10 RANUNCULACE^. [Ecmuncuhis. 



10. E. bulbosus, L. Bulbous Croivfoot. " Calyx hairy reflexed, 

 peduncles furrowed, stem upright many-flowered, leaves cut into 

 3 petiolate leaflets which are 3-lobed or 3 -partite and cut, root 

 bulbous, achenes smooth, receptacle hairy."- — Br. Fl. p. 10. 

 E. B. t. 515. 



In meadows, pastures and waste ground everywhere. Fl. May, June. 11 . 



" Stem 1 ft. high, hairy. Lobes of the lower leaves subovate ; upper leaves 

 with linear segments." — Br. Fl. 



One or both of this and the preceding species are known in the Isle of Wight 

 by the name of Yellow Caul. 



*** Carpels rugose, tuberculate, or muricate. Root annual, 



11. 'R. hirsutus, Civet. Pale hairy Croivfoot. " Calyx reflexed, 

 stem erect many-flowered hairy, leaves 3-lobed or 3 -partite, lobes 

 obtuse cut, root fibrous, achenes margined and tuberculated near 

 the margin."— ^r. Fl. p. 10. E. B. 1. 1504. E. Philonotis, Ehrh. 



In waste and cultivated ground, cornfields, &c. Fl. June — September. ©. 

 F. Med. — On the Dover, Hyde. Fields above E. Cowes, pleutifal. [Tolerably 

 common near Bembridge, A. G. More, Esq., Ed]-s.] 



12. E. parviflorus, L. Small ■ floivered Croivfoot. "Stem 

 spreading, leaves hairy 3-lobed and cut, peduncles opposite the 

 leaves, caljnc as long as the petals, achenes muricated." — Br. Fl. 

 p. 11. E. B. t. 120. 



On dry banks and in pastures, cornfields, and waste ground in various places. 

 Fl. April — August. 0. 



F. ilferf.— Abundant on an earthen fence along the road to Brading from the 

 turning off eastward by the finger-post on Ashey down to a considerable distance 

 on the road. In a field above Shanklin Chine on its S. side, plentifully. Near 

 Ajise farm. On the steps in the little orchard by the ' Crab and Lobster ' at 

 Ventnor. Near Godshill and Brading. At St. Helen's by the descent to the 

 Spit, abundantly. Near Osborne or Newbarn farm, E. Cowes, also plentifully. 

 The Rope-walk, E. Cowes, Mus Kilderbee. Near Wootlon church. Miss S. San- 

 ders. Frequent in fields about Steephill, A. Hamborowjh, Esq. 



iy. Med. — In great abundance on sandy hedgebanks by the way from Brixton 

 to Grange. Abundant on the chalk-marl at the south foot of Motteston down. 

 Frequent about Brixton, on the sand, and indeed over the whole of the south- 

 western part of the island on that formation. Tapnel farm, Mrs. Pen/old. Fresh- 

 water by the cliffs, Mr. D. Turner, (Mr. Snooke). 



Root annual, whitish and fibrous. Stems numerous, branched and prostrate, 

 spreading in a circular form, from a few inches to a span lony:, round, hollow, and 

 clothed like the rest of the plant with a copious erect pubescence. Leaves on 

 long peduncles that are grooved above, those of the root round, deeply 6-lobed, 

 the lobes sharply cut and notched, uppermost leaves 3-lobed, with very acute and 

 more distant segments. Floivers solitary, opposite the leaves, very small and 

 inconspicuous, their peduncles elongated after flowering. Sepals deciduous, as 

 are the petals, greenish, hairy. Petals as long as the calyx, narrow, ovate, pale 

 yellow, naturally 5 but 1 or 2 often wanting or imperfect even in the bud, each 

 with a prominent scale towards the claw ; anthers 5 — 8. Pericarps ovate, strongly 

 keeled, with a short curved beak, their sides thickly covered with hooked prickles 

 pointing upwards. 



This species of Ranunculus is chiefly confined to the temperate, maritime, and 

 western parts of Europe. It is common on the opposite coast at Southampton 

 and Lymington. 



