158 POLYANDRIA POLYGVNTA. Helleborus. 



towards the end of the traihng branches, h., often simple, spear- 

 shaped, entire, small. Fl.-stalks solitary, opposite to the Is. Ft. 

 small, yellow, pet. small, soon falling. Seeds compressed. 



R. hederdceus. Ivy G. Seeds wrinkled. Leaves 

 roundish-kidney-shaped, with three or five lobes, entire, 

 smooth. Stem creeping. E. B. 2003. C. 4. 39. 



Shalloiv rii'idets, ditches, pools. Stanton Harcourt. Southleigh 

 Ensliam Common. Sb. Littlemore. R. W. Marston, &c. B.v. 



Per. May. 



Plant small, smooth, shining, juicy. Stems creeping, or floating 

 M'hen in the water, branched. Plant rooting at its joints. Ls. 

 numerous, long-stalked, edges entire : brown spot sometimes in 

 the disk of /*. Fl.-stalks simple, solitary, axillary, or opposite 

 to the 1-stalks. Pet. very small, oblong, white, claw yellow. 

 Stam. five to ten. Seeds swollen, numerous, thick set in a 

 roundish form. 



R. aqucitilis. White floating C Seeds wrinkled. 

 Leaves in hair-like segments under water ; above water 

 somewhat target -shaped, lobed, bluntly notched. E. B. 

 101. G. E. 829. R. heterophyllus.' Sb. 175. 

 Marston Lane. Southleigh. Sb. /3. R. aquatilis.* 

 Sb. 175. Millefolium, sive Maratriphyllon, flore et 

 semine Ranunculi aquatici, hepaticee facie. G. E. 827. 

 7. R. circinatus.^ Sb. 175. Christ Church Mea- 

 dow. Southleigh. Sb. ^. R. fluviatilis.'^ Sb. I76. 

 Isis. Cher well. Windrush. Sb. 



Ditches, ponds : ^. rivers. 



Per. May, June. 



Stems long, round ; Is. alternate. Stip. broad, membranous. Ls, 

 above the water five-lobed, broadly notched. Ned. tubular. 

 Fl. white, lai'ge, elegant. 

 Far. in Is. several. 



A beautiful ornament to ponds and ditches. 

 In var. /3. the Is. all cut, and narrow. In y. Ls. smaller, rounded, 



very finely cut. ^. Ls. all gashed, and lengthened out by the 



rapid current of water, hence rarely flowering;. 



HELLE'BORUS. Hellebore. 



H. vi7'idis. Green H. Stem many-flowered, leafy. 

 Leaves fingered. Petals spreading. E. B. 200. C. 

 6. 34. Helleborastrum. G. E. 976. 



' Various-leaved. Sb. ^ Milfoil-leaved. Sb. ^ Fine- 



leaved Water C. Sb. " Fennel-leaved Water ('. Sb. 



