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dentate, calyx reflexed, head offr. oblong, carp, minute. — E. B. 

 681. R. iii. 11, — Fl. very small, pale yellow. Neet. round, open, 

 bordered all round, rarely not bordered above. Lower 1. broad, 

 glabrous, shining. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, thick.— By ditches and 

 ponds. A. VI. — IX. Celery-leaved Crowfoot. 



C. Fr.-st. straight, carp, not transversely wrinkled. 

 t L. divided, fl. white, nectary naked. 



[14. R. alpestris (L.) ; root fibrous, 1. smooth, radical 1. some- 

 what heart-shaped deeply 3 — 5-lobed, lobes incise-crenate at the 

 extremity, stem-1. 1 or 2 simple linear or trifid with hnear lobes, 

 fl. almost solitary, ped. furrowed, calyx glabrous, carp, obovate 

 with a straight beak hooked at the end. — E. B. 2390. — Pet. ob- 

 cordate. St. 4 — 5 in. high. — Clova mountains. Mr. G. Don. 



P. v.] S. 



tt L. undivided, fl. yellow, nectary nearly or quite naked, 

 bordered. 



[15. R. gramineus (L.); root fibrous, the fibres thickening 

 towards the end, 1. linear-lanceolate striated entire, st. and ped. 

 glabrous few-flowered, carp, obliquely obovate rugose with a 

 short revolute point, nectary tubular. — E. B. 2306.— Wales ? 

 P.V.VL] E.? 



16. R. Flammula (L.) ; root fibrous, I. ovate- or linear-lanceo- 

 late nearly entire stalked, stem, reclining at the base and rooting, 

 carp, obovate minutely pitted with a short point. — E. B. 387. R. 

 iii. 10. — Stems 6 — 18 in. high. L. sometimes serrate, hairy or 

 glabrous. — 13. reptans; st. procumbent filiform rooting, 1. linear. 

 — In wet places. P. VI. — VIII. Lesser Spearwort. 



[17- R. ophioglossifolius (Vill.); root fibrous, lower I. cordate- 

 ovate stalked, upper 1. oblong sessile aniplexicaul, stem erect 

 hollow, carp, obhquely ovate margined tubercled with a short ter- 

 minal point.— £. B. S. 2833. R. iii. 21 .—Glabrous. Fl. small. 

 St. about 1 foot high, branched, many-flowered, tapering below. 

 —St. Peter's Marsh, Jersey. A. VI.] 



18. R. Lingua (L.) ; root fibrous, 1. elongate-lanceolate acute 

 somewhat serrate sessile amplexicaul, stem erect, carp, margined 

 minutely pitted with a broad sword-shaped beak. — E. B. 100. R. 

 iii. 10.— Fl. large. St. 2—3 feet high. St. and 1. glabrous or 

 with adpressed hairs. — In marshy places, rather rare. P. VI. 

 VII. Great Spearwort. 



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