300 
fOLfANDRIA POLYGYNiA, Caltha. 
Ranunculus Fic&fia. tpall.fi. car. 150. 
iii shady cedar- ?w&mps of NeW Jersey aild Carolina. 
11 . June, July. v. v. Flowers deep yellow, the size 
of Ranunculus Fkarias • 
integerrima . 
2. C. caule erecto CoryUiboso, foliis integerrimis Sinu clauso 
ofbiculato-cordatiS, floralibus sessilibus reniformibus 
basi obsolete crenatis, petalis obovalibus, 
In wet meadows and small rivulets ; NeW England to 
Virginia, If.. May— July. v. v. Flowers yellow, 
smaller than the following species. 
palustris . 
3. C. caule erecto corymbose, foliis cordato- reniform ibus : 
lobis patulis, circumcirca acute-crenatis, floralibus sub- 
sessilibus, petalis ovatis. — tVilld . sp. pl. : '1 . p. 1&38. 
Icon. FI. dan. 668. Engl, hot 506. 
In low boggy meadows : Canada to Pensylvania. 1/ . 
April — June. V. v. Flowers golden yellow, large. 
fialellifolia. 
4. C. caule procumbente, foliis dilatato-reniformibus : lobis 
patenfissimis, circumcirca argute acuteque dentatis, 
pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris, petalis obova- 
tis, capsulis rostro adunco. 
In a large sand- spring on Pokono-mountain y Pensylvania. 
11 . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers yellow, the size of 
Ranunculus arvensis, This plant has some affinity 
with C. natans Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 133Q. of which I 
have seen perfect specimens in the Herbarium of A. 
B, Lambert, Esq., collected by Pallas in the most 
eastern parts of Siberia, under the name Of C. pusilla , 
which 1 distinguish by the following diagnosis : Caltha 
natans, caule procumbente natante, foliis cordato-re- 
niiormibus : lobis subapproximatis, pOstice obsolete 
crenatis, antice dentatis, petalis ovalibus, capsulis ros- 
tro recto. The flowers of that species are white, with 
a tinge of red, of the same size as the present species. 
trifolia , 
462. COPTIS. Salish. in linn, trans. 8. p. 305. 
1 . C. foliis ternatis, foliolis rotundato-Obovalibus acumina- 
to-crenatis, scapo unifloro. — Salish. 1. c. 
FlelleborUs trifolius. IVilld. sp. pL 2, p. 1338. 
Icon. FI. dan. 566. 
In cedar-swamps and mountain bogs : Canada to Virgi- 
nia. 11. May — July. v. v. A delicate small plant $ 
flowers white. 
