POLYANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. 
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incised, sarmeiits creeping; peduncles furrow- 
ed, calices spreading. — Willd, 
Icon. FI. Dan. 795. Engl. Bot. 516. 
Creeping Crow -foo t 
A fine species, which spreads rapidly and extenf5ively by its 
creeping roots. Flowers large, deep-yellow. In damp, shady 
woods, and unmolested moist places near shrubbery ; frequent. 
Perennial. July. 
6. R. very hirsute ; leaves compound, ternate, tri- buibosus. 
fid, incised and toothed ; stem erect, many-flow- 
ered ; peduncles furrowed, calices reflexed, root 
bulbous. — Willd. 
Icon. FL Dan. 551. Engl. Bot. 515. 
Common Bulbous Crow -foot 9 or Butter-cup* 
An introduced, but naturalized species, found every where 
in pastures, grass-plots, and in grassy fields and lanes. Leaves 
a very deep-green ; flowers fine deep-shining-yellow. Posses- 
ses medicinal virtues. Whole fields are often rendered yeh 
low by the profusion of this plant. Perennial. From May 
till August. 
7. R. hairy, erect, branched ; leaves ternate, tri- Pennsyivani. 
fid, incised, hairy underneath; peduncles te-*^'^*’ 
rete, calices reflexed, petals the length of the 
calix. — JVilld. 
R. trifolius, Bart. Prod. P'l. Ph. 60. 
An excessively hairy species, which comes near to Penn- 
sylvanicus, but may not be it on further examination. In grassy 
retired places ; not common. On the grotmds of Lemon-hill. 
Perennial. July. 
8. R. root very much fascicled ; leaves ternate, sub- fasdcuiam. 
pinnate, glabrous. B. 
R. fascicularis, Muhl. 
A fine species, eighteen inches or two feet high, growing on 
the margins of our rivers and creeks, and frequently mistaken 
for R. acris, from which it materially differs. Perennial. May, 
June. 
