RANUNCULACEiE. 



7. Bachii. Carpels apiciJate, in oblong 

 heads ! Segments of lower L. nearly parallel. 

 p. Sayn. — Wirtgen. 



B. Nect. memlranous. Carpels not wrinlded, 

 the narrow keel prolonged into a Beak. 

 i. L. divided, not nerved. Fl. white. 



8. rutifolius. Cal. smooth. Pet. 8-10, 

 with a darker claw. Root L. hipinnate. 

 Lts. tripartite. Stem 1-3-llowered. p. 7j 8. 

 Snowy, e. Alps. 



9. anemonoides. Cal. smooth. Tet. 

 linear, oblong. Root L. biternate. Lts. tri- 

 pai-tito-mnltilid ; divisions linear. Stem with 

 1 or 2 L. p. 3, 4. Fine-woods. Upper Styr. 

 and lower Austria. 



10. Seguieri. Cal. smooth. Pet. ronnded, 

 obovate. Root L. palmato-multifid ; outline 

 cordato-subrotund ; divisions acuminate. Stem 

 1-3 -flowered. Beak of Fr. slender, hooked. 

 p. 7, 8. Very high Alps. Rare. 



11. aconitifolius. Cal. smooth. L. pal- 

 mato-partite, divisions trifid, acuminate, inciso- 

 serrate. Stem many-flowered. Beak of Fr. . 

 slender, hooked, p. 5-8. Woody mns. 



a. Root L. 3-5 -part. Bracts lanceolate, 

 serrate. Stem slender, hairless. 



p. heterophyllus. Lap. Root L. tripartite. 

 Bracts lanceolate, serrate. Stem stout, 

 villous. 



7. platanifolius. Root L. 5-7 -partite. Seg- 

 ments acuminate. Bracts linear, entire. 



S. dealhatus. Lap. L. hoary beneath. 



13. Traunfellneri. Cal. smooth. Stalk 

 furrowed. Root L. tripartite; outKne reniform; 

 middle division tiifid; lateral deeply cloven. 

 Stem with 1 Fl. and usually 1 linear un- 

 divided Leaf. p. 6. Stony, e. Alps. 



13. alpestris. Cal. smooth. Stalk fur- 

 rowed. Root L. cordato-subrotund, 3-5 -cleft. 

 Divisions obovate, inciso-crenate at top. Stem 

 with 1 Fl. and one 3-cleft, or linear undivided 

 L. p. 7, 8. High. Alps. Jm'a. Pyi'. 



14. crenatus. Cal. smooth. Stalk foi-- 

 rowed. Root L. subrotund or reniform, un- 

 divided, or ttree-lobed at top ; upper crena- 

 tm'es larger. Stem with about 1 FL, and 1 

 linear, undivided L. p. 8. Fligh moist granite 

 rocks. Styria. 



15. glacialis. Cal. covered with dark 

 hairs. Root L. ternate, tripartito-midtifid. 

 Stem 1-5 -flowered. Beak of Fr. straight, p. 

 7, 8. Snowy. Alps. 



ii. Outer L. nearly or quite entire, nerved. 

 Fl. while, e.ccept in gramincus. 



16. lacerus. L. cuneate, laciniate at 

 top. Stem smooth, branched, many-flowered. 

 Cal. adpresscd. Pet. white, p. 6, 7- Rich 

 jxisiures. Alps of Dau. VaUais. Perhaps a 



hybrid. 



17. magellensis. Root L. reniformi-se- 

 micircular, obtusely toothed, the upper teeth 

 larger. Scape 1 -flowered. Beak of Car-pels 

 subulate, recurved, p. 7. Abr. 



18. pamassifolius. Root L. cordate, 

 quite entii-e. Stem L. few, sessile ; upper 

 lanceolate. Style recurved, p. 6, 7- Snowy. 

 Alps. Pyi'. 



19. amplexicaulis. L. ovato-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, amplexicaul. Flower-stalks 

 haiiless. p. 6, 7- High wet rocks. Alps. Pyr. 



20. pyrenseus. L. lanceolate, not am- 

 plexicaul. Flower-stalks cottony at top. Styles 

 slender, hooked, p. 6, 7. Very high moist. 

 Alps. Pyr. 



/3. bupleurif alius. Lap. L. lanceolate. Stem 

 1-flowered. 



■y. plantagineus, Allioni. L. eUiptico-lan- 

 ceolate. Stem many-flowered. 



21. angustifolius. L. Eneari -lanceolate, 

 not amplexicaul. Flower-stall^s haiiiess. Styles 

 straight, conical, p. 6, 7- Very high. Mt. 

 Louis in Pyi'. 



22. gramineus. L. lineari-lanceolate, 

 quite entire. Stem and flower-stalks hairless. 

 Beak very short, recurved, p. 5, 6. Warm 

 sands, m. and s. Fr. Vail. n. It. Sard. 



C. Nect. a fleshy scale. Carpels bordered. 

 Fl. yellow. 

 i. L. undivided, R. fibrous. 



23. laterifiorus. Fl. sessile, axillary, or 

 opposite L. Cai-pels grained, with a long beak. 

 a. 3-5. Marshes. Cal. Sic. 



24. nodiHorus. Flower sessile, opposite 

 L. Carpels grained. Beak very short, a. 5, 6. 

 Wet. Fontainebleau. Anjou. 



25. ophioglossifolius. Fl. stallied, in 

 a terminal Pan. Carpels somewhat tuber- 

 cled, \'\T[th a short point. Lower L. cordate. 

 Stem hoUow. a. 5, 6. Wet. w. and s. F. It. 



26. Flamiuula. Fl. staUced, in a tei-mi- 

 nal Pan. Carpels smooth, \iith a short point. 

 Lower L. ovate or lanceolate, p. 6-9. Wet. 



;8. reptans. L. naiTow, lanceolate, quite en- 

 tire. Stem creeping. 



