12 1. EANT7NCULACEJS. 



Xtt Nectary with a scale, carp, rugose or tubercular. 



23. a. hirsutus (Curt.) ; root fibrous, radical 1. with 3 stalked 

 trifid and cut leaflets, peduncles furrowed, calyx reflexed, carp. 

 round margined loith a series of tubercles near the margin, beak 

 short curved, receptacle hairy. — R. iii. 23. R. Philonotis 

 (Ehrh.) Koch. — St. 4 — 18 in. high ; the smaller specimens are 

 jR. parvulus L. Upper 1. in narrow acute segments. Fl. pale 

 yellow. — Waste laud and corn-fields, rare. A. VI. — X. E. S. 



24. R. parvifldrus (L.) ; root fibrous, stems spreading, 1. round- 

 ish-cordate 3 — 5-lobed cut, upper 1. oblong undivided or 3-lobed, 

 calyx at first erect afterwards reflexed,' carp, orbicular muricate. 

 — R. iii. 22.— Peduncles opposite the leaves. Pet. narrow. — 

 Cornfields and dry banks, rare. A. V. VI. E. I. 



+25. R. arven'sis (L.) ; root fibrous, radical 1. 3-cleft dentate, 

 stem-1. once or tvsdce ternate with linear-lanceolate segments, 

 calyx erect-patent, carp, margined beaked and spinous. — R. iii. 

 21. — St. 6 — 18 in. high. El. pale yellow. Known by its 

 spinous fruit. — Corn-fields. A. vl. Corn Croiofoot. E. S. I. 



Tribe IV. Helleborem. 



7. Cal'iha Linn. Marsh. Marigold. 



1. C. paltis'tris (L.) ; st. ascending, I. cordate rounded crenate. 

 — R. iv. 101. — About a foot high. El. large. Sep. bright yel- 

 low. — a. Sep. roundish-ovate contiguous, carp, spreading their 

 beak very short. — ^. C. Ouerangerii ; sep. oblong-oval not 

 contiguous, carp, spreading their beak long. — y. minor ; st. de- 

 cumbent mostly 1-flowered, fl. small, sep. oval or oblong-oval 

 not contiguous, carp, erect their beak very short. — Marshy 

 places, common, y. in more mountainous situations. P. III. 

 —V. E. S. I. 



2. C. radicans (Eorst.) ; st. creeping, 1. triangular serrate-cre- 

 nate small, sep. not contiguous narrow. — E. B. 2175. — Base 

 of the 1. almost at right angles with petiole. — " In a ditch 

 that runs from the farmhouse called Haltoun, on the estate of 

 C. Gray, Esq. of Carse, Eorfarshire. 1790." Mr. O. Von. All 

 the other stations probably belong to C. p>alustris y. minor. 



8. Teol'lius Linn. Globe Flower. 



1. T. europa'us (L.) ; sep. 10 — 15 concave converging into a 

 globe, pet. 10 about equalhng the stam., 1. palmately 5-parted, 

 sogments rhomboidal 3-partite incise-serrate. — R. iv. 101. — El. 



