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1. RANTTNCULACE.*. 
lobes of lowest 1. overlapping at the base, lowest sheaths broad 
claspino-. — Damp rather shadv places, common. P. IV. V. 
PHmi. ' E. s. i; 
tt+ L. divided, (1. yellow. 
; Nectary without a scale, cai-p. smooth. 
23. Ii.avric'oiniii.f(lj.) : root fibrous, radical 1 . renif arm 3 — 7- 
partite ^vith crenate or cut lobes stalked, stem-1. sessile digitate, 
with linear or lanceolate more or less toothed segments, pedun- 
cles round, calyx pubescent, carj^. dounv/ ventricose, beak 
slender hooked. — E. B. 624. R. iii. 12. — Pet. often wanting. 
Sep. yellow. Receptacle covered %vith cylindrical tubercles 
upon which the carp, are seated. St. about 1 foot high. 
Radical 1. sometimes veiy deeply divided (var. incisifoHus R.). 
— Woods and thickets, common. P. JX. V. Goldilocks. E. S. I. 
XX Nectary with a scale, carp, smooth. 
24. B. f'icris (L.)' ; St. not bidhlike, root fibrous, radical 1. 
palmately tripartite, segments trifid and deeply cut, uppermost 
stem-1. tripartite with linear segments, ped. terete, cah/.v pubes- 
cent erect -pdteut carp, oval glabrous margined, beak short mar- 
ginal recurved, receptacle glabrous. — E. B. 652. B. iii. 17. — 
Hairy. No stoles. St. 2 — 3 feet high. Beak about | the length 
of the carpel. — Sometimes dwarf and 1-flowered on mountains. 
— The variations Ji. Bontamis (Jord.) havmg the base of st. 
glabrous, l.-segm. very narrow, B. ndfjatii.-i (Jord.) having 
usually an oblique or horizontal rhizome, and A', tomojihiill us 
(Jord.) having a prajmorse rootstock, have been found. ./. of B. 
viii. 257, x. 238. A var. with glabrous shining 1. much more 
bluntly cut than usual [var. /mmilus \\'ahl.] grows on Cairn- 
gorm. — MeadoM's and pastures, common : mountains. P. VI. 
VII. Upright Crowfoot. E. S. I. 
25. B. re'pens (L.) ; 1. with three-lobed segments, lobes 3-fid 
and cut, ped. fur rmced, cah/x pubescent erect-patent, carp. o\ a\ 
glabrous margined minutely pitted, beak longish slightly curved, 
receptacle liairi/. — E. 1>. 516. — Root fibrous. StolesstroDg, leafy. 
Primaiy stem usually erect, 10 — 12 in. high. — Meadows and 
pastures, common. P. V. — VIII. Creejnwj Crowfoot. E. S- I. 
26. B. bv.lbosux (L.) : stem bulblike at the bi\se, radical 1. 
with 3 segments each tripartite trifid and cut, ped. glahiou.^ 
> For an acconnt of the vars. and forms, see Townsend, J. of B. xxxviii. CIM*')p 
p. 379.— H. & .1. G. 
