8. RANUNCULUS. 



27- Iiingna. Mower stalked, in a ter- 

 minal Pan. .Carpels smooth, with broad ensi- 

 form Beak. L. lanceolate, all nearly sessile, 

 subserrate. p. 7- Wet. Occ. 



28. fontanus. Mower-stalks solitary, op- 

 posite L. Carpels smooth. Beak very short. 

 Stem hollow, creeping. Root L. cordate, all 

 obtusely crenate. p. 6, 7- Aspramonte in 

 Cal. Nebrodes. 



ii. L. entire, or slightly lobed. B. grumose. 



29. bullatus. L. aU radical, obovate, 

 dentate, somewhat nerved. Scape 1-flowered. 

 p. 9, 10. Dry hills. Sic. Cors. Jap. 



30. Ficaria. Lower L. subrotundo-cor- 

 date, repand; upper angular. Sep. usually 3. 

 Pet. numerous, p. 4, 5. Moist meadows 

 and woods. 



31. Thora. No root L. Lower L. sub- 

 rotundo-reniform, nearly sessile, crenate, upper 

 incise. Stem 1-3-flowered. p. 5, 6. High 

 pastures. Jura. Pyr. Alps. Sil. Apen. 



32. hybridus. Root L. solitary on long 

 staUfs, inciso-lobate at top. Floral L. lan- 

 ceolate. Stem 1-3 -flowered, p. 5, 6. High 

 calc. stony, e. Alps. Abr. 



iii. L. divided. R. grumose. Stem scapelike, 

 nearly naked. 



33. flabellatus. Primary L. slightly 

 lobed, broader upwards, others tripartite. 

 Segments trifido-incise. Caqjels beaked, in 

 oblong heads. p. 4, 5. Hill pastures. 

 Capri. Sic. 



34. spicatus. All root L. pcltato-cor- 

 date, with 3-5 approximate lobes. Moral L. 3- 

 cleft. Segments linear, entire. Carpels iu a 

 cylindi'ical head. Beak recurved, p. 4, 5. 

 Sic. 



35. monspeliacus. Outer root L. cordate, 

 3-5 -lobed; inner ternate. Stem erect, few- 

 flowered. Cal. reflexed. Carpels in an oblong 

 head. Beak compressed, straight. p. 5, 6. 

 Rocky, open. mdt. F. 



36. illyricus. Outer root L. cuneate, 

 entire or three-cleft at top ; inner ternate. 

 Cal. reflexed. Carpel in an oblong head. 

 Beak ensifoim. p. 5, 6. Rocky hills, s. e. 

 G. It. 



37- cbseropbyllus. Outer L. ternate. 

 Segments once or twice tripartite. Neck of R. 

 covered with fibres. Stem 1-5 -flowered. 

 Carpels somewhat rough, in an oblong head. 

 Beak cm-ved at top. p. 5, 6. Dry. s. and w. 



F. It. Bertoloni says the primary L. are 



semicircular. 



38. ^ar^anicus. Root L. ternate and 

 bitemate. Neck of R. naked. Carpels smooth 

 or finely grained, in an oblong head. Beak en- 

 siform, cvurved at top. p. 5, 6. Mte. Gar- 

 gano. 



39. inillefoliatus. L. bipinnate. Seg- 

 ments pinnatifid, outer less divided. Neck of 

 R. naked. Cal. spreading. Carpels finely 

 dotted, in an oblong head. Beak very short, 

 revolute. p. 4, 5. Dry pastures. It. 



40. Agerii. Primary L. reniform, three- 

 lobed ; next trifid, both coarsely crenate ; latter 

 L. ternate. Segments pinnatifid. Cal. at last 

 reflexed. Carpels somewhat grained, in an 

 ovate head. Beak straight, p. 4, 5. Bologna. 



41. palustris. Root L. broadly cordate, 

 tripartite. Segments distant, 2 and 3-cleft, 

 acutely inciso-serrate. Cal. spreading. Car- 

 pels smooth, in a globular head. Beak short, 

 hooked, p. 5, 6. Cors. 



42. Balbisii. Root L. thick, broadly 

 cordate, tlu-ee-lobed, with coarse, blunt, un- 

 equal teeth. Cal. reflexed. Carpels smooth, in a 

 globular head. Beak very shoi"t, recm-ved. p. 

 5-7. Rills. ~~ ' 



Mt. Gennargentu. 



R. 



iv. L. compound, or deeply divided, 

 fibrous. Stem leafy. 

 a. Carpels without spines, tubercles, or 

 wrinkles. 

 * Fr.-stalks not furrowed. 



43. auricomus. Carpels velvety. Beak 

 curved almost fi-om the base. Sheaths from 

 R. all, or nearly all, leaf- bearing. Root L. 

 stalked, reniform, deeply three-cleft, p. 4, 5. 

 Shade. 



44. cassubicus. Caqoels velvety. Sheaths 

 from R. all, or nearly all, leafless. Root 

 L. stalked, reniform, crenate. p. 3, 4. Moist 

 shade. Sil. 



45. montanus. Carpels smooth, (as in 

 all the following species of this section.) Rec. 

 hairy. Root L. palmate ; segments obovate, 

 trifid. Lower stem L. 5-part. Divisions 

 oblongo-linear, palmato-divergent. p. 4. High. 

 Alps. Pyi-. 



46. Villarsii. Rec. hairy. Root L. 

 palmate. Segments obovate, trifid, acutely 

 dentate. Stem L. digitato-partite. Divisions 

 linear, not divergent. p. 6. Mountain 

 pastures, w. and s. jUps. Caxn. 



