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6. R. auricomus (wood <?., Goldilocks.) In woods, thickets, 

 and bushy places. Plant erect and branched, usually about 8 

 inches or a foot in height. Root-leaves kidney-shaped, stalked ; 

 upper ones divided into 3, 5, or 7 linear toothed segments ; calyx 

 hairy, shorter than the petals ; flowers large and yellow. Plant 

 not acrid. Berry Pomeroy. (E. B. t. 624.) P. IV. v. 



7. R. sceleratus (Celery-leaved C.) On the sides of ditches 

 and pools. A much branched and upright plant, sometimes 

 growing to nearly 2 feet high, but generally under a foot. The 

 lower leaves stalked, and divided into 3 bluntly-toothed lobes ; 

 upper leaves sessile, consisting of 3 linear segments. Flowers very 

 small and numerous, pale yellow. Side of the ditch near Torre 

 Abbey. Paignton. Dawlish. (E. B. t. 681.) A. vi.-ix. 



8. R. acris (upright meadow C.) In meadows and pastures. 

 This plant varies in height from 6 inches to 2 or 3 feet. Leaves 

 3 times divided, with deeply and acutely cut segments ; upper 

 leaves linear. Flowers large and bright yellow, on long panicled 

 stalks. Calyx spreading, but shorter than the petals. Common 

 in pastures everywhere. (E. B. t. 652.) P. vi. vn. 



9. R. repens (creeping C.) In pastures, very common. Roots 

 creeping. Stems about 1 foot high ; leaves with 3 stalked leaf- 

 lets, usually 3-lobed and cut. Flowers large and yellqw. Seed- 

 vessel hairy. Very abundant in pastures. (E. B. t. 516.) P. 

 V.-VIII. 



10. R. bulbosus (bulbous C.) In pastures, meadows, and 

 waste places. Stem from 6 inches to a foot high, thickened at 

 the base into a kind of bulb, hairy. Leaves smaller than those of ' 

 R. repens, divided into 3 segments which are more or less cut j 

 the upper leaves cut into linear segments. Stem many-flowered ; 

 flowers yellow. Torquay. Marychurch, etc., frequent. (E. B. t. 

 515.) P. v. 



11. R. hirsutus (pale hairy C.) In fields and waste places. 

 Plant much branched, 6 inches to 1 foot high ; much like the 

 last, but with leaves and flowers smaller, and the latter of a paler 

 yellow. Torre Abbey ditches. Marychurch. (E. B. t. 1504.) 

 A. vi.-x. 



12. R. parvifloms (small -flowered C.) In cornfields and 

 waste places. Plant from 2 or 3 inches to a foot high, with a 

 weak, decumbent or ascending stem ; whole plant hairy. Leaves 

 nearly round, on long stalks, the lower ones 5-lobed and cut, the 

 upper 3-lobed. Flowers yellow, small ; petals not longer than 

 the calyx. Road to Meadfoot. Pastures, etc., above Hope's 

 Nose. Warberry Hill, etc. (E. B. t. 120.) A. v. vi. 



13. R. arvensis (corn C.) Cornfields. Stem erect, branch- 

 ing, pale green, 6 to 18 inches high. Leaves divided into long 



