22 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
OTHER SPECIES OF RANUNCULUS. 
R. AQUATILIS Lin. THE WATER CROWFOOT. 
A beautiful British aquatic, with white shining flowers, and broad floating leaves, but finely cut submerged 
ones. This plant has the remarkable property of being wholesome food for cattle ; which is the more remarkable, 
as the injurious qualities of other poisonous plants are increased by growing in or near water. This species is 
seldom if ever cultivated in gardens. 
R. CARDIOPHYLLUS Hook., Bot. Mag. t. 2999. 
An American species, with flowers like those of the common crowfoot, and tuft of thickened roots, somewhat 
resembling those of the Asiatic Ranunculus ; but with the tubers much longer and more slender. The root-leaves 
are heart-shaped and entire, except at the edges ; while the upper ones are deeply cut. The species takes its 
specific name from the heart-shaped root-leaves, the word cardiophyllus signifying literally heart-leaved. It is 
a native of the north of Canada, where it is found in the limestone districts. It was introduced in 1829. 
R. CRETICUS Lin., Bot. Reg. 1432. 
A very coarse-growing species, with large golden yellow flowers, and broad hairy leaves. A native of 
Barbary, introduced in 1658. 
R. GLACIALIS Lin. 
Nearly allied to R.aconiti/olius, a native of the mountainous parts of Europe, near the limits of perpetual 
snow. Introduced in 1775. 
R. GARGANICUS Ten. ; R. MILLEFOLIATUS mr. GRANDIFLORUS, Suit. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2nd ser. t. 248. 
A very handsome species, with large orange-yellow flowers, and very deeply cut leaves, with very slender 
segments. A native of Naples, whence it was introduced in 1830. It is quite hardy, and it is one of the few 
species of the genus that are deserving of cultivation. 
R. MILLEFOLIATUS Vahl, Bot. Mag. t. 3009. 
The leaves and habit of the plant resemble those of -R. garganicus, but the flowers are much smaller. 
The plant is ornamental, from its beautifully-cut glaucous leaves. The roots are grumose, that is, thickened 
near the collar, so as to form a bundle or fascicle of long, narrow tubers. The species is a native of the south of 
England, and the north of Africa ; and it was introduced in 1824. 
R. MONTANUS Wittd. ; R. NIVALIS Scop., Bot. Mag. t. 3022. 
A pretty little plant with a creeping root, or underground stem something like a rhizoma, with long fibrous 
roots depending from it. The species is a native of the Alps ; and it was introduced in 1827. It is quite hardy 
in British gardens. 
There are many other species, but most of them are mere weeds ; and there is so great a resemblance between 
the flowers of even the exotic kinds, and those of the British crowfoots, which are so common in every field, and 
beside every lane, as to render them not worth the trouble of cultivating as garden flowers. 
