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crenated or lobed at the tip. Stipules of the upper leaves broad, 
with free rounded auricles, those of the lower leaves narrow and 
almost entirely adnate. Peduncles narrowing upwards, very long. 
Petals about twice as long as the calyx. Stamens indefinite 
(usually), shorter than the head of pistils. Style conspicuous. 
Stigma ligulate. Achenes small, very numerous, closely packed in 
a shortly ovoid-conical head; their inner edge straight nearly to the 
tip, their outer edge convex. Receptacle elongate-conical, pointed, 
slightly hispid. 
Var. a. vulgaris. 
Pirate XXII. 
Ranunculus Baudotii, Bab. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. ii. Vol. XVI. p. 395; and Man. Brit. 
Bot. ed. v. p. 7. Gr. & Godr, Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 21. Boreau, Fl. du Cent. de 
la Fr. ed. iii. Vol. II. p. 10. 
Stamens shorter than the head of pistils. 
Var. 6. confusus. 
Pruate XXIII. 
Ranunculus confusus (God7.), Bab. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. ii. Vol. XVI. p. 394 ; and Man. 
Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 6. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 22. Boreau, Fl. du Cent, 
de la Fr. ed. iii. Vol. IT. p. 10. 
Stamens longer than the head of pistils. 
In ponds and ditches of brackish water; also in fresh water. 
Probably frequent along the coast throughout Britain, although 
Guillon ponds in Haddingtonshire is the most northerly locality 
yet recorded for 2, and Duddingston Loch, near Edinburgh, for . 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual (certainly), or Perennial ? 
Summer to Autumn. 
Stem branched, floating. Stipules membranous, whitish ; the 
upper ones rather broad, with short free rounded auricles, the lower 
ones narrower, entirely adnate. Submerged leaves more or less 
distinctly stalked, bright green, divided into short, firm, capillary 
segments ; first trifarcate, matls the central segment very much 
smaller than the others, afterwards hifurcate. Floating leaves 
on long stalks, the outline of the laminz usually semicircular, 
tripartite, with deeply crenated or lobed segments, separated by 
a broadly triangular sinus, the basal margins slightly rounded ; 
sometimes the floating leaves consist of three stalked w edge- shaped 
segments, deeply cut at the ¢ apex. Upper internodes of the stem 
at first very short, so that the peduncles are crowded together au 
the top of the stem while flowering. Peduncles thick, tapering 
considerably upwards, curved downwards after flowering, the 
curvature greatest towards the base ; often twice or thrice as long 
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