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ttt L. Tmdivided, fl. yellow, nectary with a scale. 



18. R. Ficdna (L.) ; root with fascioulate knobs, I. cordate 

 stalked angular or crenate, at. with 1 — 3 1. single-flowered, sep. 

 usually 3, carp, smooth blunt. — S. iii. 1. — PI. about 1 in. across; 

 pet. usually 8. St. 3 — 8 in. long, weak, often producing bulbs 

 in the axUs of its leaves. — *. divergens ; lobes of lowest 1. sepa- 

 rate at base, lowest sheaths narrow. — ^. incunibens; lobes of 

 lowest 1. overlapping at the base, lowest sheaths broad clasping. 

 — Damp rather shady places, common. P. IV. V. PUewort. 



E. S. I. 

 tttt L- divided, fl. yellow. 



% Nectary without a scale, carp, smooth. 



19. -B. auric' omus (L.) ; rootjibrotts, radical I. reniform 3 — 7- 

 partite with crenate or cut lobes stalked, stem-1. sessile digitate 

 with linear or lanceolate more or less toothed segments, pe- 

 duncles round, calyx pubescent, carp, downy ventncose, beak 

 slender hooked. — R. iii. 12. — ^Pet. often wanting. Sep. yellow. 

 Receptacle covered with cylindrical tubercles upon which the 

 carp, are seated. St. about 1 foot high. — Woods and thickets, 

 common. P. TV. V. Qoldilocks. E. S. I. 



XX Nectary with a scale, carp, smooth. 



20. R. dcris (L.); st. not bulblike, root fibrous, radical 1. 

 palmately tripartite, segments trifld and deeply cut, uppermost 

 stem-1. tripartite with linear segments, peduncles round, calyx 

 pubescent erect-patent, carp, oval glabrous margined, beak short 

 marginal recurved, receptacle glah-ovs. — R. in. 17. — Hairy. St. 

 2 — 3 feet high. Beak about J the length of the carpel. — Some- 

 times dwarf and 1-flowered on mountains. — Meadows and 

 pastures, common ; mountains. P. VI. VII. Upright Crmi>foot. 



21. R. repms (L.) ; stoles creeping, 1. with 3-lobed segments, 

 lobes 3-fid and cut, peduncles furrowed, calyx pubescent 

 erect-patent, carp, oval glabrous mar^ned minutely pitted, beak 

 longish slightly curved, receptacle hairy. — Primary stem usually 

 erect, W — 12 in. high. — Meadows and pastures, common. P. 

 v.— Vin. Creeping Oroicfoot. E. S. I. 



22. R. bidhdsus (L.) ; stem bulblike at the base, radical 1. 

 with 3 segments each tripartite trifid and cut, peduncles 

 furrou-ed, calyx hairy reflexed, carp, round margined smooth, 

 beak short, receptacle hairy. — R. iii. 20.— St. about 1 foot high. 

 Upper 1. cut into narrow segments. — Meadows and pastm^es. 

 P. V. Btdbous Crorvfoot. E. S. I. 



