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tacle. — Xame juvc, i^vog^ a wiow^e, and ovpa^ a te7; from the 

 elongated receptacle or the germens of seed-vessels. 



1. M. minimus L. (commGu M.) E\ B, t. 435. 



Corn-fields and waste places in England, in a gravelly or chalky 

 soil. North of Ireland. ©• 4—6. — A ^small plant, from 2—6 

 inches in height. Leaves erect narrow, linear-spathulate, fleshy.' 

 Scapes slender bearing a single, small, greenish flower. Receptacle 

 o(achenes at first short, then lengthening to from 1 — 3 inches. 



6. Ranunculus Linn, Crowfoot, Spearwort. 



CaL of 5 (rarely 3) sepals, not prolonged at the base. PeL 

 5 (rarely many), with a nectary at the base. Achehes without 

 awns. [In the pore or nectary of the petals of this, and of 



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petals are more altered in shape.] 



these plants delighting to grow where frogs abound. 



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* Achenes conspicuously transversely wrinkled. Petals white, nectary 



without a scale. 



■■ 1. 'R.Jluitans Lam. (River C) ; stem floating, leaves all sub- 

 mersed capillaceo-multifid, their segments very long and parallel, 

 petals obovate much larger than the calyx, receptacle of fruit 

 hispid. P. B. S. t. 2870. 



Lakes, rivers, and canals, in deep water. If . 6, 7. 



2. R. circindtus Sibth. (rigid-leaved Water C.) ; stem floating, 

 leaves all submersed flat roundish capillaceo-multifid their seg- 

 pients spreading all in the same plane, petals obovate much 

 larger than the calyx, receptacle of fruit hispid. E, B, S. t. 

 2869. 



Lakes, ponds, and ditches. 1(1. 6 — 8, — Whatever be thought of 



the last species we cannot believe this to be distinct from the fol- 

 lowing. 



3. B..aqudtiUs'L. (common Water C.) ; stem floating submersed, 

 leaves capillaceo-multifid, their segments spreading in all direc- 

 tions and forming a globular mass, floating leaves trifid or tri- 

 partite (occasionally wanting) their lobes cut or crenated, 

 stipule-like appendages of upper leaves adhering to the petiole, 

 petals obovate (usually much) larger than the calyx, receptacle 

 of fruit hispid. — a. receptacle globose, stigma round. «. petals 

 large contiguous, floating leaves usually present. E, B. t. 

 101. ^ (1. heterophy lilts, achenes attenuated at the apex, upper 

 margin curved. — 2. suhpeltatus^ achenes rounded at the apex, 

 upper margin nearly straight and terminated by the stigma) 

 6. trichophyllus^ petals small apart, floating leaves absent. — 



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