CROWFOOT FAMILY. S7 



hijrh ; Btem-leaves not raised on a general petiole ; flowers j^reenish and pur- 

 plish ; anthers short-linear, droopin;;' on capillary and upwardly rather thickened 

 filaments. 



T. Corntlti, Tali, M. Herb 4° -8° high; stem-leaves not raised -on a 

 general petiole ; flowers white, in summer ; anthers oljlong, not droopiny ; the 

 white (ilumentb thickened upwards. Low or wet ground. 



6. ADONIS. (The red-flowered ppccics fahlcd to spring from the blood 

 of Adonis, killed by a wild hoar.) Stems leafy ; leaves finely much cut 

 into very narrow divisions. Cult, from Europe for ornament. 

 A. autumu&lis, Phkasant's-eye A. ® Stems near 1° high, it or the 

 branches terminated by a small flower, of 5-8 scarlet or ciimson petals, com- 

 monly dark at their base. Has run wild in 'I'ennessee. 



A. vernalis, Spring a. y. Stems about 6' high, bearing a largo showy 

 flower, of 10-20 lanceolate light-yellow petals, in early spring. 



6. MYOSUKUS, MOUSETAIL (which the name means in Greek). ® 

 M. minimus. An insignificant little plant, wild or run wild along streams 



from Illinois S., with a tuft of narrow entire root-leaves, and scapes 1' -3' high, 

 bearing an obscure yellow flow;er, followed by tad-like spike of frnit of l''-2' 

 long, in spring and summer. " 



7. RANUNCULUS, CROWFOOT, BUTTERCUP. (Latin name for 

 a little froi;', and for the Water Crowfoots, living with the fi'ogsO A large 

 genus of wild plants, except the ilouble-Howered varieties of three species cult. 

 in gardens for ornament. (Lessons, p. 18.3, tig. 3.")S -3(il.) 



§ 1. Aquatic; the Jeave.-i all or moatlif under lotiter, and repeateilli/ dissected into 

 muny capilturij, divisions : flowci-inij all suininer. 



R. aquatilis. White Watek-Crovvfoot. Capillary leaves collap.'ing 

 into a tuft when drawn out of the water,; ])etals small, white, or only yellow at 

 the base, where they bear a spot or little pit^ but no scale : akenes wrinkled 

 eros.swise. 



R. divEtric&tuS, Stiff W. Like the last, but less common ; the leaves 

 stiff and rigirl enough to keep their shape (spreading in a circular outline) when 

 drawn out of water. 



R. m.ultifidus. Yellow W. Loaves under water much rts those of the 

 White Water Crowfoots <"■ rather larger ; but the bri'^ht yellow petals as large 

 as those of CommoTi Buttercups, and, like them, with a little scale at the base. 

 (Formerly named R. PtiKsaii, &c.) 



§ 2. Tfn'pstria/, mani/ in ivel. places, hitt nalnralhj growimj with thfi Jbliaije out of 

 water: petals with, the littln scale at the base, yellow in nil the wild species. 

 * Akenes not pricklij nor bristli/ nor striate on the sides, 1|. 



*- Spearwokt Crowfoots ; rjrowinrj in^vny/ wet places, with mosili/ entire and 

 narrow U-aves ; fi. all fmninei: 



R. ali3m£8f61iU8. Stems ascending, 10-2° high ; loaves laneeolale or the 

 lowest oblong ; flower fnlly ^' in diameter ; akenes baaked with a straiglit and 

 slender .stjlo. 



R. Fiammula. Smaller than the last, and akenes short-pointed; rare 

 N., but very common along borders of ponds ami rivers is the 



Var. reptans, or Creei»ing S., with slender stems creeping a few inches in 

 length ; leaves linear or spatulate, seldom 1' long ; flower only 4' broad. 



•1- s- SsiALL-FLOwrEREi) CROWFOOTS ; in luet or moist places, with njrpgr 

 leaves !i-pajicd or divided, and very small Jlowers, the petals shorter or not lonrjer 

 than the calijx : Jl. sprtni] and S'linihcr. 



I E. Obortivus, SMALL-rLOWEREn C. Very smooth and slender, fi' - 2° 

 [high ; root-leaves rounded, crenato ; akenes in a globular head. Shady places, 

 f along watercourses. 



R. BeelerfetUS, Cursed C. So called because the jnioo is veiy acrid and 

 IjUstering; stouter tlia»i the last and thiekoa'-leavsd, equally smooth; even tha 



