10 



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J. fiANUNCULACE-E. 



{^Ranunculus, 



4 



11. R. *grammeus L. (grassy C.) ; leaves linear-lanceolate 

 striated entire, stem erect glabrous, scale of the nectary tubular 

 achenes irregularly wrinkled with a short recurved point rnnf 

 fascicled. ^. ^. t. 2306. ^ ' 



" Brought from North Wales by Mr. Pritchard." With. ^. 5, e. 



^ " (Pilewort C, lesser Celandine); leaves 



cordate petiolate angular or crenate, sepals 3, petals 9, achenes 

 smooth blunt. H. B. t. 584. Ficaria ranunculoides Be Q. 



Root consisting of 

 3 on the] -flowered 



Pastures, woods, bushy places, &cJ 2/., 3 — 5, 

 many long fasciculated knobs. ZeaiJcs petiolate, 2 

 stem. Flowers glossy, yellow. 



\ 



r-^ 



t f Leaves divided. Achenes smooth or wrinkled. Perennial, 



13. R. 



{Wood a.) 



ones reniform 3-partite and cut, stem-leaves divided to the base 

 mto linear subdentate segments, calyx pubescent shorter than 

 the petals, head of fruit globose, achenes downy. E.B. t. 624, 



Woods and coppices, not unfrequent. 1^. 4, 5, — Not acrid, as 

 most of the other Crowfoots. 



14. R. scelerdtus L. {Celery- leamd C) ; leaves glabrous, 

 radical ones petiolate tripartite, lobes cut very obtuse, upper 

 ones in 3 linear cut segments andreflexed calyx hairy, achenes 

 slightly wrinkled collected into an oblong head, receptacle hairy. 

 -E.jB. t. 681. 



Sides of pools and ditches. 11 . 5—9 Stem short, succulent, 1—2 



feet high. Lower leaves very broad and glossy. Flowers extremely 

 small, pale yellow. 



15. R. dcris L. {upright Meadow C); calyx spreading, 

 peduncles rounded (not furrowed), leaves tripartite their seg- 



. ments acute trifid and cut, upper ones linear, achenes and re- 

 ceptacle glabrous. E. B. t. 652. 



Meadows, pastures, and mountainous situations. 2f . 6, 7. 



{creep 



) 



stalks furrovved, scions creeping, leaves with 3 petiolated leaflets 

 which are 3-lobed or S-partite and cut, achenes collected into a 

 globose head glabrous, receptacle hairj. JE. B. t. 515. 



Pastures, too frequent. 1^. 5—8. —Well distinguished by Its 

 Creeping scions, and furrowed peduncles, 



17. K. bulbosus L. (bulbous C.) ; calyx hairy reflexed, pedun- 

 cles furrowed, stem upright many-flowered, leaves cut into 3 

 petiolate leaflets which are 8-lobed or 3-partite and cut, root 

 bulbous, achenes smooth, receptacle hairy. E. B. t. 515. 



Meadows and pastures, frequent. %, 5, 6.-^ Stem 1 ft. high, 



