154 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Ranimculus. 



compound, close, corymbose. Flowers and stamens 

 erect. E. B. SGj. 



Wet meadows, ahout the banks of rivers and ditches. 



Per. June. 



Stem two or three feet. Ls. alternate, twice compounded; base 

 of the foot-stalks sheathing. Stip. toothed, within the Is. leaflets 

 variable in breadth, veiny, g-laucous beneath. F/. panicle much 

 branched, leafy. Fi, yellowish-white. Anth, yellow. 

 Plant acrid, yet eaten by cattle : bruised Is., produce a slight 



blister. 



ADO'NIS. Pheasant's-eye. 



* A. aiitumndlis. Corn Ph. or Adonis-jiower. Petals 

 about eight, inversely heart-shaped. Fruit egg-shaped. 

 Stem branched. E. B. 308. C. 2. 37. Flos Adonis, 

 flore rubro. G. E. 387. Baxter's Plates, 7. 



Cornfields. * * Near the Obsei^vatory. Sb. 



An. May. 



Stem much branched, upright, round, leafy, slightly fuiTOwed. Ls. 



alternate, thrice compounded, segments linear, alternate, acute. 



Fl. solitary, terminal. Cor. pet., crimson, glossy, at the base 



deep purple. Stam. anth. and styles same colour. Cal. pale 



green, soon falling. 



An elegant plant ; its red pets., contrasted with the dark and 

 green eye of the ^., give it a rich appearance. 



RANU'NCULUS. Crowfoot. 



* Leaves simple. 



R. Fldmmula. Less spear-wort C. Leaves egg-spear- 

 shaped, bluntish, stalked. Stem reclining. Root 

 fibrous. Seeds smooth. E. B. 387. C. 6. 37. R. 

 flammeus minor. G. E. 961. /3. R. flammeus ser- 

 ratus. G. E. 962. 



Watery places. 



Per. July. 



Roots long, fibrous. Stems numerous, round, branched, leafy, 

 hollow. Ls. spear-shaped, acute, lower ones many ribbed, 

 variable, partly entire, partly saw-toothed, Fl.-stalks long, 

 round, terminal, also opposite the Is. bright golden, Cal. bent 

 back. Cor. honey-pore very small. 



Discrim. R. Lingua differs from this by its greater size, erect 

 stem, and Is., more approaching to stalkless. 



Distilled water of this for procuring instantaneous vomiting in 

 some cases of poison. Plant very acrid, and blistering. 



