38 CROWFOOT FAMILY. 



root-Ieares lobed or cut; akeries in an oblong or cylindrical head. In water 

 or very "wet places.. 



E. "reeurvatUS, Hook-styled C. Hairy, 10-2° high ; leaves all 3-cleft 

 aod^long-petioied, with broad wedge-'-haped -a-S-lobed divisions; akenes in a 

 •globular head, with long- recurved styles. Woods. 



B. Pennsylv&nieus, Bkistly C. Bristly hairy, coar.=e and stout, 2P^ 

 3° high ; loaves all 3-divided ; the divisions stalked, again 3-cleft, sharply cut 

 and toothed ; akenes in an oblong head,' tipped with a short straight style. 

 Along streams. 



^- 1- -I- Buttercups ou Common Crowfoots, with bright yellow corolla, 

 about 1 ' in diameter, much lari/er than the cali/x ; leaves all once and often twice 

 3 - 5-divided or cleft, usually hairy ; head of akenes globular. 

 : ** Natices of the country, low or spreading. 



R. faseicularis. Early B. Low, about 6' high, without runners, on 

 rocky hills in eai'ly spring- ; root-leaves much divided, somewhat piiniate ; petals 

 rather narrow and distant ; akenes scarcely edged, slender-beaked. 



R. rfepens, Creeping B. Everywhere common in lery wet or moist 

 places, iiowering in spring and summer; immensely variable; stem soon as- 

 cending, sending ont some prostrate stems or runners in summer; leaves more 

 coarsely divided and cleft than those of the last; petals obovate; akenes sharp- 

 edged and stout-beaked. 



*+ ■"■ Introduced weeds from Evrone, common in fields, ^e., especially E. : stem 

 tnct : leaves inieck cut. 



R. bulbdeus, Bulbous B. Stem about 1° high from a solid bulbous 

 base nearly as larye as a hickory nut; calyx reflexed when the very bright yel- 

 low and showy largo corolla expands, in late spring. 



R. aeris, Tall B. Stem 2° -3° high, no bulbous base; calyx only 

 spreading when the lighter yellow corolla expand^, in summer. Commoner 

 than the last, except E. A full double-flowered variety is cult in gardens, 

 forming golden-yellow balls or buttons. 



H- -t- H- -J- Garden Ranunculuses. Besides the double variety of the last, 

 the choice Double Ranunculuses of the fiorist come from the two following. 



R. Asi^ticus, of the Levant ; with 3-parted leaves and flowers nearly 2' 

 broad, resembling AncmOnies, yellow, or of various colors. Not hardy N. 



R. aconitif61ius, of Eu., laller, smooth, with 5-parted leaves, and smaller 

 white flowers, the full double called Fair Maids of France. 

 * * Akenes striate or ribbed down the sides. ® 



R. Cymbal&rja, Sea-side Crowfoot. A little plant, of sandy shores 

 of the sea- and Great Lakes, &c., smooth, with naked flowering stems 2' - C high, 

 and long runners ; leaves rounded and kidney -shaped, coarsely crenate; flowers 

 ' small, in summer. 



8. ZANTHORHIZA, SHRUB YELLOW-ROOT. .( Name pomposed 

 ol the two Greek words for yellow and root.) Only one species, 



Z. apiifdlia. A shrubby plant, \°-2° high, with deep yellow wood and 

 root^ (used by the Indians for dyeing), pinnate leaves of about 5 cut-toothed or 

 lobed leaflets, and drooping compound racemes of small daik or dull-pur|)lB 

 flowers, in early "spring, followed by little 1 -seeded pods; grows in damp, shady 

 places along the AUegharties. 



9. HYDRASTIS, ORANGE-ROOT, YELLOW PUCCOON. (Name 

 / from the Greek, probably meaning tliat the root or juice of the plant is dras- 

 tic.) y. A single species, 



H. Canadensis. Low, sending up in early spring a rounded .')- 7-lobcd 

 root-leaf, and a stem near 1° high, bearing one or two alternate smaller leaves 

 above, just below the single small flower. The 3 greenish sepals fall irom the 

 bud, leaving the many white stamens and little head of pistils , the latter grow 

 pulpy and produce a crimson fruit resembling a raspberry. Rich woods, from 

 Jfew York, W, & S. 



