718 465. Ranun. 85. RANUNCULACEiE. Pl. ex. that. 
side segments sometimes sessile ; upper surface very smooth, 
dark green, spotted with black or white, sometimes downy, 
or spotless ; segments 3-cut or 3-parted, sometimes many- 
cut; flowers often double or proliferous from the centre. 
6. Ranunculus acris . Acrid crowfoot. 
Leaves downy or nearly bald, palmately parted ; lobes 
deeply toothed, acute ; upper lobes linear ; stem upright, 
many-flowered, slightly downy ; peduncles cylindrical ; calyx 
villous; cariopsides terminated by a nearly straight mucro. 
Ranunculus pratensis erectus acris, Raii Syn. 248,4. 
Ranunculus surrectis cauliculis, Ger. em. 951,2. 
Ranunculus pratensis erectus acris vulgaris, Park. 329. 
Ranunculus acris, Lin. S. P. 779. 
Ranunculus napellifolius, var. Crantz Austr. 2,90. 
Upright meadow crowfoot. 
Fields and pastures ; perennial; May to July. 
Stem 2 feet high, branched above; hairs pressed to the 
stem ; leaves spotless, sometimes with a black spot in the 
middle; flowers often double. 
7. Ranunculus sceleratus. Wicked crowfoot . 
Leaves bald ; root-leaves petioled, 3-parted ; lobes 
3-lobed, slightly and bluntly cut ; uppermost leaves three- 
parted, lobes oblong, linear, not cut', floral-leaves oblong; 
calyx bald ; cariopsides very small, forming an oblong spike. 
Ranunculus palustris, Raii Syn. 249, 1. 
Ranunculus palustris rotundi-folius, Ger.em. 962,4. 
Ranunculus palustris Sardonius laevis, Park. 1215. 
Ranunculus sceleratus, Lin. S. P. 776. 
Round-leaved water crowfoot. Celery-leaved crowfoot. 
Watery places ; annual; June to August. 
Herb pale green ; stem thick, juicy ; flowers small ; petals 
scarcely longer than the calyx; stamens 8 to 12; cariopsides 
very numerous, smooth, deciduous. — Herb corrosive, ul- 
cerating the places to which it is applied. 
|3. minimus. Stem very short; root-leaves 3-cut; fruit 
ovate. 
y. submersus . Leaves all under water, translucid, mem* 
branaceous; lobes long. 
8. Ranunculus auricomus . Golden-haired crowfoot . 
Leaves bald ; root-leaves petioled, heartshape, generally 
3-parted or 3-lobed ; stem-leaves parted into linear lobes, 
sometimes slightly toothed ; calyx downy, shorter than the 
petals. 
