PL ex. that 85. RANUNCULACEAE. 466. Batrach. 723 
Ranunculus q. Millefolium maratriphyllum fiuitans, ranunculo sive po- 
Jyanthemo aquatili albo affine J. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 250,6. 
Ranunculus fiuitans, Ft. Dan. 3 76. 
Ranunculus peucedanifolius, Allioni Ped. 1469. 
Ranunculus peucedanoides, Desfont. FI. Atl. l,444i 
Ranunculus fluviatilis, Willdenow S. P. 2, 1333. 
Ranunculus aquatilis S, Smith FI. Brit. 596. 
Ranunculus panthothrix peucedanifolius, De Cand. Syst. Nat. 1, 230. 
Rivers and running waters ; perennial ; May and June. 
Segments of the leaves very long.— Herb mild, like the 
preceding. 
XI. 467. MYOSURUS. Dodonaeus* Mouse-tail , 
Calyx 5-sepaled ; sepales produced beyond the insertion ; 
petals 5, claws threadshape, tubular; stamens 5 to 20; 
ovaries many; cariopsides many, 3-sided, pointed, with a 
straight style, very crowded, forming a very long spike. — 
Plants herbaceous; root fibrous, annual; caudex simple, 
upright, tufted; leaves linear, not cut; scape 1-flowered, as 
long as the leaves, thickened. 
Myosurus Europcea. European mouse- tail. 
Mvosuros, Raii Syn. 251. 
Cauda muris, Ger. em. 426,4. 
Holosteum Loniceri, Cauda muris vocatum, Park 500. 
Myosurus minimus, Lin. S. P. 407. 
Gravelly fields ; annual ; May. 
Scapes 3 to 6 from the same root ; leaves sometimes 
slightly hairy ; flowers pale yellow ; petals rarely anther* 
like. 
D. Anemones. JEstivation of the calyx and corolla 
imbricate ; petals flat, or 0 ; cariopsides often tailed. — Plants 
herbaceous; roots grumose or bundled; leaves radical or 
alternate. 
XII. 468. ADONIS. Matthioli. Maithes . 
Calyx 5-sepaled, closed together; sepales sometimes en- 
larged at the bottom; petals 5 to 15, claw naked; stamens 
many, inserted at the bottom of the gynophore; ovaries 
many ; cariopsides many, aggregated in an ovate or cylin- 
drical spike, 1 -seeded, bald, terminated by a straight, co- 
nical style. — Plants herbaceous, caulescent; root annual, 
fusiform; stem-leaves pinnatedly parted ; lobes many-cut; 
segments linear ; involucrum 0 ; flowers small, red or yellow. 
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