﻿189O.I 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  307 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  latter, 
  and 
  it 
  affects 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  conditions 
  of 
  

   soil 
  and 
  dampness, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  muddy, 
  

   or 
  with 
  less 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel. 
  The 
  stems 
  are 
  small, 
  creep- 
  

   ing 
  about 
  and 
  rooting 
  at 
  the 
  joints. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  

   dissected, 
  but 
  are 
  reniform, 
  and 
  usually 
  three 
  to 
  five-cleft. 
  

   The 
  flowers 
  are 
  small, 
  from 
  a 
  fourth 
  toa 
  half 
  inch 
  in 
  diam- 
  

   eter, 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  and 
  of 
  eight 
  to 
  ten 
  parts. 
  In 
  the 
  bud 
  

   tliree 
  of 
  these 
  enclose 
  the 
  rest, 
  making 
  an 
  outer 
  whorl 
  of 
  

   three 
  which 
  I 
  take 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  sepals, 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  edges 
  imbri- 
  

   cate 
  and 
  one 
  valvate 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  spaced, 
  as 
  figured 
  by 
  Eichler' 
  

   for 
  R, 
  Ficaria 
  and 
  the 
  involucre 
  of 
  Anemone 
  Hepatica, 
  

   tliough 
  not 
  as 
  in 
  La 
  Maout 
  et 
  Decaisne,^ 
  where 
  the 
  three 
  are 
  

   figured 
  as 
  imbricating. 
  The 
  next 
  whorl 
  is 
  of 
  three, 
  alternat- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  the 
  sepals. 
  The 
  succeeding 
  parts 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  ex- 
  

   actly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Ficaria 
  group, 
  being' 
  more 
  developed 
  on 
  one 
  

   side 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  other, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  deviation 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   due 
  to 
  the 
  immaturity 
  of 
  the 
  material, 
  the 
  buds 
  being 
  studied 
  

   after 
  my 
  return 
  and 
  not 
  from 
  fresh 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  as 
  

   this 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  did 
  not 
  at 
  first 
  attract 
  attention, 
  

   though 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  dried 
  buds 
  were 
  analyzed. 
  This 
  

   should 
  be 
  looked 
  into 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  can 
  have 
  access 
  to 
  abun- 
  

   dance 
  of 
  material. 
  The 
  fruit 
  also 
  does 
  not 
  agree 
  very 
  well 
  

   with 
  that 
  of 
  R. 
  multifidus. 
  Aside 
  from 
  its 
  much 
  smaller 
  size. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  recurved 
  or 
  uncinate 
  beak. 
  I 
  looked 
  for 
  R. 
  multifi- 
  

   dus 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  stream, 
  thinking 
  this 
  might 
  be 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  

   that 
  plant, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  anv, 
  nor 
  did 
  I 
  meet 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  any 
  

   place 
  about 
  town. 
  The 
  question 
  whether 
  the 
  two 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  species 
  will 
  bear 
  further 
  investigation. 
  The 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Manual 
  varies 
  somewhat 
  from 
  

   that 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  preceding, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  the 
  upper 
  leaves 
  

   .^re 
  reduced 
  to 
  oblong 
  or 
  linear 
  bracts. 
  The 
  terminal 
  divis- 
  

   ion 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  is 
  three-lobed, 
  the 
  latter 
  generally 
  two-lobed 
  

   01- 
  cleft, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  leaves 
  are 
  mostly 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  o 
  he 
  

   terminal 
  division, 
  which 
  rarely 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  lobe, 
  

   ^'ke 
  an 
  oblong 
  bract. 
  The 
  mass 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  is 
  quite 
  uni- 
  

   ^ormin 
  shape 
  and 
  lobation, 
  the 
  tendency 
  being 
  to 
  a 
  ternate 
  

   fiivision 
  both 
  of 
  main 
  and 
  secondary 
  parts. 
  

  

  Another 
  of 
  the 
  Rammctilaccce 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  common 
  in- 
  

   terest 
  was 
  Caltha 
  natans 
  Pallas, 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  it 
  

   ^as 
  hitherto 
  been 
  known 
  in 
  North 
  America 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   f 
  ntish 
  America, 
  and 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Hooker 
  and 
  R^^ha 
  d- 
  

   ^^g^j^^s^cr 
  eeping 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  d 
  eep 
  sphagnou^_bogs- 
  

  

  ^Bliithendiagrammi,-, 
  II 
  Theil, 
  fig. 
  60, 
  63. 
  

   'Trails 
  de 
  Botanique, 
  p. 
  391. 
  

  

  