BUTTERCUP FAMILV 



sUw, about I foot high and bulbous at the base ; glabrous, fur- 

 rowed /c'l/wwiv't' ^- and refle.Ned j</i7/j. — }\Ieadows. — Fl. May, June. 



Perennial 

 i;. li. sa> 



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(Pale Hairy Buttercup). — Jiool tibrous 



stem 



6 — iS in. high, hairy; /t'(7i'c-j lobed ; ptduncle furrowed, with 

 spreaduig or reflexed hairs : flouxrs i in. across : afals reflexed ; 

 petals pale yellow ; iar^els compressed, with small warts near the 

 margin. — Waste places. — Fl. June — October. Annual. 



14. i?. /j;T'//?'i,i/-/i'j- (^Small-flowered Crowfoot). — Diflermg in its 



R. FICARIA (yLcsSiy Cc'..^--^2i 



prostrate, hairv st;ji; : less divided ua^rs : 



I inch across ; and hooked tubercles on the ra/rcis 



flowers not more than 

 yc/j. — Dry waste 



places. — Fl. May — August. Annual. 



15. J?, arii/isis (Corn Crowfoot V — Nearly glabrous; stem 

 erect ; leoz-es deeply 3-lobed, with linear-lanceolate lobes : j/an'crs 

 J in. across : sc/a/s spreading : fe/ah pale yellow ; carpels few and 

 very spinous. — Cornfields — Fl. May — July. Annual. 



16. R. Ficdiia (Lesser Celandine). — Glabrous. Roof tasci- 

 culate ; leaves mostlv radical, cordate, stalked,' angular, or crenate ; 



fleni'ers about i in. across: sepah 3 — 5 : petals S — 12. acute, 

 golden-vellow -. carpels small, smooth. One of our brightest 

 spring flowers, studding ever^" bank with its numerous glossy 

 starlike flowers, the favourite of the poet '\\"ords worth, not to be 



