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1. RANUNCULACK.E. 
sti]i. broad adnate nearly througbout. Very rarely a few termi- 
nal “ subtritid truncate” floating leaves are found. See A. N. H. 
iii. 225. — In rivers and brooks, but not confined to running 
water. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
tt Receptacle not setose. 
4. R. kederaceus (L.); st. creeping, 1. all roundish reniform 
with 3 — 5 rounded lobes, carp, obtuse laterally tipped with the 
style, stam. 5 — 10. — E.B.2003. R. 4573. — Pet. narrow and 
scarcely so long as the calyx. Stip. naiTower than in the next 
species, adnate nearly throughout. Distinguished from the 3 
j)receding by its few stamens and truly creeping stem without 
any capillary (hvided leaves. — In wet places. P. VI. — VIII. 
Ivy Crowfoot, 
5. R. Lenormandi (F. W. Scludtz) ; st. creeping, 1. all cordate- 
subrotund sidjpeltate 3 — 5-lobed : each lobe with 2 or 3 notches, 
carp, obovate tipped with the terminal style. — E. B. S, 2930. ined. 
Coss. et Germ. Atl. FI. Par. t. 1. /. 3. 4. R. hed. /3. gramhflorus 
Bab. — Pet. longer than the calyx. Stij). very broad, scarcely ad- 
nate. L. not always deeply lobed as stated by Schultz. — On water, 
probably common. P. Vl. — VIII. E. 
** Carp, not transversely wrinkled, nectary with a small scale 
{except in R. alpestris). 
t L. divided, fl. white, nectary naked. 
6. R. alpestris (L.); root fibrous, 1. smooth, radical 1. some- 
what heart-shaj)ed deeply 3 — 5-lobed : lobes inciso-crenate at 
the extremity, stem 1. 1 “or 2” simple linear “or trifid with 
linear lobes,” fl. almost solitarj', peduncle furrow'ed, calyx gla- 
brous, carj). obovate with a straight beak hooked at the end. — 
E. B. 2390. — Pet. obcordate, white, nectaiy naked. St. 4 — 5 
in. high. The figure in E. B. represents the leaves of this plant 
as much more acutely lobed and the lobes more decidedly sepa- 
rated than is the case in my foreign specimens or in R. 4581. 
Can the Clova j)lant be R. Traunfellneri (Hoppe), a specimen 
of which (from Croatia) in my Herb, is %vell represented by the 
E. B. figui’e ? — In moist places on the Clova mountains. Mr. G. 
Don. P. V. S. 
tt L. undivided, fl. yellow. 
[7. R. gramineus (L.); rootfibrous, the fibres thickening towards 
the end, 1. linear-lanceolate striated entire, st. and ped. glabrous 
few-flow'ered, carp, obliquely obovate rugose with a short revolute 
point, nectary tubular. — E. B. 2306. R. 4594. — Reported to have 
been found in N. Wales. P. V. VL] E.? 
8. R. Flammula (L.) ; root fibrous, 1. ovate- or lineai'-lanceolate 
