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J. RANUNCULACE^. 



\_Ranunculus. 



/3. receptacle ovato-conical, stigma ligulate, aclienes attenuated 

 towards the apex. (1. confusus, stamens longer than the head 

 of achenes. R. confusus, Godr. 2. Symei^ stamens short. 

 R. Baudotii Syme.) 



Lakes, ponds, and ditches. %, Fl. Spring and summer. This 



chiefly differs from the next by the larger flowers. In the above 

 varieties we have followed Mr. J. T. Syme, as by some they may be 

 deemed distinct species. The true R. Baudotii, Godr, appears to us 

 only another form of this variable species. 



4. R. tripartitus T>C.(t7iree'lohed Water C) ; stem floatinf^, 

 submersed leaves wanting or divided into capillary se^^-menrs 

 spreading in all directions, floating ones tripartite, their lobes 

 triangular-obovate 2 — 4-cleft, stipule-like appendages of upper 

 leaves almost free from the petiole, petals oblong (small) as 

 short as or twice as long as the calyx, receptacle of fruit hispid. 

 E. JB, S. t. 2946. ' 



Shallow ditches near Claremont House, Surrey; H, Watson. 

 Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire ; C. C, Bahington. If, or ? 



(Borrer,) 6, 7 Stamens few, 5 — 10. Submersed leaves always absent 



in English specimens. In deference to our friend Mr. Borrer's 

 opinion we have kept this and the last two species distinct : we ourselves, 

 however, are not convinced that the differences hitherto observed 

 are of more importance than to denote perhaps permanent varieties: 

 the present one has small flowers and forms the transition to the 

 two next, from which, along with all the preceding, it differs by the 

 hispid receptacle. De CandoUe himself was very doubtful as to its 

 claims to rank as a species. 



5..R. ccenosus Guss. (Mud C.) ; stem creeping or floating, 

 leaves roundish kidney-shaped with 3—5 notched lobes, petals 

 oblong about twice longer than the calyx, receptacle of fruit 

 glabrous. R. Lenormandi F. W. Schultz : E. B. S. t. 2930. 



Shallow water in various places in England ; Sussex, Plymouth, 

 Surrey, Needham Forest in Staffordshire Charnwood Forest in 

 Leicestershire, and head of Coniston Water in Lancashire. Dum- 

 fnes-shire and about Glasgow in Scotland, i;. 6—S. — The stt/le Is 

 said to be terminal in this species, lateral in the next : this is some- 

 times true, but is certainly not constant ; and we cannot discover any 

 other^ good grounds for keeping it distinct. About Glasgow it is 

 principally met with in ditches where the temperature is raised by 

 warm condensed steam from the engines of collieries, and where 

 formerly i?, hederaceus only occurred. 



6. E. hederaceus L. (Ivy C.) ; stem submersed and throwing 

 out roots or creeping, leaves roundish kidney-shaped with 3—5 

 rounded entire lobes, petals (small) narrow scarcely longer than 

 the calyx or sometimes twice as long, stamens 5 — 12, receptacle 

 of fruit glabrous. E. B. t. 2003. 



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