€80 POLYANDEIA. POLYGYNIA. Ranunculus,’ 
(E. Bot. 2306. E.)— Bauh. Hist. iii. 866. 3. 
About a foot high. Leaves quite smooth, long and narrow like those of 
grasses. Flowers pale yellow, smaller than those of R. lingua. (Calyx 
perfectly smooth, lying open, but not reflexed. 
Grassy Crowfoot. E.) Brought from North Wales, by Mr. Pritchard. 
P. May—June, 
(2) Leaves dissected and divided , not uniform. 
R, AURi f coMUS. Root-leaves kidney-shaped, scollopped, cut: stem-leaves 
digitate, strap-shaped: stem many-flowered. 
Curt .— ( E. Bot. 624. E.)— Fuchs. 156— Trag. 97— J. B. iii. 857. 3—Lome. 
i. 162.2— ICniph. 2— FI. Dan. 665— Loh. Ic. 669. 2— Ger. 954. 7—Park. 
326. 7—Pet. 38. 2—II. Ox. iv. 28. 15— Pet. 38. 6—Ger. 807. 8. 
Nectary a small oblique hole at the bottom of the petals not covered by any 
scale. Curt. Blossoms yellow, large. Stem about a foot high, leafy, 
slightly hairy on the upper part, slender. Leaves very slightly pubescent, 
the root-leaves on long leaf-stalks; the stem-leaves sessile. Calyx hairy, 
not reflexed, yellow. Flowers sometimes imperfect in the petals. Not 
acrid as are some of its congeners. E.) 
Wood Crowfoot. Goldilocks. (Welsh: Peneuraidd. E.) Woods, 
groves, and hedges. P. April—May. 
R. scelera'tus. (Stem hollow, branched : lower leaves palmate, the 
upper digitate: fruit oblong. 
(E. Bot. 681. E.)— Curt. — FI. Dan. 571— Fuchs. 159— Trag. 93— J. B. iii. 
858. 1— Lonic. i. 163. 2 —Dod. 426. 2—Lob. Obs. 382. 1, and Ic. i. 669. 1 
—Ger. Em. 962. 4 —Park. 1215. 6—Pet. 38. 11— H. Ox. iv. 29. 27 and 
28 — Matth. 610. 
Plant acrid, succulent, much branched, light-coloured. Stem smooth, 
thick, one to two feet high. Leaves smooth, with three or four deep 
divisions; segments spear-shaped, more or less jagged. Flowers small, 
yellow. Flowers numerous, pedunculated. Fruit egg-oblong, with 
very many seeds. E.) 
Water, or Celery-leaved Crowfoot. (Irish: Turkisfihain. Welsh: 
Crafange yr eryr. E.) Shallow waters. A. May—June.* 
R. a'cris. Calyx expanding : fruit-stalks cylindrical, not furrowed: 
leaves with three divisions, and many clefts; the uppermost 
strap-shaped, entire. 
Curt .—( E. Bot. 652. E.)— Woodv. 246— Wale. — J. B. iii. 416— Blackw. 31. 2 
and E. — Dod. 426. 1— Lob. Obs. 379. 2, and Ic. i. 665. 1— Park. 328. 2— 
Pet. 38. 3— H. Ox. iv. 28. 16. 
Stem with hairs adpressed, (upright, two feet high, branching upwards. 
E.) Calyx hairy, coloured. Leaves hairy, segments black or deep purple 
at the points. Stem-leaves sessile, but sheathing the joints. Leaf-stalks 
hairy. Blossom yellow. {Nectary covered by a scale. Sm. Fruit-stalks 
occasionally flatted. Size and pubescence vary extremely ; in sterile 
mountainous situations, single-flowered. E.) 
* The whole plant is very corrosive ; and beggars use it to ulcerate their feet, which 
they expose in that state, to excite compassion.—(It has been used as a substitute for Can- 
tharides, but the wounds prove more troublesome and difficult to heal. JE.) Goats eat it. 
Cows, horses, and sheep refuse it. 
