PL ex. thai. 85. RANUNCULACEiE. 465. Ranun. 719 



Ranunculus nemorosus dulcis, secundus Tragi, Itaii Sun. 248; Park. 

 326. 



llanunculus auricomus, Ger. cm, 954, 7 ; Lin. S. P. 775. 

 Ranunculus polymorplius, Allioni Ped. 1449. 

 Ranunculus mitis, Gilibert in Ulst. Del. 2,420. 

 Ranunculus variifolius, Salisb. Prod, 1, 373. 

 Sweet icild crowfoot. Golden locks. 



Damp fields and shady places ; perennial ; April to July. 

 Stem 2 feet high, branched ; sepales coloured, edge some- 

 times dilated; petals sometimes 0. — Herb mild. 



c. Flowers yellow j leaves toothed, or not cut ; root fibrous. 



9. Ranunculus reptans. Creeping crowfoot. 

 Leaves linear, not in the least cut, bald; stem creeping, 



emitting a root at each joint. 



Ranunculus reptans, Lin, S. P. 773. 

 Ranunculus Flammula, Smith Fl. Brit, 5S7. 



Sides of Alpine lakes ; perennial ; June to August. 

 Stem threadlike, creeping; leaves nearly threadlike; 

 Jlowers solitary, small, yellow. 



10. Ranunculus Jiammeus. Flame crowfoot. 

 Leaves bald, linear, lanceolate, slightly ovate, scarcely 



cut ; lower leaves petioled ; stem lying down, many, slightly 

 rooting at bottom; peduncles opposite to the leaves; ca- 

 riopsides smooth. 



Ranunculus flammeus minor, Raii Syn. 250,7 ; Ger. em, 961,2. 

 Ranunculus flammeus minoi', sive ani;ustifolius, Park, 1214. 

 Ranunculus Flammula, Lin. S, P. 772. 

 Small spear wort. Bane leort. 



Bogs and meadows; perennial; July to September, 

 Stem 2 feet high ; leaves bald, slender ; Jlowers rich, 

 shining yellow.— Herb acrid, poisonous to sheep ; the dis- 

 tilled water is emetic, acting instantly. 



/3. serratus. Leaves nearly lanceolate, serrated. 



Ranunculus flammeus serratus, Ger. em. 962, 3. 



y. Qvatus. Leaves mostly ovate, petioled. 



Ranunculus Flammula, Poiret Diet. 6, 98. 

 Hauunculus ovatus, Persoon Enck, 2, 102. 



11. Ranunculus lo?igifolius. Lojig-leaved crowfoot. 

 Leaves lanceolate, slightly serrate, sessile, nearly em- 

 bracing the stem ; stem upright, bald. 



