Pl.ex.thal. 85. RANUNCULACEiE. 465. Ranun. 719 
Ranunculus nemorosus dulcis, secundus Tragi, Raii Syn. 248; Park. 
326. 
Ranunculus auricomus, Ger. cm. 954, 7 ; Lin. S. P. 775. 
Ranunculus polymorphus, Allioni Ped. 1449. 
Ranunculus initis, Gilibert in Ulst. Del. 2,420. 
Ranunculus variifolius, Salisb. Prod. 1, 373. 
Sweet wild crowfoot. Golden locks. 
Damp fields and shady places ; perennial ; April to July. 
Stem 2 feet high, branched ; sepales coloured, edge some- 
times dilated; petals sometimes 0. — Herb mild. 
c. Flowers yellow ; leaves toothed , or not cut ; root fibrous. 
9. Ranunculus replans. Creeping crowfoot. 
Leaves linear, not in the least cut, bald ; stem creeping, 
emitting a root at each joint. 
Ranunculus replans, Lin. S. P. 773. 
Ranunculus Flammula, Smith FI. Brit. 587. 
Sides of Alpine lakes ; perennial ; June to August. 
Slem threadlike, creeping; leaves nearly threadlike; 
flowers solitary, small, yellow. 
10. Ranunculus flammeus. Flame crowfoot. 
Leaves bald, linear, lanceolate, slightly ovate, scarcely 
cut ; lower leaves petioled ; stem lying down, many, slightly 
rooting at bottom; peduncles opposite to the leaves; ca- 
riopsides smooth. 
Ranunculus flammeus minor, Raii Syn. 250,7 ; Ger. etn. 961,2. 
Ranunculus flammeus minor, sive angustifolius, Park. 1214. 
Ranunculus Flammula, Lin. S. P. 772. 
Small spear wort. Bane wort. 
Bogs and meadows; perennial; July to September. 
Stem 2 feet high ; leaves bald, slender ; flowers rich, 
shining yellow.-— Herb acrid, poisonous to sheep ; the dis- 
tilled water is emetic, acting instantly. 
£. serralus. Leaves nearly lanceolate, serrated. 
Ranunculus flammeus serratus, Ger.em. 962, 3. 
y. ovalus. Leaves mostly ovate, petioled. 
Ranunculus Flammula, Poiret Diet. 6, 98. 
Ranunculus ovatus, Persoon Each. 2, 102. 
11. Ranunculus longifolius. Long-leaved crowfoot. 
Leaves lanceolate, slightly serrate, sessile, nearly em- 
bracing the stem ; stem upright, bald. 
