RANUNCULUS. — CALTHA. 
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furraived, calyx hairy irflexed, carp, round mai'giiiecl smooth, 
beak short, receptacle hairy. — E. B. 51;'). R. iii. 20.— St. about 
1 foot high. Upper 1. cut i)ito narrow segments. — Meadows 
and pastnre.5. P. V. linlljoiis (Jrovfoot. E. 8. I. 
i|l Nectary with a scale, carp, rugose or tubercular. 
[H. riabelldtyn (Desf.) : root of xhort ovoid hnohs and til)res, 
utoles verii dender Avith minute scales and ending in a young 
plant, rt.-l. with 3 segments each '.i — 7-parted or 3-tid, .st.-l. 
1 — 2 with linear segments, ped. terete, cal. hairy spreading, 
carp, many roundish, beak acute, receptacle oblong glabrous. — 
R rJuerophylius (auct.) ed. viii. J. of B. x. t. 125. — St. 6 — 
12 in. high, and, as well as the leaves, hairy. — Dry places, 
St. Aubin's, Jersey. P. V.] 
27. R. xardous (Crantz) ; root fibrous, radical 1. with 3 stalked 
trifid and cut leaflets, peduncles furrowed, calyx reflexed, carj). 
round margined irith a series of txdjerelex near the margin^ beak 
short curved, receptacle hairy. — R. ltir>tutus (Curt.) ed. viii. 
E. B. 1504. R. iii. 23. R. PJdlow>tis (Ehrh.) Koch.— St. 4— 
18 in. high ; the smaller specimens are R. jxirvidux L. Upper 
1. in narrow acute segments. Fl. pale yellow. — Waste land and 
corn-fields, rare. A. VI. — X. E. S. 
28. R. jtaruiflurux (L.) ; root fibrous, xtems sjireading, ]. 
roundish-cordate 3 — 5-lobed cut, upper 1. obloug undivided or 
3-lobed, calyx at first erect afterwards reflsxed, carp, orbicular 
muricate. — E. B. 120. R. iii. 22. — Peduncles opposite the 
leaves. Pet. narrow. — Corn-fields and dry banks, rare. A. V. 
VI. ■ E. I. 
t29. R. arven'siK (L.) ; root fibrous, radical 1. 3-cleft dentate, 
stem-1. once or twice ternate with linear-lanceolate segments, 
calyx erect-patent, carjj. margined lieaked and spinous. — E. B. 
135. R. iii. 21.— St. 6—18 in. high. Fl. pale yellow.— 
Corn-fields. A. VI. Corn (Jronfoot. E. S. I. 
Tribe IV. Hdlehoreaa. 
7. Cal'tha Liim. Marsh Marigold. 
1. C. j)alus'tris (L.) ; st. ascending, I. cordate rounded cveuAtt. 
—E. B. 506. R. iv. 101.— About a foot high. Fl. large. Sep. 
bright yellow. — a. vulgaris ; sep. roundish-ovate contiguous, 
carp, spreading tlieir beak very short. — ,3. C. cor/tdta (Schott) ; 
