ANEMONE. — RANUNCULUS. 
5 
about as long as tlie carp, liootstock horizontal. kSep. 
glabrous on both sides.— Groves and thickets, conmion. P. III. 
— V. Wintl-Jlower. E. 8. I. 
[^1. a/>eimlna (L.) ; ii. solitary, sej>. man;/ //vir/'o/ate, involucre 
of 3 ternate stalked deeply cut leaves, 1. similar, rnrp. pointed 
not tailed.—^. jJ. 1062. H. iv. 47.— Fl. bright blue. Root- 
stock tuberous and roundish.— Scarcely naturalized. P. IV.] E. 
[A. rammculo'i'iles (L.) ; fl. solitary or in pairs, sep. 5 eUijdi.r, 
involucre of 3 nearly sessile ternate deeply-cut leaves, 1. similar 
often quinate, carp, pointed downy not tailed. — E. />. U84. 
R. iv. 47. — Fl. hrif/ht yellow. JSep. externally pubescent. Koot- 
stock horizontal. — Not native. P. IV.] 1^. 
4. Ado'nis Li nil. Phea,saut's Eye. 
11. A. annua (L. em. Mill.) ; cal. glabrous patent, pet. con- 
nivent, carp, without teeth collected into an ovate head and 
tipped with a straight beak.— iS'. B. 308. /i. iii. 24.— .4. 
antumjia/ia (L.) : pet. scarlet, black at the base, scarcely exceed- 
ing the sepals. L. triply and copiously ]>innatifid, segments 
linear. .St. about 8 in. high. — Corn-fields, rare. A. VII. E. 
^ Tribe III. Ranunruled-. 
5. Myosu'rus Jmih. ilousetail. 
1. J/, minimus (L.). — E. II. 435. Ii. iii. 1. — Scapes many, 
single-flowered, 2 — 5 in. high. L. linear, fleshy. Receptacle 
becoming very long (1 — 3 in.) with many oblong carp. Seed 
attached to the upper part of the carp, and pendulous, the radicle 
pointing upwards. — In damp places in fields. A. V. VI. E. 
6. Ranun'culus Lirm. Crowfoot. 
A. F'i'.-st. arching ; carp, transversely ivriiikied. laterally 
attached, pet. white {with a yellow claw in all our plants), 
nectary naked. Bateachium S. F. Gray. Water Crowfoot.' 
* Submersed leaves twice or thrice 3-farcate with filiform 
segments spreading in the segment of a sjihere, rarely 
wanthig. Receptacle hispid. — (The submersed leaves 
become stifl" when old. The younger ones slK)uld be 
examined.) 
' We have identilied tour hybrids in this sectjoji— liuudotiixDrouetii^ 
H. Baudutii x heteroiihyllns , It. peltotns x Lemrmandi, and R. peltatus x 
t/ichophiiHus. No doubt further investieations will add iiianv to the list.-^ 
H. * J. G. 
