6 I. RANL’NCULACE.E. [Adonis. 
Dry chalky pastures, in several parts of England. If. 4, 5. — 
Flowers purple, externally silky, very handsome. 
2. A. nemorusa L. ( Wood A.); leaves ternate, leaflets lan- 
ceolate lobed and cut, involucre similar to them petiolate, stem 
single-flowered, sepals 6 elliptical, point of achenes not feathery. 
E.^B. t. 355. 
Moist woods and pastures, and on high mountains. If.. 3 — 6. — 
Flowers white, tinged with purple outside. 
3. A.* Apenmna L. ( Blue Mountain A.) ; leaves triternate 
segments lanceolate cut and toothed, involucre petiolate ternate 
and cut, sepals 12 — 14, point of achenes not feathery. E. B. 
t. 1062. 
Wimbledon woods, Surrey ; near Harrow ; Luton Hoe, Bedford- 
shire ; near Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire; and Cullen, Banff, "if. 
4. — Flowers light and bright blue. 
4. A. *ranunculoides L. ( yellow Wood A .) ; leaves ternate or 
quinate, leaflets subtrifid cut and toothed, involucre shortly 
stalked ternate cut and toothed, sepals 5 — 6 elliptical, point of 
achenes not feathery. E. B. t. 1484. 
Woods, rare; King’s Langley, Herts; and Wrotham, Kent. If. 
4. — Flowers bright yellow. 
4. Adonis Linn. Pheasant’s Eye. 
Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. 5 — 10, without a nectary. Stamens 
and Styles numerous. Achenes without awns. — Name: its 
deep red colour suggested the idea of its being stained by the 
blood of Adonis. 
1. A. *autumndlis L. ( Corn P.) ; petals concave connivent 
scarcely longer than the glabrous calyx, achenes reticulated 
collected into an ovate head, stem branched. E. B. t. 308. 
Amongst corn, about London, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Gloucester- 
shire, Glasgow, and Dublin. 0. 5 — 7, and partially till autumn. 
— Leaves thrice compound, with linear segments. Petals bright 
scarlet. Cultivated under the name of Flos- Adonis. 
5. Myosurus Linn. Mouse-tail. 
Cal. of 5 sepals, prolonged at the base, imbricated in estiva- 
tion. Pet. 5, their claws tubular (nectariferous). Stumens 5. 
Achenes numerous, collected upon a very long columnar recep- 
tacle. — Name, yvc, yvoc, a mouse , and ovpa, a tail, from the 
elongated receptacle or the germens of seed-vessels. 
1. M. minimus L. ( common M.) E. B. t. 435. 
Corn-fields and waste places in England, in a gravelly or chalky 
soil. North of Ireland. ©. 4 — 6. — A small plant, from 2 — 6 
