10 1. RANUNCULACE^. 



ttt L- undivided, fl. yellow, nectary with a scale. 



19. R. Ficaria (L.) ; root with fasciculate knobs, I. cordate 

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

 usually 3;carp. smooth blunt.— B. B. 584. R. iii. 1.— Pet. usually 

 8, but varying from 6 to 1 1 . St. 3 — 8 in. long, weak, often pro- 

 ducing bulbs in the axils of its leaves.— Damp shady places, 

 common. P. IV. V. Pilewort. 



tttt L. divided, fl. yellow. 

 J Nectary without a scale, carp, smooth. 



20. R. auricomus (L.) ; root fibrous, 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, peduncles 

 round, caly-K pubescent, carp, downy ventricose, beak slender 

 hooked.— £. B. 624. R. iii. 12.— Pet. often wanting. Sep. yel- 

 low. St. about one foot high. — "Woods and thickets, common. 

 P. IV. V. Wood Crowfoot. Goldilocks. 



Xt Nectary with a scale, carpels smooth. 



21. R. acris (L.); root fibrous, radical 1. palmately tripartite, 

 segments trifid and deeply cut, uppermost stem-1. tripartite with 

 linear segments, peduncles round, calyx pubescent erect-patent, 

 carp, oval glabrous margined, beak short marginal recurved, re- 

 ceptacle glabrous. — E. B. 652. R. iii. 17. — Hairy. St. 2 — 3 feet 

 high. Beak about i the length of the carpel. — Sometimes dwarf 

 and 1-fl. onraountaius. — Meadows and pastures, common; moun- 

 tains. P. VI. VII. Upright Crowfoot. 



22. R. repens (L.); stoles creeping, 1. with 3 stalked leaflets 

 which are 3-lobed, lobes 3-fid and cut, peduncles furrowed, calyx 

 pubescent erect-patent, carp, oval glabrous margined minutely 

 pitted, beak longish slightly curved, receptacle hairy. — E. B. 516. 

 — Primary stem erect, 10 — 12 in. high. — Meadows and pastures, 

 common. P. V. — VIII. Creeping Crowfoot. 



23. R. bulbosus (L.) ; stem bulblike at the base, radical 1. with 

 3 stalked leaflets which are tripartite, segments trifid and cut, 

 peduncles furrowed, calyx hairy reflexed, carp, round margined 

 smooth, beak short, receptacle hairy. — E. B. 515. R. iii. 20. — 

 St. about 1 foot high. Upper 1. cut into narrow segments. — 

 Meadows and pastures. P. V. Bulbous Crowfoot. 



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



24. R. hirsutus (Curt.) ; root fibrous, radical 1. with 3 stalked 

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

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

 short curved, receptacle hairy. — E. B. 1504. R. iii. 23. R. Phi- 



