The BRITISH HERBAL. 
a pale green. The leaves on ic are fmall, and 
deeply divided. 
The flowers are large, and of a fine glofiy yel- 
low, and' have tufts of yellow threads in the 
middle. 
The feeds (tand naked in a fmall ruundifh 
cluftcr. 
Tliis greatly refembles the commo?: creeping 
croivfoot \ but its fl;alks are all ereft, and it does 
no: root at the joints. The leaves alfo are 
paler and more hairy, and the flowers larger 
than in that fpccies. 
It is frequent in wet places near the fea, and 
flowers in May. 
J. Bauhine calls it Rammculus i-etius foUis frj'l- 
dioribus hirfiiim. 
4. Tall Crowfoot. 
Rcmincidus ereclus Joliis mullljidh. 
I he root coniifts of fibres, thick, numerous, 
and whitifh. 
The leaves that rife from it are large, and of 
a pale green : they ftand on very long foot- 
ilalks, and are each deeply divided, not into 
three parts, as thofe of the three preceding fpe- 
cies, but into live, feven, or more ; and thefe are 
again deeply indented. The whole leaf has a fi- 
gure nearly rounded. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and three 
feet high. 
The leaves on it are divided into fmaller parts, 
and fewer than thofe from the root. 
The flowers are numerous, moderately large, 
and yellow. 
The feeds Hand in fmall roundifii naked heads. 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Rammculus pratcnfts ereufus 
acris ; and mofl: others have followed him. 
5. Little flowered Crowfoot. 
Rciiiuiiculus hh-futus annus flare minimo. 
The root is a tuft of fmall fibres rifing from a 
little head. 
The leaves which rife from it are fmall, hairy, 
and of a pale green. They fl;and on footfl:alks an 
'inch and a half long, and are cut deeply into three 
parts, though not down to the fbalk. 'I'hefe di- 
vifions are alfo notched at the edges. 
The ilalks are numerous, fiender, weak, and 
hairy : they lie upon the ground, or rife but 
weakly from it. 
The leaves on them Hand irregularly, and are 
altooether like thofe from the root, but fmaller. 
The flowers are very fmall, and of a faint yel- 
low, and the leaves of the cup frequently appear 
between them : there is a little tuft of threads 
in the centre. The flowers are fcldom feen en- 
tire, the petals adhering but weakly at thtir 
bale. 
The feeds are fmall, and ftand in a little 
clufter. 
It is common on dry banks, and flowers in 
June. 
Plukenet calls it Ranunculus hirfutus anms flcre 
minimo. Morifon, Ranunculus arvenfis hirfutus 
annmisflore omnium minimo. 
Linnsus thinks this the fame with the third 
foreign fpecies ; but it is quite diUinift. 
6, Wood-Crowfoot. 
Ranunculus nemorofiis foUis fuhrotundis. 
In many of the croirfoots the leaves which grow 
on the llalk differ greatly from thofe that rife 
from tile root ; but in none fo much as this. 
'1 he root is a tuft of long fiender whitilh fibres, 
of a lefs acrid tafte than the others. 
The leaves that rile from it fland on very long 
footOialks . tliey are of a roundifli figure, often 
entire, fom.etimes divided more or lefs deeply into 
five or more parts, and always notched at the edge. 
The {talks are tolerably upright, round, weak, 
and a foot and a half high : they are divided into 
many branches, and fupport many flowers. 
The leaves on them are cut fo deeply, that each 
appears compofed of five or more long and nar- 
row ones. Thefe are of a pale green, and not 
indented. 
The flowers are moderately large, and of a 
bright yellow. 
The feeds follow in a fmall longifh clufter. 
The flower in this plant is rarely feen entire, 
for the petals hang very loofe, and often one falls 
before the reft are difclofed. 
It is common in fhady places, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ranuncidus nemorofus vel fyl- 
-vaticus folio rotunda. J. Bauhine, Ranunculus 
rotundifoUus vemus fyhaticus, 
7. Corn-Crowfoot. 
Ranunculus fcminihus afperis. 
The root is compofed of many whitifh fibres. 
The leaves that rife from it are fmall, and very 
deeply divided : they ftand on long footflalks, 
and are of a pale green. 
The ftalk is thick, firm, upriglit, and two feet 
high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are very 
deeply divided into numerous, flender, pointed 
fegments. 
The flowers ftand on the tops of the branches 
and are of a bright yellow, moderately large, and 
have a tuft of threads in the centre. 
The feeds ftand in a fmall head ; and are flat, 
large, and prickly. 
It is common in corn fields, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ranunculus arvenjis eshi- 
natus ; and he is followed by moft others. 
S. Small flowered Water-Crowfoot. 
Ranunculus aqiiaticus fioribus minimis. 
The root is a thick tuft of whitifli fibres. 
The leaves rifing from it are fupported on long 
fleOiy footftalks. They are roundifh, but deeply 
divided into three or five parts, and notched ac 
the edges. They are perfectly fmooth and glofly, 
and their colour is a pale yellowifh green. 
The ftalk is very thick, flelhy, round, and 
divided into many branches toward the top. 
The leaves on it are divided into narrower feg- 
ments than thofe at the bottom : they are alio 
fmooth, and of a pale green. 
The flowers are very fmall : they ftand on the 
tops of the branches, and are of a pale yellow. 
The feeds are numerous and fmall, and they 
ftand in longifli heads. 
It 
