Hoad; HasenfielJ, in the road leading (o Cambridge, near tbe village, plenti- 
fully; Eversden : Itev. 1!. Reihan . — Cheshire; Lane near Poullon : N.B.G. 
—Derbysh. Cornfields near Derby: Mr. Whatrly.— Devon; Cliffs near Ex- 
mouth : Rev. J. Jervis. — Dorset ; Ou thatched houses ; inold gravel pits; and 
among the corn, but not very common; Langton fields near Blandford : Dr. 
Polyene v.— Durham; In fields near Dailington: Mr. Brunton.— Essex ; 
About Walthamstow: Mr. E. Forster, jun. Near Chelmsford: J. G. in 
Mag. Nat. Hist. v. iv p. 446 In the road between Woodford and Chmgfocd 
Hatch: Warner. Ou Warley Common : FI. Metrop.— Hants ; About Stub- 
bington : Rev. S. Palmer, in M. N. H. v. ii. p. ilQ.—Herefordsh. In the 
Northern parts: Duncumd .—Herts; Plentiful on the Hyde near Edmonton 
fields by the Rib near Hertford : Mr. J . Woons, jun.— Kent ; Cornfields on tbe 
green sand; Cheriton ; Coolinge, &c. : Rev. G. E. Smith. Plentiful in fields 
about Winghatn and Canterbury : L. W. Dii.lwyn, Esq. Cliffs between North- 
fleet and Gravesend: FI. Metrop.— Leicestersh. Fishpool Close, and Tut hill 
Field, near Loughborough: Dr. Pultenf.y.— Middlesex ; Meadows behind the 
chapel, and in a lane that goes from Copenhagen House to Kentish Town ; 
Mary Bone Paik: Martyn. About Islington : Blackstone. Paddington and 
Pancras : Curtis. At Edmonton : Mr. J. Woods, jun.— Norfolk ; Fields at 
Ormesby : Mr. Stone. Lakenham : Mr. Crowe. Earsham : Mr. Woodward. 
A weed in gardens about Yarmouth: Mr. Wigg. Fields at Boughton near 
Stoke : D. Turner , Esq. Plentiful in one field, and road-side adjoining in 
Wimbolsham, towards Bexwell and Crimplesham : cornfields at Runcton 
Holme: Miss Bru, in N. B. G. — Northamptonsh. Gardens and fields at 
Thorp Malsor: Morton. — 'Northumberland ; On St. Anthon's Ballast Hills : 
N. J. Winch, Esq. On the Cowhill, Newcastle Town Moor : Mr. R. B. Bcuv- 
mann. — Notts; Between Radford and Woollaton Paik: Dr. Medley. — 
Suffolk; Fields at Blundeston: Mr. Wicc. Parham, in a wet meadow under 
trees: Rev. G. Crarbe . — Surrey j On Weston Green, a little on this side El- 
tham, abundantly : Mr. .1. Shlrard. Among the corn on Epsom Downs: Mr. 
T. F. Forster, jun. Fields about Dulwich, especially on the light hand of 
Lordship-lane near Dulwich Wood : Curtis. On Wimbleton, and Slreatham 
Common : FI. Metrop. — Sussex ; Cornfields on the coast, from l’ortslade to the 
western extremity of the county: W. Borrer, Esq. At Hurstpierpoinl : 
N. B. G — Warivicksh. Chelmsley Wood near Colesh ill : B. G. Coleshill i 
Rev. W. T. Bree. Alne Hills, and at Studley in a field by the church: T. 
Purton, Esq. In a field near the Cross, between Norton Lindsey and War- 
wick : Mr. W. G. Perry. — Worcestersh. Malvern Chace : Mr. E. Lees, in 
Illust. — Yorksh. Fields south-east of Welburn : Teesdale. Near York: Dr. 
White. — SCOTLAND. In cornfields, of a gravelly soil: Sireald. 
Annual. — Flowers in May and June. 
Root small, fibrous. Leaves numerous, all radical, nearly up- 
right, from 1 to 3 inches long, strap-shaped, narrow, entire, single- 
ribbed, broadest at the top, blunt, rather fleshy, smooth, (sometimes 
hairy, Huds.) tapering at the base into footstalks nearly of their 
own length. Scapes ( flower stalks ) several, shorter or longer than 
the leaves, and rising from the same root, round, each bearing a 
small upright flower. Sepals (fig. 2.) oblong, concave, herbaceous, 
spreading, their claws lengthened out below their point of inser- 
tion, pressed to the flowerstalk, and tapering to a point. Petals 
(fig. 3.) very small, shorter than the sepals, of a pale yellowish 
colour. Stamens usually 5, but sometimes more, about as long as 
the sepals. Capsules /'seeds, Linn.y (fig. 7 & 8.) numerous, Sir 
J. E. Smith says 2 or 3 hundred, 3-sided, very much crowded ; 
these are seated on a receptacle, which, at first, is short and oblong, 
as at fig. 1, d ; but, as the seed becomes ripe, it gradually lengthens 
out, till it forms, with the ripe capsules, a cylindrical spike, from 
1 to 3 inches long, as at fig 5, and which then bears a very great 
resemblance to the tail of a mouse. Plant acrid. 
The tubular elongated claws of the petals keep it distinct from Ranunculus, 
a genus to which it is very closely allied. 
I am indebted to the kindness of Herbert Giraud, Esq. of Faversham, Kent, 
for an excellent drawing of this curious little plant, from which the accompany- 
ing plate has been engraved. 
