PI. ex. thai. 85. RANUNCULACEiE. 466. Batrach. 723 



Ranunculus q. Millefolium maratriph}<I]uni fluitans, ranuiiculo sive po- 

 lyanthemo nquatili albo affine J. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 250, 6. 



Ranunculus fluitans, Fl. Ban, 376. 



Ranunculus peucedanifolius^ ^llioni Ped. 1469. 



Ranunculus peucedanoides, Desfont. Fl.Atl. I,444i 

 , Ranunculus fluviatilis, Willdenow S. P. 2, 1333. 



Ranunculus aquatilis 8, Smith Fl. Brit. 396. 



Ranunculus panthothrix peucedanifolius, Be Cand. Syst, Nat, 1, 236. 



Rivers and running waters ; perennial ; May and June. 

 Segments of the leaves very long. — Herb mild, like the 

 preceding. 



XL 467. MYOSURUS. Dodonseus. Mouse-tail 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; sepales produced beyond the insertion ; 

 petals 5, claws threadshape, tubular ; stamens 5 to 20 ; 

 ovaries many; cariopsides many, 3-sided, pointed, with a 

 straight style, very crowded, forming a very long spike. — 

 Plants herbaceous; root fibrous, annual; caudex simple, 

 upright, tufted; leaves linear, not cut; scape 1-flowered, as 

 long as the leaves, thickened. 



Myosurus Europcea. European mouse-taiL 



Myosuros, Raii Syn, 231. 



Cauda muris, Ger. em. 426, 4. 



Holosteum Loniceri, Cauda muris vocatum, Park 500. 



Myosurus minimus, Lin. S. P, 407. 



Gravelly fields ; annual ; May. 



Scapes 3 to 6 from the same root ; leaves sometimes 

 slightly hairy ; powers pale yellow ; petals rarely anther- 

 like. 



D. Anemoneje. Estivation of the calyx and corolla 

 imbricate ; petals flat, or ; cariopsides often tailed. — Plants 

 herbaceous; roots grumose or bundled; leaves radical or 

 alternate. 



XII. 468. ADONIS. Matthioli. Maithes. 



Calyx 5-sepaled, closed together; sepales sometimes en- 

 larged at the bottom; petals 5 to 15, claw naked; stamens 

 many, inserted at the bottom of the gynophore; ovaries 

 many ; cariopsides many, aggregated in an ovate or cylin- 

 drical spike, 1-seeded, bald, terminated by a straight, co- 

 nical style. — Plants herbaceous, caulescent; root annual, 

 fusiform ; stem-leaves pinnatedly parted ; lobes many-cut ; 

 segments linear; involucrum 0; flowers small, red or yellow. 



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