Ranunculacese. 
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Alp de Mortals, Creux du Yan, Hasenmatt, Lagern, &c. 6. 
saxatile Dec. 7. 
— Ls more equally distributed on the stem; segment of a 
medium size, with less prominent nerves underneath. 
Fr. small, with short stigs. Th. prsecox Jord.? Comp, 
the last. 5, 6. minus L. 8. 
— Ls as in the last, but segments larger, thinner, slightly 
bluish green, easily turning black in drying; panicle 
leafy, often almost in a corymb; pedicels thinner, longer; 
stig. of young fr. narrower and longer.—T. W. 6. 
majus Jacq. 9. 
6(3). FIs in a rather loose panicle. Stas drooping; anthers 
shortly apiculate. Rt.-stock creeping. Th. simplex and 
angustifolium auct. helv.—b) galioides Nestl. L.-segments 
linear or almost filiform.—c) alpicolum Jord.! Segments 
broader, fls more numerous hnd closer together.—Hills, 
pasturages; scattered (wanting in U.); c. Bagnethal. 6, 7 
Bauhini Crantz. 10. 
— Fls clustered at the top of the twigs. Stas erect; anthers 
not apiculate ........ 7 
7. Rt.-stock not creeping. L.-segments oblong-cuneiform 
in the upper ls linear, gen. undiv.; in the lower finely 
pubescent underneath.—South Tyrol, Piemont (Tess.?) 
6, 7.* angustifolium Jacq. 11. 
— Rt.-stock creeping. Segments obovate-cuneiform, the upper 
elongated, often 3-fid ...... 8 
8. Ls finely pubescent underneath—Water-side; T. (Maga- 
dino, Lugano). 6. exaltatum Gaud. 12. 
— Ls glabr. underneath.—Damp meadows, water-side; fairly 
distrib. (wanting in Gr.) 7 flavum L. 13. 
4. Anemone. Anemone. XIII, 17, 25. 
1. Invol. very close to the fl. and resembling a cal. of 
3 seps. Rad. ls cordate, 3-lobed; lobes entire. Hepatica 
triloba Chaix.—Thickets, stony slopes; fairly distrib. 3 
Hepatica L. 14. 
— Invol. distant from the fl., gen. more or less div. and 
resembling caul, ls. 2 
2. Fls 2—8 in an umbel, white, often streaked with rose 
outside. Carps glabr.—Alp. and Jura. 6 Narcissiflora L. 15. 
— Fls 1 — 3. Carps villous or pubescent ... 3 
3. Seps yellow, pubescent underneath. Invol. as in the 
following but the petiole much less than f /2 the length . 
of the leaflet.—Meadows, water-side thickets ; distrib. 4 
ranunculoides L. 16. 
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Seps never yellow (comp. 18) 
