ADONIS.—RANUNCULUS. § 
involucre of 3 ternate stalked deeply cut leaves, 1. similar, “ carp. 
pointed without tails.” —E. B. 1062. R. iv. 47.—F. bright blue. 
Root similar to the last.—Scarcely naturalized. P. IV.] E. 
[*24. A. ranunculoides (L.); fl. solitary or in pairs, sep. 5 ellip- 
tical, involucre of 3 nearly sessile ternate deeply cut leaves, 1. 
similar often quinate, carp. pointed downy without tails. —E.B. 
1484. R. iv. 47.—Fl. bright yellow. Sep. externally pubescent. 
Root similar to the last.—A very doubtful native. P.IV.]_ E. 
4. Aponts Linn, 
tl. A. autumnalis (L.); cal. glabrous patent, pet. connivent, 
carp. without teeth collected into an ovate head and tipped with 
a straight beak.—E. B. 308. R. ii. 24.—F. scarlet, black at the 
base. LL. triply and copiously pinnatifid, segments lmear.— 
Corn fields, rare. A. VII. Corn Pheasant’s Eye. E. 8. 
Tribe II]. Ranunculee. 
5. Myosurus Linn. Mousetail. 
1. M. minimus (L.)—E.B. 435. R. ii. 1.—St. simple, leatiess, 
single-flowered, 2—5 in. high. Receptacle ultimately very long, 
with numerous oblong carpels. L. linear. Seed attached to the 
upper part of the carp. and pendulous with the radicle pointin: 
upwards.—In damp places in fields. A. V. VI. E. 
6. Ranuncutus Linn. 
* Carp. transversely wrinkled, nectary naked, fl. white, fruit- 
stalks arching. Batracuium Fries. Water Crowfoot. 
+ Receptacle hispid. 
1. R. aquatilis (L.); st. floating, submersed 1. divided into 
capillary segments spreading in all directions, floating 1. 3-fid or 
3-partite cut and lobed or wanting, pet. obovate 5—7—9-nerved, 
pistils exceeding the stamens, style short, stigma rounded, carp. 
compressed 4-ovate laterally pointed, receptacle globose.—E.B. 
100. R. iii. 3.—Stip. £ or 2 adnate. Submersed 1. collapsing 
when taken out of the water. Style prolonging the inner edge of 
the pistil—a. heterophyllus; with or without floating 1., pet. 
broadly obovate 5—7-nerved contiguous, carp. not rounded at 
the end and with a terminal but not central acute point.— 
B. R. trichophyllus (Godr.) ; no floating 1., ped. short, pet. narrow 
5—7-nerved distant deciduous, carp. rounded and_ laterally 
pointed at the end.—y. subpeltatus ; with or without floating 1., 
pet. broad 7—9-nerved contiguous, carp. rounded and laterally 
pointed at the end. R. aquatilis Godr. R. peltatus Fries ?— 
