10 1. RANUNCTJlACEiE. 



4-oval or J-obovate with a lateral point. — E. B. 2003. — St. 

 floating or creeping upon mud. L. usually spotted; lolies 

 usually entire or with a central notch, often rather triangular. 

 Stip. narrow, much adnate. Pet. narrow, S-veined. Stam. 

 e — 8. Style lateral upon both ovary and carpel. Inner edge of 

 carpel nearly straight. — When floating it is M. hopiiophyllus 

 (Ten.), a. ccenosus (Guss.). — Shallow ponds or mud. P. VI. 

 —IX. E.S.I. 



B. Fr.-st. straight ; carp, transversely wrinkled on the middle of 

 each side basally attached, nectary naked. 



15. R. scelerdtus (L.) ; root fibrous, lower 1. stalked tripartite, 

 segments blunt crenate, upper 1. trifld linear entire or incise-den- 

 tate, calyx reflexed, head of fr. oblong, carp, minute. — E. B. 

 681. R. iii. 11. — FL very small, pale yellow. Nect. round, 

 open, bordered all round, rarely not bordered above. Lower 

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

 and in ditches and ponds. A. VI. — ^IX. Celery-leaved Crow- 

 foot. E. S. I. 



0. Fr.-st. straight ; carp, not transversely wrinkled, basally 

 attached. 



[2J. alpestris and R. gramineus were probSibly recorded through 

 mistakes.] 



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

 bordered. — L. nearly parallel-veined. 



16. R. Flam'mula (L.) ; Z. ovate- or linear-lanceolate nearly 

 entire stalked, stem reclining at the base and rooting, ped. fur- 

 rowed, carp, obovate minutely pitted pointed. — F. B. 387. R. 

 iii. lO. — Stem 6 — 18 in. high ; sometimes procumbent and 

 rooting. L. sometimes serrate, hairy or glabrous. — Small forms 

 are often mistaken for R. reptans. — In wet places. P. VI. — VIII. 

 Lesser Spearwort. E. S. I. 



17. R. rep'tans (L.) ; I. linear entire, st. procumbent filiform 

 creeping, carp, ovate beaked. — Sy. E. B. 80. St. 82. 14.— St.' 

 rooting at every joining. Fl. very small. — Wet places. West 

 end of Loch Leven, Kinross-shire. P. VI. — ^VIII. S. 



[R. ophioglossifdlius (Vill.) ; lower I. cordate-ovate stalked, 

 upper 1. oblong sessile amplexicaul, stem erect hollow, carp, ob- 

 liquely ovate margined tubercled with a short terminal point. 

 —E. i. 8. 2833. R. iii. 21.— Glabrous. Fl. small. St. about 

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

 Peter's Marsh, Jersey. A. Vl.] 



