288 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



fiammula 2 RANUNCULUS foliis ovato lanceolatis petiok- 

 tls, caule declinato. Sp, pL 772. {Ger, emac.gSi, 

 f. 2. Moris, hijl.f, 4. /. 29./. 34. & variet. foliis 

 Hibferratis. Ger. em, 962./. 3. Moris, hijl.f, 4. t, 

 29./. 35. P^/. ^^r^. /. 39./. 6) 



LefTer Spearwort. Anglis, 



An lus-mor, Ghlals-lcun. Gaulis, 



On the fides of lakes and ditches very common. %. 

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The {talk is often a cubit high, proftrate at the 

 bafe, but ered upwards and branched : the leaves 

 are elliptical, of a thick and firm texture, ge- 

 nerally fmooth, but fometimes a little rough and 

 hairy, mofl commonly entire on the edges, but 

 fometimes a little ferrated ; they iheath the flalk 

 at their bafe like the preceding : the uppermoft 

 leaves are linear : the Calyx is a little hairy, the 

 flower not above half an inch in diameter, the 

 Petals yellow and fhining, the neclariferous pore 

 encompalTcd with a prominent fcale. By this it 

 appears, that in fome dates it differs very little 

 from the R. Lingua. It varies wonderfully in 

 magnitude, and in gravelly foils, degenerates to 

 fuch a trailing dwarfifh and diminutive fize, with 

 linear leaves, that it is difficult to diflinguifh it 

 from the following fpecies. 



It has an acrid and cauftic quality, and is ufed in 

 many parts of the highlands to raife blifters : 

 for this purpofe the leaves are well bruifed in a 



mortar, 



