I. RANUNCULACE^E. 
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petiolate leaflets which are 3-lobed or 3-partite and cut, root 
bulbous, achenes smooth, receptacle hairy. E. B. t. 515. 
Meadows and pastures, frequent. 2/ . 5, 6. — ■ Stem ] ft. high, 
hairy. Lobes of the lower leaves subovate ; upper leaves with linear 
segments. 
fff Leaves divided. Achenes tuberculated or muricated. Annual. 
18. R. hirsutus Curt. ( pale hairy C.) ,• calyx reflexed, stem 
erect many-flowered hairy, leaves 3-lobed or 3-partite, lobes 
obtuse cut, root fibrous, achenes margined and tuberculated 
near the margin. E. B. t. 1504. R. Philonotis Ehrh. 
Meadows and waste ground. ©. 6 — 10. — Varying extremely in 
size. When very small it is R. parvulus L. 
19. R. arvensis L. ( Corn C.) ; calyx spreading, stem erect 
many-flowered, leaves 3-cleft their lobes usually again 3-cleft 
into linear entire or bi-tridentate segments, achenes margined 
muricated. E. B. t. 135. 
Corn-fields. ©. 5 — 7. — Achenes very large and prickly. Flowers 
small, pale yellow. Said to be extremely injurious to cattle. 
20. R. parvijlurus L. (small-flowered C .) ; stem spreading, 
leaves hairy 3-lobed and cut, penduncles opposite the leaves, 
calyx as long as the petals, achenes muricated. E. B. t. 120. 
Corn-fields about London, Norwich, and in the S. and S. W. of 
England. Chelmsford. Haekfall. Ormshead. Cork. Sand-hills 
between Baldoyle and Howth, Dublin. ©. 5 — 8 Well distin- 
guished by its spreading stems, lateral flower -stalks, and small narrow 
petals, one or two of which are often wanting. 
** Ovaries (and fruit) elongated , many-seeded. Stamens nume- 
rous. (Gent 7 — 14.) 
7. Caltha Linn. Marsh Marygold. 
Sepals 5, petaloid. Pet. none. Follicles 5 — 10, compressed, 
spreading, with many seeds. — Named from KaXatioc, a. cup, which 
its flowers resemble. 
1. C. palustris L. (common M .) ; stem ascending rooting or 
creeping, calyx-leaves 5 — 6 oval deciduous. — a. leaves orbi- 
culari-cordate or reniform crenate. E. B. t. 506. — 13. leaves 
cordato-triangular toothed. C. radicans Forst. : E. B. t. 2175. 
Marshy places, common. — / 3 Scotland? 2/.. 3 — 6. — Petioles 
with large stipule-like auricles at the base. 0. is only known, and in 
our opinion lias never been known, except as a garden variety ; what 
is usually taken for it is a small state of o. common in mountainous 
situations, and which is the C. minor of Miller’s Diet. 
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