ANEMONE. — KANTTN-CTILtra. 5 



about as long as the carp. Rootstock horizontal. Sep. 

 glabrous on both sides. — Groves and thickets, common. P. III. 

 —V. Wind-flower. E. S. I. 



[A. apennina (L.) ; fl. solitary, Sep. many lanceolate, involucre 

 of 3 ternate stalked deeply cut leaves, 1. similar, carp, pointed 

 not tailed.— -B. £. 1062. B. iv. 47.— Fl. bright blue. Root- 

 stock tuberous and roundish.— Scarcely naturalized. P.IV.] E. 



[_A. ranunculoi'des (L.) ; fl. solitary or in pairs, sep. 5 elliptic, 

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

 often quinate, carp, pointed downy not tailed. — E. B. 1484. 

 R. iv. 47. — Fl. bright yellow. Sep. externally pubescent. Root- 

 stock horizontal. — Not native. P. IV.] E. 



4. Ado'nis Linn. Pheasant's Eye. 



X 1. A. autumndlia (L.) ; cal. glabrous patent, pet. connivent, 

 carp, without teeth collected into an ovate head and tipped with 

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

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

 pinnatifid, segments linear. St. about 8 in. high. — Oorn-fields, 

 rare. A. VII. E. 



Tribe III. Ranunculea. 



5. Mxostr'KTJs Linn. Mousetail. 



1. M. min'imus (L.). — B. B. 435. B. iii. 1. — Scapes many, 

 single-flowered, 2 — 5 in. high. L. linear, fleshy. Receptacle 

 becoming very long, with many oblong carpels. Seed attached 

 to the upper part of the carp, and pendulous, the radicle point- 

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



6. EanWcttltts Linn. Crowfoot. 



A. Fr.-st. arching ; carp.transverseh/iorinkledlaterally attached, 

 pet, white (with a yellow claw in all our plants), nectary naked. 

 Bateachium Fries. Water Crowfoot.^ 



* Submersed leaves twice or thrice 3-furcate with filiform seg- 

 ments spreading in the segment of a sphere, rarely wanting. 

 Receptacle hispid. — (The submersed leaves become stifi' 

 when old. The younger ones should be examined.) 



'^ See Mr. Hiern'a paper on Bairachium in J. of B. ix. 43. 



