BUTTERCUP FAMILY 1 3 



stem, about i foot high and bulbous at the base ; glabrous, fur- 

 rowed peduncle ; and reflexed sepals. — Meadows.— Fl. May, June. 

 Perennial. 



1 3. R. sdrdous (Pale Hairy Buttercup). — Root fibrous ; stem 

 6 — 18 in. high, hairy; leaves lobed ; peduncle furrowed, with 

 spreading or reflexed hairs ; flowers i in. across ; sepals reflexed ; 

 petals pale yellow ; carpels compressed, with smajl warts near the 

 margin. — Waste places.— Fl. June — October. Annual. 



14. R. parviflorus (Small-flowered Crowfoot). — Differing in its 



R. ficaria {Lesser Celandine). 



prostrate, hairy stem ; less divided leaves ; flowers not more than 

 \ inch across ; and hooked tubercles on the carpels. — Dry waste 

 places. — Fl. May — August. Annual. 



15. R. arvensis (Corn Crowfoot). — Nearly glabrous; stem 

 erect ; leaves deeply 3-lobed, with linear-lanceolate lobes ; flowers 

 \ in. across ; sepals spreading ; petals pale yellow ; carpels few and 

 very spinous. — Cornfields. — Fl. May — July. Annual. 



16. R. Ficaria (Lesser Celandine). — Glabrous. Root fasci- 

 culate ; leaves mostly radical, cordate, stalked, angular, or crenate ; 

 flowers about 1 in. across; sepals 3 — 5; petals 8 — 12, acute, 

 golden-yellow ; carpels small, smooth. One of our brightest 

 spring flowers, studding every bank with its numerous glossy 

 starlike flowers, the favourite of the poet Wordsworth, not to be 



