RANUNcaLUS. O 



on petioles, cordate, reniform, or broadly ovate, sometimes 3-parted, crennle. 

 CauliiK- ones 3 to 5 parted, with long, entire, linear lobes. Hijxils t^labroua, 

 retk'xed, lonu^r than the petals, l lowers small, scale large. CurptU in a 

 globose head. 



^. Common in the middle regions of Geo. and Car. May. 



5. R. ScLi-EKATUS. Kool tibrous. Stem 1 to "Z tcct high, tit;tuIou.s thick, 

 leafy. Leurts on petioles, lower ones with petioles 4 or mclits long, biieath- 

 ing, 3-parled, radical ones with the divisions 3-lobcd and obtusely incised, 

 upper ones with oblong hncar entire lobes. tkiKils rellexed, colored. Flova- 

 arf small, solitary, iionerally opposite the leaf; petals longer than the sepals, 

 shining. Stamens Vi to 15', shorter than the petals. QirjKb email, numerous, 

 in a cylindrical head. 



l^. Common in the low country. l\Iay; 



6. R. PuKsiui. Submerged leaves, filiformly 2 or 3-chotimously dissect- 

 ed, with segments flat ; emersed ones renilorm, 3 to 5 parted, the lobes va- 

 riously divided. Fvlals twice as large as the rellexed sepals. Carpels in 

 globt)se heads, smooth, with a short and straight ensiforni style. 



In ponds and muddy places. N. Car. and Lou. Torrey and Gray. 



7. R. Refens. Stems prostrate and creeping, sometimes erect. Leavt* 

 infoliate, segments cuneate, 3-lobed, incisely toothed, middle one petioled. 

 Calyx spreading. Carpih with a straight point. This plant is very varia- 

 ble : sometimes villose, ai others glabrous/ Flouers vary in size, and num- 

 ber of petals, from 5 to 8. 'Die R Nitidus of Elliott, 1 believe, is only a va- 

 riety ot this, as I have seen it assuming all the pecuUariiiea of that plant, 

 with good reason to believe it was the one described. 



In wet grounds, very common in Middle Geo. 



8. R. P.VLMATUS Caroliniaxus. Stem erect, 12 to IS inches high, 

 hairy, hair above appressed, below spreading ; branches long, 1-llowered-. 

 Leaves all petioled, radical ones paimately 3-parted, lobes toothed, the upper 

 3J-cleft, with the lobes nearly entire, linear-lanceolate. Flowers opposite the 

 leaves, on long slender peduncles. Carjtcls compressed, margined, with beak 

 broad, nearly straight. 



Alay. Swamps. Car. and Geo. 



9. R. IIisriDis. S^em erect, branching 12 to 18 inches liigh. Leaves 3- 

 ol. ft .>r :Ur)arted, segments oval, acute, toothed. Petioles covered with dense 

 e.\ : hair. Radicle leaves, with segments generally separate, hairy. 

 Fi"u-.^ ^t-nerally on long peduncles, covered with appressed hair. FclaU 

 much larger than the calyx, obovate. Caq^b with a short straight point. 



Rich, shaded soil. May to June. 



10. R. REcrRVATrs. Stem erect, 12 to 18 inches high, clothed with spread- 

 ing hairs. Leavts 3-t)arted, but not to the base, villous, sometimes nearly gla- 

 brous, hair appressed, segments broad, ovate, acutely serrate, lateral ones, 2- 

 lobed. Floxcers small, on long peduncles, calvx reflexed, petals narrow- 

 oblong, smaller than the sejjals. Carpels in a globose head, with a hooked 

 poinL 



Woods. July- 



11. R. Pe>\svlva>'iccs. S^em erect, strong, branching, 1 to 2 feet high« 

 hispid, with stitf spreading hairs. Leaves ternatc, villous, hairs appressed, 

 pc'i,,!. -i '".(vered lilie the stem, lower ones on long petioles, leaflets petiolate. 

 In , incised. Flowers small, calyx rellexed, sepals much larger than 

 tlx- J. < .!..-. Carpels compressed in an ovate head, smooth, with a sharp point. 



July. In the upper districts of Geo. and Car. 



12. R. ToME\T<Dsrs. Stem short, ascending at the summit, covered wifli 

 dense toft expanding hair, 1 or 2-tlowcred. Leaves 3-parted, segments 3- 

 lobcd, ovale, dentate, tomentose, hair appressed, upper leaves sessile, ovate 

 entire. Petals obovate. Stpnh villous, nearly as large as Uie petals. 



Upper districts of Car. and Geo. 



C Carpels tubcrcled or jyrickly. 



13. R. MuaicATTs. Stem erect or procumbent, 12 to 18 in. hi;:h, branch- 



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