POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Ranunculus. 155 



R. Lingua. Great Spear-wort C. Leaves spear- 

 shaped, pointed, nearly stalkless, somewhat saw-toothed. 

 Stem erect, many-flowered. Root fibrous. Seeds 

 smooth. E. B. 100. H. L. I7I. R. flammeus 

 major. G. E. 961. 



Marshes, reedy pools, ditches. * * Banks of the Cherwell, near 

 King's Mill. Sb. Ditch on the right hand side of the lane, 

 beyond Folly Bridge. Bx. 



Per. July. 



Fl. large, bright golden, all the parts of this much larger than 

 those of R. Flammula. Vid. plant back. Acrid. More silky, 

 with hairs close-pressed. 



R. Ficdria. Pilewort C. Less Celandine, Leaves 

 heart-shaped, angular, stalked, smooth. Petals, nume- 

 rous, elliptic-oblong. E. B. 584. C. 2. 39. Cheli- 

 donium minus. G. E. 8I6. 



Meadows bushy places, hedye banks. 



Per. u4pril. 



Root with long, fleshy knobs. Plant smooth, shining, somewhat 



fleshy. Stems several, a few inches high, one-flowered. Fl, 



erect, long-stalked. Cal. three or five leaved. Pet. varnished, 



golden, eight or ten. 



Its glossy, yellow fls., turning white, abundantly enamel our 

 banks and thickets in the month of April. 



*■ * Leaves lobed, or cut, 



R. auricomus. Wood G, Goldilocks. Root leaves 

 kidney-shaped, deeply three-cleft, notched ; stem-leaves 

 divided to the base into linear segments. Stem many- 

 flowered. Calyx coloured. E. B. 624. C. 2. 41. 

 G. E. 954. 



Dry groves, bushy, shady places. Magdalen College Walks. R. W. 



Per. April. 



Stem about one f , upright, branched, leafy, round. Ls. root-ones 

 long-stalked, sometimes five-cleft : stem-Is., stalkless. i^/. termi- 

 nal, solitary, erect, bright golden. Cal. pale yellow. Nect. a 

 naked pore. Pet. sometimes wanting. Plant not caustic. 

 Easily discrim., by the distinct character of the root, and stalk-Is. 



R. scelerdtus. Water G. Gelery-leaved G. Stem 

 erect, hollow, much branched. Leaves smooth ; lower 

 ones somewhat hand- shaped ; upper fingered. Fruit 

 oblong. Seeds very numerous, minute. E. B. 681. 

 C. 2. 42. R. palustris rotundifolius. G. E. 962. 



Watery places. 



An. June. 



