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1. EANUNCULACE^. 
Sep. oblong-ovate not contiguous, carp, spreading their heak 
lonfj.- y. (J. latifolia (Schott) ; 1. coarsely dentate throughout, 
st.-l. liroadly renifonn. beak short. — 5. m'tru/v : st. decumbent 
mostly l-rio\vered. fi. small, sep. not contiguous, carp, erect 
their beak reri/ >^hoit.—(. zetlandica (Beeby)\: st. rooting, 
.5-8 in. long, fl. small. — Marshy places, common. 5. Mountains, 
e. Shetland. P. III.— V. E. S. I. 
2. ? C. radicam (Forst.) : ^t. creepimj, 1. triangular, serrate- 
crenate small, sep. not contiguous narrow. — E. B. 217.'). — Base 
of the 1. almost at right angles with petiole. — Roscobie, For- 
farsh. P. V. VI. S. 
f*. Trol'lius Linn, ( llobe Flower. 
1. T. europ(je'n& (L.) : sep. 10-15 concave converging into a 
globe, pet. 10 about equalling the stam., 1. palmately .5-parted, 
.segments rhomboidal 3-partite nicise-serrate. — E. B. 2B. }!. 
iv. 101.— Fl. bright yellow. Pet. ligulate. St. 1-2^ feet 
high. — Damp mountain pastures. P. VI. VII. E. S. T. 
9. Eean'this Sa/isl>. Winter Aconite. 
[* E. hiiemnHs (Salisl).) : sep. 6 — H o>)long. — Sy. E. II. 43. /.'. 
iv. 101. — Eadical 1. on long stalks, .5 — "-parted, deeply cut 
into linear-oblong segments. St. 4 — 6 in. high ; invol. of 3 
sessile leaflets just below the solitary yellow fl. Rhizome tube- 
rous.— Naturalized in tliickets. P. 'iT. III.] E. S. ? 
10. Helleb'okus Linn. em. Salish. Hellebore. 
1. //. I'i/idix (L.) : radical /. ilujitate stalked, stem-1. sessile 
at the ramifications, st. few-fiowered, (•«///.»■ xprrending . — E. />. 
200. — Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. St. 1 
foot high, annual. Fl. gieenish-yellow. — Thickets on a cal- 
careous soil. P. III. IV. (ireen Hellebore. Bear'.'foot. E. 
i. H.fa-t'idvs (L.) : /. pedate stalked, st. leafy many-flowered, 
I'olyj- converffiw/. — E. B. 613. — L. successively contracting up- 
wards into bracts. St. 2 feet high, perennial. Fl. globose, 
drooping, greenish tipped witli purple. Tliickets in chalky 
districts. P. III. IV. Stinking J I el lei lo re. Settetn'ort. E. 
' MrBeebynow places this under C. mdhviK which he regards as a subsp. 
of C. palvftHf, distinguighed from pnlnftris proper by its rooting at the 
nodes.— IT. fc J. G. 
