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4. R. Ficaria. Pilewoit Crowfoot. Lesser Celandine. 



Leaves heart-shaped, angular, stalked, smooth. Petals nu- 

 merous, elliptic-oblong. 



R. Ficaria. Linn. Sp. PI. 77 A. Willd.v.2.l3l2. H.Br. 589. 



Engl. Bot.v.d.t. 584. Curt.Lnnd.fasc. 2. t. 39. Mart. Rust. t.2]. 



Hook.Scot.l7 4. Fl.Dan.t.499. Bull.Fr.t. 43. Ehrh.Fl.Off.376. 

 Ficana. Brunf. Herb. V. I. 2l5.f. 

 F. n. 1 1 60. Hall. Hist. v. 2.67. 

 F. verna. Huds. 244. 

 F. ranunculoides. Roth Germ. v.\ .241. v.2.p. ]. 622. DeCand. 



Sijst.v. 1.304. 

 Chelidonium minus. Raii Sijn.246. Ger. Em.8\6.f. Trag. Hist. 



1 13./. Fuchs. Hist. 867. f. Matth. Valgr. v. 1. 578./. Corner. 



Epit. 403./. Dalech. Hist. 1048./. Cord. Hist. 121, 2. f. 



In meadows, bushy places, and about hedge banks, every where. 



Perennial. April. 



Root fibrous, accompanied with many fleshy, oblong, annual knobs. 

 Herb smooth, of a bright shining green, rather succulent. Stems 

 either erect or recumbent, from 3 to 1 inches long, branched, 

 leafy. Leaves alternate, stalked, heart-shaped, angular or wavy 

 at the margin, sometimes spotted with black. Footstalks longer 

 than the leaves ; dilated, membranous and sheathing at the 

 base. Fl. terminal, solitary, on long stalks. Cal. of 3, rarely 

 more, roundish, concave leaves. Pet. elliptic-oblong, generally 

 9, often 8 or 10, of a golden yellow, as if varnished ; turning 

 white by the action of light. Nect. a small hollow in the base of 

 each petal, closed with a scale. 



Those who retain Ficaria as a genus, should observe that Hud- 

 son's name verna, published in 1 762, is prior to ranunculoides, 

 and in every respect more eligible ; the latter being a barbarous 

 jumble of Latin and Greek, such as too often disgraces our sci- 

 ence. It ought to have been ranunculinus. 



** Leaves lobed, or cut. 



5. R. auricomus. Wood Crowfoot. Goldilocks. 



Radical leaves kidney-shaped, deeply three-cleft, notched ; 

 stem-leaves divided to the base into linear segments. Stem 

 many -flowered. Calyx coloured. 



R. auricomus. Linn.Sp.Pl.775. Willd.v.2. 1314. H.Br. 590. 



Engl.Bot.v.9.t.62i. Curt. Lond.fasc.2.t.4\ . Hook. Scot.\74. 



DeCand. Syst. v. 1 . 266. Fl. Dan. t. 665. Ger. Em. 954./. 

 R. n. 1177. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 76. 



R. nemorosus dulcis, secundus Tragi. Raii Syn. 248. 

 R. dulcis, seu pratensis Trag. Hist. 97./. 

 R. prima species sylvestris. Fuchs. Hist. 156./. Dalech. Hist. 1029./. 



