ADONIS. RANUNCULUS. 5 



pointed without tails."— i;. B. 1062. R. iv. 47.— Fl. bright blue. 

 Root similar to the last. — Scarcely naturalized. P. IV.J E. 



[*?4. A. ranuncnloides (L.) ; fl. solitary or in pairs, sep. 5 el- 

 liptical, involucre of 3 nearly sessile ternate deeply cut leaves, 1. 

 similar often quinate, carp, pointed downy without tails. — E. B. 

 1484. R. iv. 47. — Fl. bright yellow. Sep. externally pubescent. 

 Root similar to the last. — A very doubtful native. P. IV.] E. 



4. Adonis Linn. Pheasant's Eye. 



fl. A. autumnalis (L.) ; cal. glabrous patent, pet. connivent, 

 carp, vrithout teeth collected into an ovate head and tipped with 

 a straight beak.— £. B. 308. R. iii. 24.— Pet. scarlet, black at 

 the base, scarcely exceeding sepals. L. triply and copiously pin- 

 natifid, segments linear. — Corn-fields, rare. A. VII. E. S. 



Tribe III. Ranunculete, 



5. Myosurus Linn. Mousetail. 



1. M. minimus (L.) — E. B. 435. R. iii. I. — St. simple, leafless, 

 single-flowered, 2 — 6 in. high. L. linear, fleshy. Receptacle 

 ultimately very long, with many oblong carpels. Seed attached 

 to the upper part of the carp, and pendulous, the radicle pointing 

 upwards. — In damp places in fields. A. V. VI. E. 



6. Ranunculus Linn. Crowfoot. 



A. Fr.-st. arching, carp, transversely wrinkled, pet. white {with 

 a yellow claw in all our plants). Batrachium Fries. 

 Water Crowfoot. 



* Submersed 1. 2 — 3ce 3-furcate with filiform segments spread- 

 ing in the section of a sphere, rarely wanting. Receptacle 

 hispid. 



I. R. trichophyllus (Chaix) ; submersed I. closely trifurcate, 

 segments short rigid not collapsing into a pencil when taken 

 from the water, no floating 1., ped. not narrowing upwards about 

 equalling the 1., fl. small, pet. obovate 5 — 7 -veined not contiguous 

 evanescent, stig. oblong, receptacle oblong, carp, ^-obovate late- 

 rally apiculate compressed. — St. 67. 11. — St. not rising out of the 

 water. Upper 1. sessile, all dense. Stip. 4-adnate, large, round, 

 auricled. Buds globose. Fl. starlike. Stam. exceeding the 

 pistils. Stig. short but lengthening. Receptacle as thick as 

 peduncte. Carp, a little narrowed at the end. — Ponds and 

 ditches. P. V. VI. 



