716 465, Ranim. 85. RANUNCULACEiE. PL ex. thai 



a* Ranunculus. Flowers yellow : leaves laid, many-cut, 

 toothed; roots fibrous, annual; cariopsides tuber cidar or 

 spinous on both sides. 



1 . Ranuncidus parvijlorus. Smallflowered croivfoot. 

 Ijeaves villous, round, 3-lobed, large-toothed or cut; 



stem lying down, soft haired; peduncles opposite to the 

 leaves ; calyx equal to the petals, becoming reflected ; ca- 

 riopsides granularly tuberculated. 



Ranunculus hirsutiis annuus flore ininimo, Rail Syn. 248,5. 

 Ranunculus parviflorus, Lin. S. P. 780. 

 1 Ranunculus muricatus, 3Icench. Meth. 215, 

 Hairy croicfoot. 



Fields and hedges on gravel ; annual ; May and June. 



Stem branched, leafy; leaves longly petioled, uppermost 

 leaves lanceolate, not in the least cut ; ^oit'er^ very small; 

 petals yellow, oblong, sometimes 3 or 4, not longer than 

 the calyx; cariopsides 7 to 10, compressed, almost orbicu- 

 lar, crowned with a very short, nearly straight style. 



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2. Ranuncidus arvensis. Corn crowfoot. 

 Leaves bald ; seed-leaves toothed at the tip ; root-leaves 



S-parted ; stem-leaves many-cut, lobes linear ; stem upright, 

 many-flowered; cariopsides with long prickles on each 

 side. 



Ranunculus arvornm, Ruii Syn. 248; Ger. em. 951,3; Park. 328. 



Ranunculus arvensis, Lin. S. P. 780. 



Ranunculus echinatus, Crantz Auslr. 9, 118, nat of Ventenat.; 



Cornfields; annual; June. 



Stem much branched; /eaw5 rather bold; lobes oblong; 

 edge not cut, tip sharply cut; ^oit^er^ small; stamens!^ 

 or 14; cariopsides 6 or 7, large. — Herb acrid, poisonous to 

 sheep, 3 ounces of the juice killed a dog in 4 minutes. 



3. Raminculus hirsutus. Rough-haired crowfoot. 

 Leaves 3-lobed or 3-cut, lobes blunt, deeply toothed, the 



middle peduncled ; calyx turned back ; stem not bulbous 

 at bottom ; cariopsides with a single row of very small tu- 

 bercles round the edge. 



Ranunculus rectus pallidioribus foliis, Raii Syn. 247, 3. 

 Ranunculus bulbosus /3, Hudson Ft. Angl.2^\. 

 Ranunculus philonotis, Retz Oi*. 6,31. 

 Ranunculus agrarius, AH. Aucl. 27. 

 Ranunculus sardous, Crantz Austr. 2, 84. 

 Ranunculus pallidior, ViUars Dclp/i. 4, 751. 

 Ranunculus hirsutus, AUon Hort. Kew. 2,268. 

 Ranunculus pallidus, Russet in Schroder Jour. Bol. 1,425. 

 Jianunculus Palensis, Berg. Fl. Bass. Pijr. 2,405. 



