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1. RANUNCULACE^. 
pubescent erecto-patent, cai’p. oval glabrous margined minutely 
pitted : beak longish slightly curved, receptacle hairy. — E. B. 
516. 71.4610. — Primary stem erect, 10 — 12 in. high. — Meadow's 
and pastm-es, common. P. V. — VIII. Creeping Crowfoot. 
15. R. bulbosus (L.) ; stem bulblike at the base, radical 1. with 
3 stalked leaflets which are tripartite : segments tiitid and cut, 
peduncles furrowed, calyx hairy reflexed, carp, round margined 
smooth: beak short, receptacle hairy. — E.B.515. il. 4611. — 
St. about 1 foot high. Upper 1. cut into narrow segments. — 
Meadows and pastm-es. P. V. Bulbous Crowfoot. 
tttt L. divided, fl. yellow, carp, rugose or tubercular. 
16. R. hirsutus (Cm-t.); root fibrous, radical 1. with 3 stalked 
trifid and cut leaflets, peduncles furrowed, calyx reflexed, carp. 
round margined with a series of tubercles near the margin : beak 
short curved, receptacle hairy. — E. B. 1504. R. 4617. R. Phi- 
lonotis (Ehrh.) Koch. — St. 4 — 18 in. high ; the smaller specimens 
are R. parvulus L. Upper 1. in narrow acute segments. Fl. pale 
yellow. — Waste land and corn-fields, rare. A. VI. — X. E. S. 
17 . R. sceleratus (L.); root fibrous, lower 1. stalked tripar- 
tite : segments blunt crenate, upper 1. trifid linear entire or ineiso- 
dentate, ealyx reflexed, heads of fr. oblong, carp, minute wrinkled. 
— £.5.681. 5.4598. — Fl. very small, pale yellow. Lower 1. 
broad, glabrous, shining. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, throwing out 
whorls of fibrous roots from its lower joints. — By ditches and 
ponds. A. VI. — IX. Celery-leaved Crowfoot. 
fl8. R. arvensis (L.); root fibrous, radical 1. 3-cleft dentate, 
stem 1. once or twiee ternate with linear-lanceolate segments, 
calyx erecto-patent, carp, margined beaked and spinous. — E. B. 
135. 5.4614. — Fl. pale yellow. Known by its spinous fruit. — 
Corn-fields. A. VI. Corn Crowfoot. 
19. 5. parviflorus (L.) ; root fibrous, stems prostrate, 1. round- 
ish-cordate 3 — 5-lobed cut, upper 1. oblong unchvided or 3-lobed, 
calyx at first erect afterwards reflexed, carp, orbicular muricated. 
— E. B. 120. 5. 4616. — Peduncles opposite the leaves. St. 
spreading. Pet. narrow. — Corn-fields and di-y banks, rare. A. 
V. VI. E. I. 
Tribe IV. HelleborecB. 
7. Caltha Linn. 
1. C. palustris (L.); st. ascending, 1. heart-shaped rounded cre- 
nate. — E. B. 506. 5. 4712 . — Fl. large. Sep. roundish-ovate, 
bright yellow. — /3. minor (DC.) ; smaller in all its parts and with 
the 1. considerably shorter in proportion, but the posterior lobes 
