RanunculusHederaceus. Ivy-leavedCrowfoot. 



RANUNCULUS Lin. Gen. PI. Polyandria Polygynia. 



Cat. 5-phyllus. Petala 5 intra ungues poro mellifero* Sem. nuda» 



Raii Syn. Gen. 15. Herbje semine nudo polyspermy. 



RANUNCULUS hederaceus foliis fubrotundis trilobis integerrimis, caule repente. Lin. Svfi. Vegetak 

 p, 431. Spec. PL p. 781. 



RANUNCULUS aquaticus hederaceus luteus. Baub. Pin. 180. 



RANUNCULUS hederaceus rivulorum fe extendens, atra macula notatus. /. B> III. 782, 



RANUNCULI aquatiHs varietas altera. Gen emac. 830. 



RANUNCULUS hederaceus aquaticus. Park. 121 6. 



RANUNCULUS aquatilis hederaceus albus. Raii Syn. p. 249. Hudfon FI. Angl. p* 243. Lightfioot FL 

 Scot. p. 294. Oeder FI. Dan. ic. 219. 



RADICES plurimi, fimplices, albidi, in limum pro- 1 ROOTS numerous, fimple, whithn, penetrating deeply 



funde demiffi. | into the mud. 



CAULES plurimi, teretes, folidi, geniculate craffiuf- £ STALKS numerous, round, folid, jointed, thickifh, 



culi, repentes, late dirfufi. 1 creeping, fpreading wide. 



FOLIA petiolata, plerumque quinquelobata, fubcarnofa, % LEAVES ftanding on foot-ftalks, generally divided into 



nitida, avenia. | five lobes, fomewhat flelhy, mining, and 



I veinlefs. 



PETIOLI ad bafin vagina magna, membranacea in- | LEAF-STALKS at the bafe furniihed with a large 



flrucli. I membranous fheath. 



PEDUNCULI axillares, petiolis breviores, uniflori, % FLOWER-STALKS proceeding from the .ala? of the 



primo ereeti, perafta ftorefcentia verfus terramf the leaves fhorter than the leaf-ftalks, fupport- 



recurvati. % ing one blolTom, at firft upright, after the 



I flowering is over, turned back towards the 



% ground. 



FLORES parvi albi. | FLOWERS fmall and white. 



CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, foliolis ovatis, j CALYX : a Perianthium of five leaves, which are 



margine membranaceis, flavefeentibus. fig. 1. | ovate, membranous and yellowifh at the edges. 



I fg> 1. 



COROLLA: petala quinque alba, oblonga, obtufiufcula, ? COROLLA : five white Petals of an oblong fhape, 

 calyce longiora. Jig. 2. I fomewhat obtufe, and larger than the calyx. 



% fig. 2. 



NECTARIUM: Porus nudus prope bafin cujufvis petali. | NECTARY : a naked pore at the bafe of each petal. 



fig- 3. ¥ fg- 3- 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque ad decern. An- | STAMINA: Filaments from five to ten. Anthers 



therje oblonga?, flavae. fig. 4. | oblong and yellow, fig. 4. 



SEMINA plurima, obtufa, fig. 5. in capitula fubro-| SEEDS numerous, blunt, fig. 5. crouded together in 



tunda, vieize vulgaris magnitudine fere, denfe| roundifh heads, about the fize of the common 



ftipata. t tare « 



Neither Linnjeus,' Haller, nor Scopoli, mention this plant in their refpetYive Flora's. Oeder figures it in 

 the Flora Danica : the plant he gives us appears as if it had grown in water of fome depth ; with us it is moil; 

 commonly found fpreading widely on the mud of flow mallow rivulets, efpecially where the foil isfandy. 



It flowers during mod of the fummer months. 



We lbmetimes meet with the leaves having a dark fpot in the middle of each, and in fome fituations the 

 bloffoms are much larger than in others. 



