716 465. Ranim. 85. RANUNCULACEiE. Pl.ex.thal. 
a. Ranunculus. Flowers yellow ; leaves laid , many-cut , 
toothed; roots fibrous, annual; car iops ides tubercular or 
spinous on loth sides. 
1 . Ranunculus parviflcrus. Smallflowered crowfoot. 
Leaves villous, round, 3-lobed, large-toothed or cut; 
stem* lying down, soft haired; peduncles opposite to the 
leaves; calyx equal to the petals, becoming reflected; ca - 
riopsides granulariy tuberculated. 
Ranunculus hirsutus animus fiore minimo, Rail Syn. 248,5. 
Ranunculus parviflcrus, Lin. S. P. 780. 
Ranunculus muricatus, Moench. Meth. 215. 
Hairy crowfoot. 
Fields tfnd hedges on gravel ; annual; May and June. 
Stem branched, leafy ; leaves longly petioled, uppermost 
leaves lanceolate, not in the least cut; flowers very small; 
petals yellow, oblong, sometimes 3 or 4, not longer than 
the calyx; cariopsides 7 to 10, compressed, almost orbicu- 
lar, crowned with a very short, nearly straight style. 
2. Ranunculus arvensis. Corn crowfoot. 
Leaves bald : seed-leaves toothed at the tip ; root-leaves 
3-parted; stem -leaves many-cut, lobes linear; stem upright, 
many-flowered ; cariopsides with long prickles on each 
side. 
Ranunculus arvorum, Raii Syn. 248; Ger. em. 951, 3; Park. 328. 
Ranunculus arvensis, Lin. S . P. 780. 
Ranunculus echinalus, Crantz Austr. 2, 118, not of Venlenat, 
Cornfields; annual; June. 
Stem much branched; leaves rather bold; lobes oblong; 
edge not cut, tip sharply cut; flowers small; stamens 12 
or 14; cariopsides 6 or 7, large. — Herb acrid, poisonous to 
sheep, 3 ounces of the juice killed a dog in 4 minutes. 
3. Ranunculus hirsutus. Rough-haired crowfoot. 
Leaves 3-lobed or 3-cut, lobes blunt, deeply toothed, the 
middle peduncled; calyx turned back; stem not bulbous 
at bottom; cariopsides with a single row of very small tu- 
bercles round the edg*e. 
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Ranunculus rectus pallidioribus foliis, Raii Syn. 247, 3. 
Ranunculus bulbosus ,6, Hudson Ft. Angl. 241. 
Ranunculus philonotis, Retz Obs. 6,31. 
Ranunculus agrarius, All. Auct. 27. 
Ranunculus sardous, Crantz Austr. 2, 84. 
Ranunculus pallidior, Pillars Delph. 4, 751. 
Ranunculus hirsutus, Aiton Hort. Kew. 2, 268. 
Ranunculus pallidus, Russel in Schrader J our. Hot. 1,425. 
Ranunculus Palensis, Berg. Ft. Bass. Pyr. 2,405. 
