THALAMIFLOR^E. 



ANEMONE. ANEMONE. 



A. nemorosa (ivood A.) Moist woods and pastures and on 

 high mountains. Plant consisting of 2 or 3 root-leaves and a 

 single flower-stalk. Leafstalks long, with 3 ovate leaflets, lobed, 

 or sometimes divided into 3 similarly shaped segments. Flower- 

 stalk from 3 to 8 inches high ; flowers large and white, tinged 

 with purple on the outside. Bradley Woods. Near Totness. 

 Berry Pomeroy. Lane leading to Gldleigh, near Chagford. (E. 

 B. t. 355.) P. m.-v. 



RANUNCULUS. CROWFOOT, SPEARWORT. 



1. R. circinatus (rigid-leaved Water (7.) Lakes, ponds, 

 and ditches. Closely resembling the following, and doubtful 

 whether it should be considered as distinct from it. All the 

 leaves with shorter segments, spreading in all directions. Flowers 

 large. Near Barton. (E. B. S. t. 2869.) P. vi.-vm. 



2. R. aquatilis (common Water C.) Ponds, lakes, and 

 ditches. Plant either creeping in mud or floating in water, very 

 variable in appearance. When floating, the lower and sometimes 

 all the leaves remain under-water; leaves divided into 3 or 5 

 wedge-shaped or rounded lobes, those submerged linear ; flowers 

 white, with their petals larger than the calyx. Forde bog, near 

 Newton. Groodrington marsh. Biver Dart. (Bovey Heath, near 

 the coal-pit, Fl. -D.) (E. B. t. 101.) P. vi.-vm. 



3. R. hederaceus (Ivy C.) In wet places and shallow pools 

 of water. All the leaves spread on the mud or floating, rounded 

 or kidney- shaped, smooth and succulent, on long leafstalks. 

 Flowers small and white. Cockington. Paignton. Forde bog, 

 near Newton. (E. B. t. 2003.) P. vi.-ix. 



4. R. Flammula (lesser Spearwort.) Sides of lakes and in 

 ditches. Stem more or less prostrate at the base, rooting at the 

 joints and sending up stems about a foot high, with long lance- 

 shaped leaves ; flowers on long flower-stalks, of a bright yellow 

 hue. Forde bog, near Newton. Bovey Heath. (E. B. t. 387.) 

 P. vi.-vm. 



5. R. Ficaria (Pilewort (?., lesser Celandine.) On banks, in 

 pastures, woods and bushy places, abundant. Plant with radical 

 heart-shaped leaves, crenated, smooth, and shining. Flower- 

 stem bearing one or two stalked leaves, flowers yellow, with an 

 almost metallic lustre. Very common in the lanes about Torquay 

 and Cockington. (E. B. t. 584) P. in.-v. 



