EANUNCUL1J8. 11 



ttt L' divided, fl. yellow. 

 X Nectary without a scale, carp, smootli. 



19. H. auric' omus (L.) ; rootjihrous, radical I. reniform 3 — 7- 

 partite with orenate or out lobes staUied, stem-1. sessile digitate, 

 with linear or lanceolate more or less toothed. segments, pedun- 

 cles round, calyx pubescent, carp, downy ventricose, beak slender 

 hooked.— .E £. 624. M. iii. 12.— Pet. often wanting. Sep. 

 yeUow. Receptacle covered with cylindrical tubercles upon 

 which the carp, are seated. St. about 1 foot hig'h. — -Woods 

 and thickets, common. P. IV. V. Goldilocks. E. S. I. 



XX Nectary with a scale, cai-p. smooth. 



20. S. dcris (L.) ; st. not bulhlike, root fibrous, radical 1. 

 palmately tripartite, segments trifid and deeply cut, uppermost 

 stem-1. tripartite with linear segments, ped. terete, calyx pubes- 

 cent erect-patent, carp, oval glabrous margined, beak short mar- 

 ginal recurved, receptacle glabrous. — E. B. 652. R. iii. 17. — 

 Hairy. No stoles. St. 2 — 3 feet high. Beak about |- the length 

 of the carpel. — Sometimes dwarf and 1-flowered on mountains. 

 — The variations R. vulgatus (Jord.), R. tomophyVius (Jord.), 

 and R. Boreanus (Jord.) have been found. J. of B. viii. 257, 

 X. 238. The 2 former have oblique or horizontal rhizomes, the 

 latter has a praemorse rootstock. — Meadows and pastures, com- 

 mon; mountains. P. VI. VII. Upright Crowfoot. E. S. I. 



21. R. r6pens (L.) ; 1. with three-lobed segments, lobes S-fid 

 and out, ped. furrowed, calyx pubescent erect-patent, carp, oval 

 glabrous margined minutely pitted, beak longish slightly curved, 

 receptacle hairy. — E. B. 516. — Root fibroxis. Stoles strong, leafy. 

 Primary stem usually erect, 10 — 12 in. high. — Meadows and 

 pastures, common. P. V. — -VIII. Creeping Crowfoot. E. S. 1. 



22. R. bulbdsus (L.) ; stem bulbliJce at the base, radical 1. 

 with 3 segments each tripartite trifid and cut, ped. glabrous 

 furrowed, calyx hairy rejlexed, cai-p. round margined smooth, 

 beak short, receptacle hairy.— .E. B. 515. R. iii. 20. — St. about 

 1 foot high, tipper 1. cut into narrow segments. — Meadows 

 and pastures. P. V. Bulbous Crowfoot. E. S. 1. 



XXt Nectary with a scale, carp, rugose or tubercular. 

 [R. chcerophyllus (L.) ; root of short ovoid knobs and fibres, 

 stoles very slender with minute scales and ending in a young 

 plant, rt.-l. with 3 segments each 3 — 7-parted or 3-fid, st.-l. 

 1 — 2 with linear segments, ped. terete, cal. hairy spreading, 

 carp, many roundish, beak acute, receptacle oblong glabrous. — 

 J. of B. X. 125. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, and, as well as the leaves, 

 hairy.— Dry places, St. Aubin's, Jersey. P. V.l 



23. B. hirsutus (Curt.) ; root fibrous, radical 1. with 3 stalked 



