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a pale green. The leaves on it are fmall, and 
deeply divided. 
The flowers are Jarge, and of a fine glofly yel- 
low, and have tufts of yellow threads in the 
middle. : 
The feeds ftand naked in a ‘fmall roundith 
clufter. 
This greatly refembles the common creeping 
crowfoot , but its ftalks are all erect, and it does 
not root at the joints. The leaves alfo are 
paler and more hairy, and the flowers larger 
than in that fpecies. 
It is frequent in wet places near the fea, and 
flowers in May. ; 
J. Bauhine calls it Ranunculus reétus foliis palli- 
dioribus birfutus, 
4. Tall Crowfoot. 
Ranunculus erefius foliis multifidis. 
The root confifts of fibres, thick, numerous, 
and whitifh, 
The leaves that rife from it are large, and of 
a pale green: they ftand on very long foot- 
ftalks, and are each deeply divided, not into, 
three parts, as thofe of the three preceding fpe- 
cies, but into five, feven, or more; and thefe are 
again deeply indented. The whole leaf has a fi- 
gure nearly rounded. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and three 
feet high. 
The leaves on it are divided into fmaller parts, 
and fewer than thofe from, «1: root. 
The flowers are numerous, moderately large, 
and yellow. Z ‘ 
The feeds ftand in fimall roundifh naked heads, 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ranunculus pratenfis ereétus 
acris ; and moft others have followed him. 
5. Little flowered Crowfoot. 
Ranunculus hirfutus annus flore minimo. 
The root is a tuft of fmall fibres rifing from a 
little head. 
The leaves which rife from it are fmall, hairy, 
and of a pale green. They ftand on footftalks an 
inch and a half long, and are cut deeply into three 
parts, though not down to the ftalk. Thefe di- 
vifions are alfo notched at the edges. 
The ftalks are numerous, flender, weak, and 
hairy : they lie upon the ground,,or rife but 
weakly from it. 
The leaves on them ftand irregularly, and are 
altogether like thofe from the root, but fmaller, 
The flowers are very fmall, and of a faint yel- 
low, and the leaves of the cup frequently appear 
between them: there is a little tuft of threads 
in the centre. The flowers are feldom feen en- 
“tire, the petals adhering but weakly at their 
bafe. 
The feeds are fmall, and ftand in a little 
clufter. 
Tt is common on dry banks, and flowers in 
June. 
Plakenet calls it Ranunculus hirfutus annus flore 
minimo. Nlorifon, Ranunculus arvenfis hirfutus 
annuus flore omnium minimo. 
Linneus thinks this the fame with the third 
foreign fpecies 5 but it is quite difting, 
vaticus folio rotundo. 
6. Wood-Crowfoot, 
Ranunculus nemorofus foliis fubrotundis. 
In many of the crowfoots the leaves which grow 
on the ftalk differ greatly from thofe that rife 
from the root ; but in none fo much as this, 
The root is a tuft of long flender whitifh fibres, 
of a lefs acrid tafte than the others. 
The leaves that rife from it ftand on very long 
footftalks . they are of a roundifh figure, often 
entire, fometimes divided more or lefs deeply into 
five or more parts, and always notched at the edge, 
The ftalks are tolerably upright, round, weak, 
and a foot and a half high: they are divided into 
many branches, and fupport many flowers. 
The leaves on them are cut fo deeply, that each 
appears compofed of five or more long and nar- 
row ones, Thefe are of a pale green, and not 
indented, 
The flowers are moderately large, and of a 
bright yellow. 
The feeds follow in a {mall longifh clufter. 
The flower in this plant is rarely feen entire, 
for the petals hang very loofe, and often one falls 
before the reft are difclofed. 
“It is common in fhady places, and flowers in ~ 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ranunculys nemorofus vel fyl- 
bao J. Bauhine, Ranunculus 
rotundifolius vernus fylvaticus. 
7. Corn-Crowfoor. 
Ranunculus feminibus afperis. 
The root is compofed of many whitifh fibres. 
The leaves that rife from it are fmall, and very 
deeply divided : they ftand on long footftalks, 
and are of a pale green. 
The ftalk is thick, firm, upright, and two feet 
high. ' 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are very 
deeply divided into numerous, flender, pointed 
fegments, 
The flowers ftand on the tops of the branches : 
and are of a bright yellow, moderately large. and 
have a tuft of threads in the centre, 4 
The feeds ftand in a fmall head 
large, and prickly, : 
It is common in corn fields, and flow: 
C. Bauhine calls ir Ranunculus ay 
natus ; and he is followed by moft ot 
3 and are flat, 
ers.in July, 
venfis echin 
hers, . I 
8. Small flowered Water-Crowfoor. 
Ranunculus agquaticus Sloribus minimis 
a oe is a thick tuft of whitith fibres 
€ leaves rifing from it are fy ‘ 
flefhy footftalks. T hey are Aichi game 
divided into three or five Parts, and osha 
the edges. They are perfeétly fmooth and loft 
and their colour is a pale yellowith green Se 
The flalk is very thick, flethy, repnd and 
divided into many branches. toward the co. 
The leaves on it are divided into narrower feg- 
ments than thofe at the bottom : they. are al 
{mooth, and of a pale green. ser 
The flowers are very fmall: 
tops of the branches,- and ar 
The feeds are numer 
ftand in longifh heads, 
they ftand on the 
© of a pale yellow. 
ous and fmall, and they 
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