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RANUNCULUS. Gen, pL 6^r). 

 Col. 5-phyllus, Petala 5 intra ungues poro melli- 



fero. Sem. nuda. 

 Obs. Charadler effenrialis confiftit in Ne^fario ; re- 

 liqu^partes fru^ificationis inconfiantesy hincNe5fari§ 

 incognito^ tanta confufio generis. 

 Ncdarium hoc autem in aliis porus nudus^ in aliis 

 margine cylindmceo cin^us, in aliis fquamula emar* 

 ginata clatifus, 



* Foliis fimplicihm, 



lingua I. RANUNCULUS foliis lanceolatis, caule eredo. 

 S'p. pi. 773. {Ger, em, g6u /. i. Moris, hift, f. 4. 

 ^- 29./. 2Z' PeL herb. t. ^s.f. 5) 



Great Spearwort. Anglis. 



By the fides of lakes and in deep muddy ditches, 

 but not common. At the end of Didijion-Loch^ 

 near Edinburgh. Dr. Parfons. %, VII. 



The ftalk is two or three feet high, hollow, ere6l, 

 and branched towards the top : the leaves are 

 (lightly denticulated on the edges, hairy and 

 rough to the touch, fefTile, and llieathing the 

 ftalk at their bafe : the Calyx is a little hairy : 

 the flower is of a (hining yellow color, an inch 

 or more in diameter : the nectariferous pore at 

 the bafe of the petal has a prominent fcale over 

 it. The whole plant is acrid and cauftic. 



RANUNCULUS. 



