( 10 =^ ) 
a fruit, either round, cylindrical, or fpik’d ; to 
the axis of it adhere many feeds. 
Crowfoot is divided into four forts ; Into fuch 
as grow in meadows and paftures ; 2^, Woods ; 
Thofe that have prickly heads and feeds j and ’ 
Such as grow in water, and marlhy places. 
I. Such as grow in meadows and paftures, 
i'. Ranunculus pratenjis repens ^ R. 247. P. 329.' 
Trat, repens hirfutus^ C. 179. Pratenjis etiamque 
hortenjis^ G. 804. Common creeping Crowfoot, or 
Butter-cups. In moift meadows. Both the ftalks 
and leaves are hairy •, and the leaves are marked here 
and there with white fpots : Each feed ends in a little 
Ipine. 
2. Ranunculus hulbofus^ R. 247. G. 806. P. 329. 
Pratenjis radice verticilli medo rotundo^ C . 1 79 . Round- 
rooted or bulbous Crowfoot. Common in paftures. i 
It has a round tuberous root : When the flowers ‘ 
open, the leaves ot the empalement bend back to 1 
the pedicle. 
3. Ranunculus reElus pallidiorihus hirfutus^ R. I 
247. Upright pale-leaved Crowfoot. In moift 
places, and where water ftands in the winter. It 
has paler leaves than the Common creeping Crowfoot ; 
does not creep upon the ground j nor has it any ma- 
nifeft acrimony in the tafte. 
4. Ranunculus pratenfis ereEius acris^ R. 248, C. 
178. pratenjis ereilus acris vulgaris^ P-329. furreElis ' 
cauliculisy G. 804. Upright Meadow Crowfoot. In 
meadows and paftures. The ftalks are about three : 
fourths of a yard high, ftreight, round, and hoi- i 
low ; fet with a down fo fhort and thin, that they ^ 
feem to be quite fmooth : The feeds are flat, and ■ 
lharp at the top. 
5. Ranunculus hirfutus annuus flore minimo^ R . 248. 
Field Crowfoot. The leaves grow on long pedicles, 
hairy and foft to the touch, round, fometlung like 
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