YELLOW AND YELLOWISH FLOWERS 
Creeping Buttercup {Ranunculus repens). Crowfoot family. 
May to July. 
A low buttercup, spreading by runners. The flowers are less 
than an inch in breadth ; the petals longer than the sepals. The 
seed-case is tipped by a short and curved beak. The leaves 
are on leaf-stalks and have three divisions, the middle one with 
a stalk of its own; all are somewhat wedge-shaped and 
have white blotches. Everywhere. The Latin repens means 
creeping. 
Yellow Water Crowfoot {Ranunculus delpkinif alius) . 
Crowfoot family. June to August. 
A flower like a buttercup rises from water or mud on a long 
stalk. The seed-vessels have long, slender beaks. The leaves 
are generally under water and finely dissected. The Latin 
delphinus means dolphin, folium, a leaf. 
Water Plantain Spearwort {Ranunculus laxicaulis). Crow- 
foot family. June to August. 
A slender weed a foot or two high, with stem rooting at the 
joints, bearing flowers slightly over half an inch broad, suggest- 
ing buttercups with narrow yellow petals ; the beak of the seed- 
vessel is slender. The leaves are long and narrow, with prac- 
tically smooth edges, clasping the stem. Wet ground. From 
the Latin laxus, open or extended, and caulis, stalk. 
Downy Yellow Violet {Violet puhescens). Violet family. 
April, May. 
A violet with hairy stem, sometimes one and one-half feet 
high. Leaves broadly heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, com- 
monly pointed, and with rounded teeth. Petals with sharp, 
purple veining, the lateral with beard. (Illustration, p. 75.) 
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