YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
fngland to North Carolina and westward to Texas 
and Manitoba. The dark green, long-stemmed leaves 
are deeply lobed with three, four, or five divisions. 
This is one of the very first of the Buttercups to blos- 
som in the spring time. 
SWAMP, OR MARSH BUTTERCUP 
Raninculus septentrionalis. Crowfoot Family. 
This is the second Buttercup to blossom in the spring, 
and follows closely upon the Bulbous. It is tall and 
branching, sometimes reclining and taking root at the 
joints. It grows from one to three feet high, and the 
thick, hollow stem is generally smooth and finely 
grooved. It is found in low, swampy, or moist, shady 
places, from New Brunswick and Manitoba, south to 
Georgia and Kentucky, from April to July. The 
mottled leaves are large and thrice divided, with the 
divisions again cleft into three much-notched and 
pointed lobes. They are set on long foot stems. The 
flower is an inch broad, and the petals do not over- 
lap like those of the Tall Crowfoot. 
HISPID BUTTERCUP 
Ranunculus bispidus. Crowfoot Family. 
The earliest flowering Buttercup in the vicinity of 
New York. Its young leaves are very hairy. The 
stems are sometimes spreading, and together with 
their bright yellow flowers, this species is generally 
larger, but fewer leaved than the Bristly Crowfoot. 
The thin leaves are divided three, four, or five times, 
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