PI. ex. thai. 85. RANUNCULACE^. 464.. Ficaria. 715 



C. Ranuncule^. j^stivalion of the calyx and corolla 

 imbricate; petals 5 to 15, with a scale at the inside of the 

 claw, sometimes 2-lipped, lips very unequal; a?it hers owatey 

 opening outwardly; cariops'ides many, mucronate; seeds 

 erect. — Stems herbaceous; leaves radical or alternate; in- 

 volucrum Qi Jlowers terminal, yellow. 



VIII. 464. FICARIA. Brunsfel. Pilewort. 

 Calyx 3-sepaled, deciduous; petals 9, pitted at the bot- 

 tom on the inside; stamens and ovaries many, indefinite; 

 cariopsides smooth, compressed, blunt. — Herb bald, peren- 

 nial; roots grumous; tubers reverse ovate, blunt; stem 

 branched, spreading; leaves petioled, heartshaped, rather 

 angular; peduncles 1-flowered, axillary, and terminal; se- 

 pales sometimes 5; petals 8 or 12. 



Ficaria ranunculoides. 'RununculusUke pilewort. 



i?oo^ grumous ; stem leafy; leaves heartshape. 



Cbelidonium minus. Rati Syn. 246; Ger.em. 816; Park. 617. 



Ranunculus Ficaria, Lin. S. P. 774. 



Ficaria ranunculoides, Mcench. Meth.2\b. 



Ficaria verna, Hudson Fl. ^ngl. 244. 



Ranunculus pra;cox, Salisb. Prod. 372. 



Ficaria communis, Dumeril Cours 4, 445. 



Little celandine. Figwort. Pilewort. 



Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; March to May. 



Stem long; Zeaw,y longly petioled, %hmmg ; floiuers yel- 

 low shining, becoming whitish at the tip ; varies with the 

 stem long or short; leaves entire or angled, heart or kid- 

 ney shape, with or without a black spot; «xi//« naked or 

 bulb-bearing; calyx 3 to 5-sepaled; petals 8 to 12. — Herb 

 mild, esculent as a potherb; juice of the roots used as a 

 lotion for the piles. \ 



IX. 465. RANUNCULUS. Pliny. Cfoufoot. 

 Ca/7/j: 5-sepaled ; sepales deciduous without separating 



at bottom; petals 5 or 10, with a nectariferous scale or pit 

 at the base; stamens and ovaries many, indefinite ; cariopsides 

 ovate, si ighly compressed, smooth, or prickly, not streaked; 

 ending in a short horn; disposed. — .Sz'em cylindrical; pe- 

 duncles terminal or axillary ; jiowers white or yellow. 



