8 1. RANUNCULACES. 
with adpressed hairs.—In marshy places, rather rare. P. VI. 
VII. Great Spearwort. 
ttt L. undivided, fl. yellow, nectary with a scale. 
13. R. Ficaria (L.); root with fasciculated knobs, 1. cordate 
stalked angular or crenate, st. with 1—3 1. single-flowered, sep. 
usually 3, carp. smooth blunt.—E. B. 584. R. iii. 1.—Pet. usually 
8, but varying from 6 to 11. St. 3—8 in. long, weak, often pro- 
ducing bulbs im the axils of its leaves—Damp shady places, com- 
mon. P.IV. V. Pilewort. 
t+ttt L. divided, fl. yellow. 
+ Nectary without a scale, carp. smooth. 
14. R. auricomus (L.); root fibrous, radical 1. reniform 3—7- 
partite with crenate or cut lobes stalked, stem-l. sessile digitate 
with linear or lanceolate more or less toothed segments, peduncles 
round, calyx pubescent, carp. downy ventricose, beak slender 
hooked. —£. B. 624. R. iii. 12.—Pet. often wanting. Sep. yel- 
low. St. about one foot high.—Woods and thickets, common. 
P.IV. V. Wood Crowfoot. 
tf Nectary with a scale, carpels smooth. 
15. R. acris (L.); root fibrous, radical 1. palmately tripartite, 
segments trifid and deeply cut, uppermost stem-l. tripartite with 
linear segments, peduncles round, calyx pubescent erect-patent, 
carp. oval glabrous margined, beak short marginal recurved, re- 
ceptacle glabrous.—E. B. 652. R. iii. 17 —Hairy. St. 2—3 feet 
high. Beak about 4 the length of the carpel.—f. pumilus (Wahl.); 
dwarf, 1-flowered— Meadows and pastures, common; mountains. 
B. alpine. P. VI. VIL Upright Crowfoot. 
16. R. repens (L,); scions creeping, 1. with 3 stalked leaflets 
which are 3-lobed, lobes 3-fid and cut, peduncles furrowed, calyx 
pubescent erect-patent, carp. oval glabrous margined minutely 
pitted, beak longish slightly curved, receptacle hairy.— E. B. 516. 
—Primary stem erect, 10—12 im. high.— Meadows and pastures, 
common. P. V.—VIII. Creeping Crowfoot. 
17. R. bulbosus (L.); stem bulblike at the base, radical 1. with 
3 stalked leaflets which are tripartite, segments trifid and cut, 
peduncles furrowed, calyx hairy reflexed, cavp. round margined 
smooth, beak short, receptacle hairy.—E. B. 515. R. iti. 20.— 
St. about 1 foot high. Upper 1. cut into narrow segments.— 
Meadows and pastures. P. V. Bulbous Crowfoot. 
ttt Nectary with a scale, carp. rugose or tubercular. 
18. R. hirsutus (Curt.); root fibrous, radical 1. with 3 stalked 
trifid and cut leaflets, peduncles furrowed, calyx reflexed, carp. 
round margined with a series of tubercles near the margin, beak 
