RANUNCULUS TRIBE 



4. Adonts {Pheasant's Eye) 



I. A. autumnaUs. — The only 

 British species. A jiretty herl)a- 

 ceous ))lant, 8-12 inches high ; 

 leaves finely cut ; flowers resem- 

 bling buttercups in shape ; sepals 

 5 ; petals 5-8, bright scarlet, dark 

 at the base. It occurs as a weed 

 in corntrelds, but is not very com- 

 mon, nor is it a real native of 

 Britain. — Fl. September to October. 

 Annual. 



5. Ranunculus (Buttci'cup, etc.) 

 Flowers white 



1. R. aquatilis (Water Crow- 

 foot). — Stem submerged; lower 

 leaves deeply cleft into hairlike 

 seginents ; dipper ones floating, 

 three-lobed, variously cut ; flowers 

 large, white, conspicuous, borne 

 singly on axillary flower stalks. 

 A very variable plant. When 

 growing in swiftly running water 

 the plant is wholly composed of 

 hairlike leaves ; but when growing 

 in stagnant water it produces flat- 

 tened leaves as well. — Fl. May to July. Perennial. 



2. R. hederaceus (Ivy-leaved Crowfoot). — Leaves all rounded 

 and lobed ; petals scarcely longer than the calyx ; stamens 5-10. 

 Smaller than the last, growing either in water or close to the 

 water's edge. — Fl. all the summer. Perennial. 



Adonis (Pheasant' s Eye.) 



Flowers yellow ; leaves undivided 



3. R. lingua (Great Spear-wort). — Leaves narrow, tapering to 

 a point, sessile ; stem erect, 2-3 feet high ; flowers bright yellow, 

 more than an inch in diameter. The largest Briti.sh species, 

 a handsome plant, but not common ; found in watery places. 

 — Fl. summer. Perennial. 



4. R. flammula (Lesser Spear-wort). — Leaves narrow, tapering 

 to a point, slightly stalked ; stem creeping at the base. Sides of 

 watery places ; much smaller than the last ; flowers about i inch 

 in diameter ; leaves sometimes clothed with silky hairs. 



5. R. ficaria (Lesser Celandine). — Leaves heart- or kidney- 



