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1. RANUNCULACE^. 
*** Usually no divided submersed leaves ; receptacle not 
hispid. 
14. R. Itomoio'phyVluA (Ten.) : 1. all roundish cordate with 
3 — 5 rather deeply divided lohes tvhidi ividen from their base, 
pet. exceeding cal., st;//e terminal upon the ovate-conical ovary, 
carp, unequally obovate with a terminal point. — E. B. S. 2930. 
B.vtje,idxus(Cinsfi.). R. Lew>rm<mdi(Y .^z.). — St. floating or creep- 
ing upon mud. L. not spotted, often opposite before the plant 
flowers ; lobes very broad at the top, mostly with 2 — 3 notches. 
Upper stip. very broad, |-adnate. Pet. narrow, obovate, 5- 
veined. Stam. 8 — 10. Style nearly central on the ovary and 
usually so on the carpel. Inner edge of carp, much rounded 
towards the top. — Shallow ponds or mud. P. VI. — VIII. 
E. S. I. 
\->. li. hedernceus (L.) : 1. roundish cordate with 3 — 5 
shallow rounded hhes widening to their base, pet. scarcely ex- 
ceeding cal., sti/le prolonr/iw/ the inner edge of the ovary, carp, 
i-oval or l-obovate with a lateral point. — E. JJ. 2003. — St 
floating or creeping upon mud. L. usually spotted ; lobes 
usually entire or with a central notch, often rather triangular. 
Stip narrow, much adnate. Pet. narrow, 3-veined. Stam. 
6 — 8. Style lateral upon both ovary and carpel. Inner edge 
of carpel nearly straight. — A floating form occurs ( = R. 
homoiophyl/i/f, auct. angl. not Ten.). — Shallow ponds or mud. 
P. VI.-IX. - E. S. T. 
B. Fr.-st. straight ; carp, transversely wrinkled on the 
middle of each side, basally attached, nectary naked. 
16. R. scelerdtm (L.) ; root fibrous, lower 1. stalked tripartite, 
segments blunt crenate, upper 1. tritid linear entire or incise- 
dentate, calyx reflexed, head, of fr. oblong, carp. J minute. — 
E. B. 681. R. iii. 11.— Fl. very small, pale yellow. Nect. 
round, open, bordered all round, rarely not bordered above. 
Lower 1. broad, glabrous, shining. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, thick. 
— By and in ditches and ponds. A. VI. — IX. Celery-leaved 
Crowfoot. E. S. ]. 
C. Fr.-st. straight ; rarj>. not transversely irrinkled, basally 
attached. 
[R. alpe.stris and R. gramiuens were probably recorded 
through mistakes.] 
t L. undivided, fl. yellow, nectary nearly or quite naked 
bordered. — L. nearly parallel veined. 
