722 466.Batrach. 85. RANUNCULACEiE. Pl.ex.thal 
Leaves above the water 3-parted, not peltate ; sta- 
mens 12 to 24. — Herb troublesome in ponds; is not acrid, 
but will feed and even fatten cattle. 
0. peltatum. Leaves above the water orbicular, 3-lobed, 
peltate. 
Ranunculus peltalus, Mcench Meth.2 14. 
5. Batrachium pantothrix . Line-trimmed water-crowfoot . 
Stem floating ; leaves many-cut, hairlike, outline orbicu- 
lar, segments divergent, thin; petals reverse ovate, larger 
than the calyx; cariopsides bald. 
Ranunculus aquatilis omnino tenuifolius, Raii Syn. 249,4. 
Millefolium, sive Maratriphyllon, fiore et semine ranunculi aquatici, 
hepaticae facie, Ger. em. 827, 2. 
Ranunculus trichophyllus, Chaix in Vill. Dauph. 1,335. 
Ranunculus divaricatus, Mcench Mceth. 214. 
Ranunculus capillaceus, Thuil. Par. ed. 2, 1, 278. 
Ranunculus aquatilis A, Desfont. FI. Atl. 1, 242. 
Ranunculus pantothrix, Brotero FI. Lus. 2, 375. 
Ranunculus pectinatus, Dubois Meth. Orl. 454, 
Ranunculus aquatilis 0, Smith FI. Brit. 596. 
Ponds and ditches ; perennial ; May and June. 
Herb mild ; used for feeding cattle. 
6. Batrachium ccespitosum. Tufted water-crowfoot . 
Stem floating ; leaves many-cut, hairlike, outline nearly 
orbicular, segments diverging, stiff ; petioles slightly sheath- 
ing, eared ; petals reverse ovate, larger than the calyx ; ca- 
riopsides bald. 
Ranunculus aquaticus albus, circinatis tenuissime divisis foliis, floribu 
ex alis longis pediculis innixis, Raii Syn , 249, 5. 
Ranunculus rigidus, Persoon in Hoff. Germ. 4, 257. 
Ranunculus caespitosus, Thuill. Par. ed. 2. 1,279. 
Ranunculus aquaticus B, Desfont. FI. Atl. 1,443. 
Ranunculus pumilus, Poiret Diet. 6, 133. 
Ranunculus circinnatus, Sibthorp FI. Ox. 175. 
Ranunculus aquatilis y, Smith FI. Brit. 596. 
Inundated places ; perennial; May and June. 
Herb mild. 
7. Batrachium fiuviatile. River water-crowfoot 
Stem floating; leaves many-cut, hairlike; segments long, 
parallel ; petals reverse ovate, larger than the calyx ; ca- 
riopsides bald. 
