pusillus , 
filiformis. 
Cymlahn ia. 
abortivus . 
nitidus . 
FOLYANDKIA PGLYGYNIA. Ranunculus. 
v. v. Resembles the preceding one, but is upright, the 
flowers larger and in greater abundance. 
3. R. glaber ; foliis petiolatis, inferioribus ovatis dentatis, 
superioribus lineari-lanceolatis apice dentatis, supremis 
linearibus bracteiformibus, pedunculis alternis solita- 
riis unifioris. 
R. flammula. IVdlt. jl. car. 15Q. Midi. Jl. amer. 1, 
p. 321. 
1/. June Aug. v. s . in Herb. Enslen. A small spe- 
cies, with exceeding small flowers, petals pale yellow, 
4. R. glaber, pusillus; caulibus filiformibus repentibus ge- 
niculatis, geniculis unifioris, foliis lineari-subulatis ob - 
tusis. Mich.fi amer. 1. p. 320. 
In inundated places, on the river St. Laurence, Hudson’s 
Bay, and Labrador. 7/ . June, July. v. s. in Herb. 
Banks. Resembles R. reptans very much. 
5. R. glaber, minimus, filiformis, repens, ad genicula radi- 
cans; foliis cordato-reniformibus obtuse 5-dentatis, 
pedunculis radicalibus solitariis plerumque bifloris, pe- 
talis linearibus, fructibus oblongis. 
In saline marshes near the salt-works of Onondago, New 
York. I/. June, July. v.v. Flowers the size of 
the foregoing one, pale yellow, sometimes white» 
This little plant has some resemblance to R. salsugi- 
nosus of Pallas, whose specimens I had an opportunity 
of seeing in the collection ol A. B. Lambert, Esq. and 
which may be distinguished by the following diagnosis: 
R. glaber, filiformis, repens, ad genicula radicans; 
foliis ovatis rariter cordatis apice 3-dentatis, peduncu- 
lis radicalibus solitariis plerumque unifioris, petalis 
obovatis, fructibus subglobosis. The flowers are more 
than ten times larger than in R. Cymbalaria. 
Foliis dissectis et divisis. 
6. R. glaber; caulibus striatis inferne nudis, foliis radicali- 
bus cordato-reniformibus obtuse-crenatis, caulinis pe- 
tiolatis ternatis angulatis, superioribus sessilibus, ramur 
lis subtnfloris, — Wiild. sp. pl. 2. p 1314. 
In wet places on the side of ponds and ditches : New 
York to Carolina. 7/ . July, Aug. v . v. Flowers 
small, yellow. 
7 . R. glaberrimus ; caulibus fistulosis, foliis radicalibus ro- 
tundato-subreniformibus obtuse-crenatis, caulinis ses- 
