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Ranunculacese. 
— Peduncles furrowed ...... 26 
22. Carps pubescent. Rad. Is rounded-reniform, sometimes 
undiv. and crenate, sometimes palmatipartite with 3—5 
divisions; caul. Is palmatipartite, gen. with linear and 
entire lobes. Pets gen. partly suppressed (R. palustris 
Heg.), rarely all developed, large (R. auricomus Heg., 
if the rad. Is are, at the same time, entire). —Orchards, 
hedges; distrib. but wanting in U. A 4 
auricomus L. 50. 
— Carps glabr. Rad. Is more or less angular in outline, 
palmatipartite ........ 23 
23. Receptacle hairy. Stem gen. solid, 1-3- (rarely 5-) fid. 
Type of R. montanus ...... 2dL 
— Receptacle glabr. Stem hollow, with several or many fls 
(at any rate in the larger pis) .... 23 
24. Beak of the carp, slightly bent, about Vs as long as the carp, 
or still less. Stem 5—15 cm. —b. gracilis Schleich. (gerani- 
folius Pourr.). Pis small, the 1.-lobes more acute; beak 
very short.—c. oreophilus M. B. (R. Yillarsii auct. p.) 
Pis taller with several fls; Is hairy, the lobes more acu¬ 
minate.—Alp., subalp. and Jura. 5, 6 montanus Wild. 51. 
— Beak of carp, hooked, l /2 as long as the carp, or more. 
Stem 25—50 cm. Rt.-stock horizontal, thick. R. Yillarsii 
auct. p.—Southern Alp.; St. Bernard! Bex! 6 
aduncus Gr. Godr. 52. 
25. Beak of the carp, bent, much shorter than the carp. Hairs 
of stem and peduncles gen. applied.—b. multifidus Dec. 
(R. Boreeanus Jord.), forma angustisecta, with a short 
rt.-stock.—c. Frieseanus Jord. Rt.-stock longer, with 
bunches of fibres at the neck; stem covered below with 
yellowish, gen. spreading hairs.—Fields; everywhere; 
b. Gr. AY. V.; c. Aigle, Yevey! and probably in other 
places. 5.. . Acris L. 53. 
— Beak of the carp, much hooked, almost V 2 as long as 
the carp. Hairs of stem and petioles spreading, yellowish. 
—Mountain forests; distrib. 6 . lanuginosus L. 54. 
26 (21). Rad. Is palmatipartite or palmatisect. (Seps loosely 
applied. Receptacle hairy.) ..... 27 
— Rad. Is 3-sect or 2—3-sect, the middle lobe often petiol- 
uled. 28 
27. Beak short, bent. Rad. Is deeply div., with linear-lanceo¬ 
late segments.—AYood clearings; Chur; Briigg. 5, 6 
polyanthemus L. 55. 
— Beak longer, rolled up at the top. Rad. Is with 3—5 
gen. broad, obovate cuneiform divisions. Yar. with less 
numerous and darker yellow fls (v. aureus Schl.), and 
with the Is div. into narrow lobes (v. angustisectus).—■ 
AVoods; distrib. 5, 6 . . . nemorosus Dec. 56. 
