Caltha palustris. Mars h-M a r i g o l d. 
CALTHA Linux! Gea. VI. Polyandria Polygynia Cal. o. Petala quinque. Nedaria o. Capful. x plufes 
polyfpermae. 
Ran Syn. Herbae multisilicuue seu corniculatae. 
CALTHA paluftris. Linncei Syjl. Vegetab. p. 432. Flor. Suecic. 198. 
CALTHA Haller, hjjl. helv. p. 32. n. 1188. 
POPULAGO paluftris. Scopoli FI. Carniol p. 404. 
CALTHA paluftris flore fimplici. Bauhin pin 276. 
POPULAGO. I'ournefort. 1 ’abernamont. 
CALTHA paluftris vulgaris fimplex. Parkinfon 1213. 
CALTHA paluftris major. Gerard, ernac. 817. 
Raii Syn.271. Marlh Marigold. Hudfon FI. Angi. p. 214. 
RADIX perennis, e plurimis fibris, teretibus, majufcu- | 
lis, albidis, conftans. _ 3 
CAULES ex eadem radice nafcuntur plures, fubere&i, | 
pedales, fiftulofi, pene teretes, glabri, ramofi, | 
ad bafin purpurei. & 
FOLIA radicalia petiolata, cordato-reniformia, glabra, | 
crenata, caulina fubfeffilia, ad apicem acutiora, | 
et acute crenata. | 
STIPUL/E fufcas, membranacea, marcefcentes. | 
RAMI dichotomi, 3 
PEDUNCULI uniflori, eredi, fulcati. 
CALYX nullus. I 
COROLLA : Petala plerumque quinque, flava, mag- | 
na, fubrotundo-ovata, plana, patentia, fuperne | 
non fplendentia, ftg. 1 . & 
? 
STAMINA: Filamenta numerofa, filiformia, Corolla 3 
breviora, Antherae oblongas, comp relite, in- | 
curvatas, flavte, ftg. 2. | 
PISTILLUM : Germina quinque ad decem, oblonga, | 
comprefla, ereda; Stvli nulli; Stigmata f 
fimplicia, ftg. 3. ± 
PERICARPIUM: Capsulae totidem, acuminatas, pa- i 
tentes, futura fuperiore dehilcentes, ftg. 4. | 
SEMINA plurima, fubovata, pulchra, inferne olivacea, | 
fuperne rufa , ftg. 5. 3 
ROOT perennial, confifting of numerous, round, large, 
white fibres. 
STALKS : feveral arife from the fame root, almoft up- 
right, about a foot high, hollow, nearly round, 
fmooth, branched, and purple at bottom. 
LEAVES : the radical leaves placed on long foot ftalks, 
betwixt an heart and kidney lhape, fmooth, 
Ihining, and notched or crenated ; the leaves 
of the stalk nearly feffile, more pointed at 
top, and fharply crenated. 
STIPULaE brown, membranous and withered. 
BRANCHES dichotomous. 
PEDUNCLES fupporting one flower, upright, and 
grooved. 
CALYX wanting. 
COROLLA generally confifts of five large Petals 
of a roundilh oval lhape and yellow colour, 
flat, Ipreading, and without anyglofs on the 
upper fide, ftg, 1. 
STAMINA: Filaments numerous, filiform, fhorter 
than the Corolla ; An therae oblong, flat, bend- 
ing inward, and of a yellow colour, ftg. 2. 
PISTILLUM : Germina from five to ten, oblong, 
flattilh, and upright ; Styles none; Stigma- 
ta Ample, ftg. 3. 
SEED-VESSEL: fo many Capsules as Germina, 
pointed, and fpreading, opening at the fuperior 
future, ftg. 4. 
SEEDS numerous, fomewhat oval, beautiful!, at bot- 
tom of an olive, and at top of a reddilh colour. 
Linnaeus informs us that the Calthn is the firft flower which proclaims the Spring in Lapland , and that it begins 
to blow about the end of May, with us it ufually flowers in March and April, and laft Spring, 1 775, this plant 
was found in Bloflom in the month of February, fo remarkably forward was the Spring of that year. 
It grows in wet Meadows and by the fides of Rivers, where it makes a very noble appearance, and when dou-^ 
ble, is often cultivated in Gardens, where it will grow very readily if the foil be favourable. 
In the Country, Children colletft it to ornament their Garlands on May day. 
I fcarce ever obferved the leaves to be eaten by any animals, but the flowers are often deftroyed by a Ipecies 
of Chrysomela. 
Haller fays that it is acrid and cauftic and yet that it is eaten by Cows. 
The flower Buds are pickled and ufed as Capers. 
