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1. KANUNCTLACEiE. 
16. R. Lin'gua (L.) ; root fibrous, long-lanceolate acute 
somewhat serrate sessile amplexicaul, ste77i erect, carp, margined 
minutely pitted with a broad swordshaped beak. — E. B. 100. It. 
iii. 10. — Fl. lar^e. St. 2 — 3 feet bigb. St. and 1. glabrous or 
with adpressed hairs. — In marshy places and ditches, rather rare. 
P. VI. VII. Great Spearwort. y E. S. I. 
ttt L' undivided, fl. yellow, nectary with a scale. 
17. R. Ficdria (L.) ; root with fasciculate knobs, I. cordate 
stalked angular or crenate, st. with 1 — 3 1. single-flowei-ed, sep. 
usually 3, carp, smooth blunt. — E. B. 584. R. iii. 1. — Pet. usually 
8, but varying from 6 to 11. St. 3 — 8 in. long, weak, often pro- 
ducing bulbs in the axils of its leaves. — Damp rather shady 
places, common. P. IV. V. Pilewort. E. S. 1. 
tttt L. divided, fl. yeUow. 
X Nectary without a scale, cai-p. smooth. 
18. R. auric'omus (L.) ; rootjihrous, radical I. reniform 3 — 7- 
partite with crenate or cut lobes stalked, stem-1. sessile digitate 
Avith linear or lanceolate more or less toothed segrments, peduncles 
round, cal,^^^ pubescent, carp, downy ventricose, beak slender 
hooked. — R. B. 624. R. iii. 12. — Pet. often wanting. Sep. yel- 
low. Receptacle covered with cylindrical tubercles upon which 
the carp, ai-e seated. St. about 1 foot high. — Woods and 
thickets, common. P. IV. V. Goldilocks. E. S. I. 
\\ Nectary with a scale, carp, smooth. 
19. R. dcris (L.) ; root Jibrous, radical 1. palmately tripartite, 
segments trifid and deeply cut, uppermost stem-1. tripartite with 
linear segments, peduncles round, calyx pubescent erect-patent, 
carp, oval ylahrous margined, beak short marginal recurved, re- 
ceptacle ylabrous. — E. B. 652. R. iii. 17. — IlaiiT- St. 2—3 feet 
high. Bealc about ^ the length of the carpel. — ^sometimes dwarf 
and 1-fl. on mountains. — Meadowsand pastures, conmiou; moun- 
tains. P. VI. VII. Upright Croivfoot. E. S. I. 
20. R. r opens (L.) ; stoles creeping, 1. with 3 stalked leaflets 
which are 3-lobed, lobes 3-fid and awi, peduncles furrowed, calyx 
pubescent erect-patent, carp, oval glabrous margined minutely 
pitted, beak longish slightly curved, receptacle hairy. — E.B. 516. 
— -Primary .stem erect, 10 — 12 in. high. — Meadows and pastures, 
common. P. V. — VIII. Creeping Croivfoot. E. S. I. 
21. R. buHiosus (L.) ; ston bulblike (it the base, radical 1. with 
3 stalked leaflets which are tripartite, segments trifid and cut, 
peduncles furrowed, calyx hairy refiexed, carp, round margined 
smooth, beak short, receptacle hairy. — E. B. 516. R. iii. 20. — 
