ADONIS. RANTTNCTTttrS. 
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or purplish ; stalk 4 — 8 in. higli. Beak about as long as the 
carp., not tailed. Root-stock horizontal. Sep. glabrous on both 
sides. — Groves and thickets, common. P. III. — V. Wind 
Jlower. E. S. I. 
[A. apennina (L.) ; fl. solitary, sep. many lanceolate, involucre 
' of 3 ternate stalked deeplv cut leaves, 1. similar, " carp, pointed 
without tails."— ^. J3. 1062. R. iv. 47.— Fl. bright blue. Root- 
stock tuberous and roundish. — Scarcely naturalized. P. IV.] 
E. 
\_A. ranunatloides (L.) ; fl. solitary or in pairs, sep. 5 elliptic, 
involucre of 3 nearly sessile ternate deeply cut leaves, 1. similar 
often quinate, caip. pointed downy without tails. — E. B. 1484. 
R. iv. 47. — Fl. bright yellow. Sep. externally pubescent. Root- 
etock similar to the last. — A very doubtful native. P. IV.] E. 
"4. Ado'nis Linn. Pheasant's Eye. 
|1. A. autumndlis (L.) ; cal. glabrous patent, pet. connivent, 
carp, without teeth collected into an ovate head and tipped with 
a straight beak. — E. B. 308. R. iii. 24. — Pet. scarlet, black at 
the base, scarcely exceeding sepals. L. triply and copiously pin- 
natifid, segments linear. St. about 8 in. high. — Corn-fields, 
rare. A. VII. E. 
Tribe HI. Ranunculece. 
5. Mtosu'kus Linn. Mousetail. 
. ,1. M. min'imus (L.). — E. B. 435. R. iii. 1.— Scape single- 
flowered, 2 — 5 in. high. \j. linear, tleshy. Receptacle becoming 
very long, with many oblong cai-pels. Seed attached to the 
upper part of the cai'p. and pendidous, the radicle pointing up- 
wards. — In damp places in fields. A. V. VI. E. 
6. Eanttn'culus Linn. Crowfoot. 
A. Fr.-st. arching, carp, transversely wrinkled; pet. white (with 
a yellow claw in all our plants), nectary not covered with a 
scale. Batrachium Fries. Water Crowfoot. 
* Submersed 1. 2— 3ce 3-furcate with filiform segments spread- 
ing in the segment of a sphere, rarely wanting. Receptacle 
hispid. 
1. R. trichophyl'lus (Chahx) ; subtnersedl. (darkgi-een) closely 
trifurcate, segments short rigid ?iot collapsing into a pencil when 
taken from the water, ped. not narrowing upwards about equal- 
ling the 1., fl. small, pet. obovate 5 — 7-veined not contiguous 
