RaNUNCULUsHeDERACEUS. I V Y “ L E A V E D C R O W FOOT 
RANUNCULUS Lin, Gen. PI. Polyandria PoLyg^nia. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5 Intra Ungues pdro mellifero; Sent. nuda-. 
Rail Syn. Gen , 15; Herbie semine nudo polyspebmje. 
RANUNCULUS hederaceits foliis fubrotundis trilobis integerrimis* caule repente. Lin. Syjl. Vegetak 
p» 43 1; Spec. PI. p. 781. 
RANUNCULUS aquaticus hederaceus luteus. Bank. Pin. 180. 
RANUNCULUS hederaceus rivulorum fe extendens, atra macula notatus; L B, III. 782; 
RANUNCULI aquatilis varietas altera. Ger. emac. 830. 
RANUNCULUS hederaceus aquaticus. Park. 1216. 
RANUNCULUS aquatilis hederaceus albus; Rati Syn , p. 249. Hitdfon F/. Angi, p; 243. Lighfoot PL 
Scot ; p. 294. Oeder FL Dan. ic. 219. 
RADICES plurimi, fimplices, albidi, in limum pro- J ROOTS numerous, fimple, whitifh, penetrating deeply 
funde demiffi. I into the mud ‘ 
CAULES plurimi, teretes, folidi, geniculati, craffiuf- 1 STALKS numerous, round, folid, jointed, thickifti, 
culi, repentes, late diffufl. | ttreepjng, fpread.ng wide. 
FOLIA petiolata, plerumque quinquelobata, fubcarnofa, t LEAVES (landing on foot-flalks, generally divided into 
nitida, avenia. I fiv . e lobes > fomewhat fleftiy, Aiming, and 
$ veinlefs. 
PETIOLI ad bafin vagina magna, membranacea in - 1 LEAF-STALKS at the bafe furniflied with a large 
£ ru £j I membranous (heath. 
PEDUNCULI axillares, petiolis breviores, uniflori, | FLOWER-STALKS proceeding from the alas of the 
primo eredi, perada florefcentia verfus terram? the leaves (horter than the leaf-ftalks, fupport- 
recurvati. * ing one bl °fl' om » at nrft upright, a ‘ ter 
I flowering is over, turned back towards the 
y ground. 
FLORES parvi albi. . . f FLOWERS (mail and white. 
CALYX- Peri anthium pentaphyllum, foliolis ovatis, f CALYX : a Perianthium of five leaves, which are 
margine membranaceis, flavefcentibus. Jig. 1. f ovate, membranous and yellowifh at the edges. 
I Jig. 1. 
COROLLA- petala quinque alba, oblonga, obtufiufcula, ? COROLLA : five white Petals of an oblong fhape, 
calyce longiora. Jig. a. I fomewhat obtufe, and larger than the calyx. 
f Jig- 2 - 
KECT ARIUM : Porus nudus prope bafin cnjufvis petali. | NECTARY : a naked pore at the bafe of each petal. 
STAMINA^ - ^Filamenta quinque ad decem. An - 1 STAMINA i Filaments from five to ten. Antheras 
THERA! oblonga-, flavae./g. 4. * oblong and yellow, fig ^ 4. 
SEMINA plurima, obtufa, fig. 5. in capitula fabro- 1 SEEDS numerous, blunt. Jig. 5. crouded together in 
tunda, viciae vulgaris magnitudine fere, denfe| - ,!n ' h "' , ° nf ,h “ rnmm "" 
ftipata. ¥ 
roundifh heads, about the fize of the common 
tare. 
Neither Linnaeus, Haller, nor Scopoli, mention this plant in their refpedive Flora’s. Oeder figures it m 
the Flora Danica : the plant he gives us appears as if it had grown in water of fome depth ; with us it is moft 
commonly found fpreading widely on the mud of flow (hallow rivulets, efpecially where the foil isfandy. 
It flowers during moft of the fummer months. . . , , . r r „ . . 
We fometimes meet with the leaves having a dark fpot in the middle of each, and in fome fixations the 
blofloms are much larger than in others. 
