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nearly entire stalked, stem recUning at the base and rooting, carp. 
obovate m'nmicXy pitted with a short point. — E.B. iiSJ. R.45\)5. 
— Stems 6 — 18 in. bigb. L. sometimes serrated, liairy or gla- 
brous. — (3. reptans ; st. proeumbent filiform rooting, 1. linear. 
R. reptans (L.), Light/. FI. Scot. t. 1. — In wet places. P. VI. 
— VIII. Lesser Spearwort. 
9. R. ophioglossifolius (VilL); root fibrous, lower 1. cordate- 
ovate stalked, u))i)er 1. oblong sessile amplexicaule, stem erect hol- 
low, carp, oblitpiely ovate margined tuberculated with a short 
terminal point. — E. B. S. 2888. R. 4618. — Glabrous. FI. small. 
St. about I foot high, branched, many-flowered, taj)ering below, 
throwing out whorls of fibrous roots from its lower joints. — St. 
Peter’s Marsh, Jersey. A. VI. O. 
10. R. Lingua (L.); root fibrous, 1. elongate-lanceolate acute 
somewhat serrated sessile amj)lexicaule, stem erect, carp, mar- 
gined minutely pitted icith a broad sword-shaped beak. — E. B. 
100. R. 4597- — FI. large. St. 2 — 8 feet high, throwing out 
whorls of fibrous roots from its lower joints. St. and 1. glabrous 
or with adj)ressed hairs. — In marshy j)laces, rather rare. P. VI. 
VII. Great Spearwort. 
11. R. Ficaria (L.); root with fasciculated tubers, 1. cordate 
stalked angular or crenate, st. leafy single-flowered, sep. usually 
3, carp, smooth blunt. — E. B. 584. R. 4572. — Pet. usually 8, but 
varying from 6 to 11. {Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. 375.) St. 3 — 8 in. 
long, weak, often producing bidbs in the axils of its leaves. — 
Damp shady places, common. P. IV. V. Pilewort. 
ttt L. divided, fl. yellow, cai-j). smooth. 
12. R. auricomus (L.); root fibrous, radical 1. reniformS — 7- 
partite with crenate or cut lobes, petioles sheathing below, stem 
1. sessile digitate with linear or lanceolate more or less toothed 
segments, j)eduncles round, calyx pubescent, carp, downy ventri- 
cose : beak slender hooked. — E. B. 624. R. 4599. — Pet. often 
wanting. Sep. yellow. St. about one foot high. — Woods and 
thickets, common. P. IV. V. Wood Crowfoot. 
13. R. acris (L.); root fibrous, radical 1. palmately tripartite : 
segments trifid and deeply cut, uppennost stem 1. tripartite with 
linear segments, peduncles round, calyx pubescent erecto-patent, 
carp, oval glabrous margined : beak short marginal recurved, 
receptacle glabrous. — E. B. 652. R. 4606. — Hairy. St. 2 — 3 
feet high. Beak about ^ the length of the caiiiel. — /3. jmmilus 
(Wahl.) ; dwarf, 1 -flowered. — Meadows and pastures, common ; 
mountains. R. alpine. P. VI. VII. Upright Crowfoot. 
14. Rt repens (L.); scions creeping, 1. with 3 stalked leaflets 
which ai-e 3-lobed ; lobes 3-fid and cut, peduncles furrowed, calyx 
