718 465.1lanun. 85. RANUNCULACE^. PL ex. thai 



side segments sometimes sessile; upper surface very smooth, 

 dark green, spotted with black or white, sometimes downy, 

 or spotless ; segments 3-cut or 3-parted, sometimes many- 

 cut; Jioiuers often double or proliferous from the centre. 



6. Ranunculus acris. Acrid crowfoot. 

 Leaves downy or nearly bald, palmately parted ; lobes 



deeply toothed, acute; upper lobes linear; slem upright, 

 many-fiowered, slightly downy ; peduncles cylindrical ; calyx 

 villous ; cariopsides terminated by a nearly straight mucro. 



Ranunculus pratensis erectus acris, Raii Syn. 248, 4. 

 Ranunculus surrectis cauliculis, Ger. em. 931, 2. 

 Rnnunculus pratensis cieclus acris vulgaris, Park. 329. 

 Ranunculus acris, Lin. S. P. 779. 

 Ranunculus napellifolius, var. Crantz Austr, 2,90. 

 Upright meadow crowfoot. 



Fields and pastures; perennial; May to July. 



Stem 2 feet high, branched above; hairs pressed to the 

 stem ; leaves spotless, sometimes with a black spot in the 

 middle; flowers often double. 



7. Ranunculus sceleratus. Wicked crowfoot. 

 Leaves bald ; root-leaves petioled, 3-parted ; lobes 



3-lobed, slightly and bluntly cut; uppermost leaves three- 

 parted, lobes oblong, linear, not cut; foral-leaves oblong; 

 mlyx bald ; cariopsides very small, forming an oblong spike. 



Ranunculus palustris, Raii Syn. 249, 1. 

 Ranunculus palustris rotundi-folius, Ger. em. 962,4. 

 Ranunculus palustris Sardonius liEvis, Park. 1215. 

 Ranunculus sceleratus, Lin. S. P. 776. 

 Round-leaved water crowfoot. Celery-leaved crowfoot. 



Watery places ; annual ; June to August. 



Herb pale green; stem thick, ]mcy ; Jioivers small; petals 

 scarcely longer than the calyx; stamens 8 to 12; cariopsides 

 very numerous, smooth, deciduous! — Herb corrosive, ul- 

 cerating the places to which it is applied. 



(3. minimus. Stem very short; root-leaves 3-cut; fruit 

 ovate. 



y. suhmersus. Leaves all under water, translucid, mem- 

 branaceous; lobes long. 



8. Ranunculus auricomus. Golden-haired crowfoot. 

 Leaves bald ; root-leaves petioled, heartshape, generally 



3-parted or 3-lobed ; stem-leaves parted into linear lobes, 

 sometimes slightly toothed ; calyx downy, shorter than the 

 petals. 



