneate 3-5 -cleft or incised divis- 

 ions, those of the stem linear. Flowers bright 

 yellow ; petals round-obovate, J-J an inch long. 

 In moist ground on slopes, throughout 

 the Rockies; flowering in June. 



StemS hair 6 ~ 10 incheS 



Ranunculus 



eximius branching. Leaves few, basal, 



Greene. rounded in outline, ternately 



Low lobed, sometimes deeply so, on 



slender petioles; stem leaves 

 sessile or nearly so, cut into narrowly linear 

 or linear-lanceolate lobes. Flowers f of an 

 inch or more broad, petals spreading, bright 

 yellow and shining on the upper surface; 

 sepals not reflexed. 



A showy low buttercup in the dry open 

 valleys in the Rockies; flowering in June. 



