POLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Ranunculus. 681 
(Frequently cultivated in gardens with double blossoms, ( Yellow Batchelors * 
Buttons,) and found so in a wild state at Mill Green, near Ravensworth, 
by Mr. Winch. E.) % 
Butter Cups. (Upright Meadow Crowfoot. (Irish: J^earban. 
Welsh : Cafrange y frdn sythboethus y gweunydd. E.) Meadows and 
pastures, very common. P. June—July,* 
(3) Leaves dissected and divided ; uniform. 
R. parviflo'rus. Seeds rough with tubercles ending in hooked points; 
leaves heart-shaped, hairy, lobed or toothed; upper ones three-* 
lobed: stem prostrate. 
E. Bot. 120—Ray. 12. 1. at p. 326— H. Ox. iv. 28. 21 —Pet 38. 9— 
Pluk. 55. 1. 
Whole plant trailing close on the ground, (six or eight inches long. E.) 
Root-leaves on very long leaf-stalks, kidney, or heart-shaped, toothed. 
Stem-leaves kidney-shaped; upper ones sessile, simple or with three di-. 
visions ; all the leaves extremely soft to the touch. Flowers small, 
yellow. ( Petals narrow, sometimes partially wanting. E.) Seeds flatted ; 
with minute hooked prickles on their sides. 
Small-flowered Crowfoot. (Welsh: Crafange y frdn mavflodeuog. E.) 
Corn-fields and meadows, in a gravelly soil. Near Camberwell, and 
Greenstreet Green, near Dartford. Ray. Malvern Hill, Worcestershire. 
Mr. Ballard. Near Norwich. Mr. Pitchford. And Worcester. Dr. Stokes. 
St. Vincent’s Rocks, Bristol. Rev. G. Swayne. (Bootle, near Liverpool. 
Dr. Bostock : and Crosby. Mr. Shepherd. Near Brockham, Surry, and 
Cockerton, Durham. Mr. Winch. Top of Oversley Hill, Warwickshire; 
and hedge banks near Alcester mill, on the Worcester road. Perry. In 
hedges bordering on Tywyn y Capel, near Holyhead, and at AberfFraw* 
Welsh Bot. E.) Lymington, Hants; and Lulworth Cove, Dorsetshire, 
plentiful. A. May—June. 
R. hedera'ceus. Leaves roundish, three to five-lobed, very entire: 
stem creeping. 
Curt. 247— {E. Bot. 2003. E.)—FL Dan. 321— J. B. iii. 782. 2— H. Ox, 
iv. 29. 29— Pet. 38. 12. 
Leaves shining, some-kidney-shaped, lobes nearly heart-shaped. Leaf¬ 
stalks flatted. Fruit-stalks not furrowed. Petals small, spear-shaped, 
white. Stamens five, six, seven, rarely more. Nectaries yellowish. 
Seeds wrinkled. ( Stems prostrate, or floating on water; radicating. E.) 
Ivy-leaved Crowfoot. (Welsh: Crafange y fran eiddewddail. E.) On 
the mud of slow shallow rivulets, and other watery places. 
P. June—Aug. 
R. alpes'tris. Leaves very smooth: root-leaves nearly heart-shaped. 
* Sheep and goats eat it. Cows, horses, and swine refuse it. Linn. Cows and horses 
leave this plant untouched, though their pasture be ever so bare. (Such seems to be the 
case in general; but necessity will not always admit of choice, and we are also inclined 
to believe that the young shoots may be less acrimonious. E.) It is very acrid, and 
easily blisters the skin. (Curtis relates that even gathering the plant and carrying it some 
distance in the naked hand will produce a tendency to inflammation, E*) 
