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POLYANDRIA P0LY6YNIA. Caltha. 
Ranunculus Ficaria. Walt. Ji. car. 15g. 
In shady cedar-swamps of New Jersey and Carolina. 
%. June, July. v. v. Flowers deep yellow, the size 
of Ranunculus Ficaria. 
integerrima* 2. C. caule erecto corymboso, folds iiitegerrimis sinu clauso 
orbiculato-cordatis, floralibus sessihbus reniformibus 
basi obsolete crenatis, petalis obovalibus. 
In wet meadows and small rivulets ; New England to 
Virginia. 2+ . May — July, v. v. Flowers yellow, 
smaller than the following species. 
palusiris. \ 3. C. caule erecto corymboso, foliis cordato-reniformibus : 
lobis patulis, circumcirca acute-crenatis, floralibus sub- 
sessiiibus, petalis ovatis. — -Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 1338. 
Icon. FL dan. 668. Engl. hot. 506. 
In low boggy meadows : Canada to Pensylvania. 1/ . 
April — June. v. v. Flowers golden yellow, large. 
JialellifoUa. 4. C. caule procumbente, foliis dilatato-reniformibus : lobis 
patentissimis, circumcirca argute acuteque dentatis, 
pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris, petalis obova- 
tis, capsulis rostro adunco. 
In a large sand- spring on Pokono-mountain, Pensylvania. 
I/. July, Aug. V. V. Flowers yellow, the size of 
Ranunculus arvensls. This plant has some affinity 
with C. natans IVilld. sp. pi. 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. pusilluy 
which 1 distinguish by the following diagnosis : Caltha 
natans, caule procumbente natante, foliis cordato-re- 
niformibus : lobis subapproximatis, postice obsolete 
crenatis, amice dentatis, petalis ovalibus, capsulis ro.s- 
tro recto. The flowers of that species are white, with 
a tinge of red, of the same size as the present species. 
462. COPTIS. Salish. in linn.trans. 8. p. 305. 
trifoUa. 3 . C. foliis ternatis, foliolis rotundato-obovalibus acumina- 
to-crenatis, scapo unifloro.-— 1. c. 
Helleborus trifolius. IVilid. sp. pL 2. p. 1338. 
Jeon, FI. dan. 566. 
In cedar-swamps and mountain bogs : Canada to Virgi- 
nia. 7/. May — July. v. v. A delicate small plant y 
flowers white. 
