8 RANUNCULACEjE. 
calyx erecto-patent, carp, margined beaked and spinous. — E. B. 
135. R. 4G14. — Fl. pale yellow. Known by its spinous fruit. — 
Corn-fields. A. VI. Corn Crowfoot. 
18. R. parviflorus (L.) ; root fibrous, stems prostrate, I. round- 
ish-cordate 3 — 5-lobed cut, upper 1. oblong undivided or3-lobed, 
calyx at first erect afterwards reflexed, carp, orbicular muricated. 
— E. B. 120. R. 4G 16.— Peduncles opposite the leaves. St. 
spreading. Pet. narrow. — Corn-fields and dry banks, rare. A. 
V. VI. E. I. 
Tribe IV. Hellebore®. 
7. Caltha Linn. 
1 . C. pahistris (L.) ; st. ascending, I. heart-shaped rounded cre- 
nate.— E. B. 506. R. 4712.— Fl. large. Sep. roundish-ovate, 
bright yellow. — /3. minor (DC.) ; smaller in all its parts and with 
the I. considerably shorter in proportion, but the posterior lobes 
greatly produced. — Marshy places, common. /3. in more moun- 
tainous situations. P. III. IV. Marsh Marigold. 
2. C. radicans (Forst.); st. creeping, 1. triangular somewhat 
heart-shaped serrate-crenate. — E. B. 2175. Forst. in Linn. Trans. 
viii. t. 17. — Fl. half the size of those of C. pahistris, sep. nar- 
rower, the hinder angles of the leaves scarcely at all produced 
so that the leaf is almost triangular. I have only seen cultivated 
specimens. — " In a ditch that runs from the farm-house called 
Haltoun, on the estate of C. Gray, Esq. of Carse, Forfarshire. 
1790." Mr. G.Don; all the other stations probably belong to 
C. palustris /3. minor. P. V. VI. S. 
8. Trollius Linn. 
1. T. europceus (L.) ; sep. 10 — 15 concave converging into a 
globe, pet. 10 about as long as the stam., 1. palmately 5-parted : 
segments rhomboid 3-partite inciso-serrate. — E. B. 28. .R.4713. 
— Fl. bright yellow. Pet. ligulate. St. 1 — 2-| feet high. — Damp 
mountain pastures. P. VI. VII. Globe Flower. 
9. Eranthis Salisb. 
[*1. E. kyemalis (Salisb.) ; sep. 6—8 oblong.— jR. 4714. Hel- 
leborns Linn. — Radical 1. upon long stalks, 5 — 7- parted, deeply 
cut into linear-oblong segments. St. 4 — 6 in. high, with 2 op- 
posite sessile 1. just below the solitary yellow fl. Root (rhizoma) 
tuberous. — Naturalized in thickets in the south of England. P. 
II. III. Winter Aconite.} E. S. ? 
10. Helleborus Linn. 
1. H. viridis (L.); radical I. digitate stalked, stem 1. sessile at 
the ramifications, st. few-flowered, calyx spreading. — E. B. 200. 
R. 4718. — Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. 
