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R ANUNCULÜS Limai Gen. PI. P o l y a nDr ia Po l y g yn ia .
Râii Syn. Gen. 15. H erbæ semine nudö polyspermæ;
RANUNCULUS bullofus, câlycibus retroflexis, peduneulis fulcatis, caule ere£lo rtlultiflorö, foîüs compofitis;
Linnai Syß. Vegetal, p . 430. Sp.P l. 778. FI. Suède. 196.
RANUNGULÜS râdicë fubgloböfa, foliis hirfutis, femitrilobis, lobis petiolatis acute ferratis. Haller* Hiß,
v. 2; p« 74.
RANUNCULUS. Scopoli F l. Carn. v. 1. p. 400. Diagn. Radix globöfa. Calyces reflexi. Sqiiamiiia net-
tarifera obtufe trigona.
ÏIANUNCÜLUS prateufis radice vörticilU niddo rötun.da. Bäubin; Pin. i 79. Fufihii Icon. 16è. Gerard. Émaci
■ 953. Parkinfon 329. Rail Synop. 2471 Hadfin; F l. Angl. i n . Fi. Dan. Icon; 551.
RADIX perennis, fubrotnhdaj albida, follda, fupeime et ? ROOT perennial, ronndifi, white and foiid; • flattened a
inferne depreflior, hinc radicem Rap® quodam- t little both at top and bottom, hence fomewhat
modo referensi { refembling a Turnep.
CAULIS pedalis, teres, erelius, fiftulofils, hirfutus; fa- | STALK a foot high, round; upright, hollow, halrv and
molus, , branched,
FOLIA fietiolis longis, hirfutis, bad vaginan- | LEAVES: the radical leaves placed on long hairy foottibus
infidentia, fubprocumbentia, hirfuta, ,o- ~
nofa, trilobata, lobo medio majori et longius f
petiolato, femitrifido, fegmentis acute incifxs ; I
lobis lateralibus trifidis, fegmentis inferioribus f
profundius divifis : caulina fubfeffilia in lacinias i
plures tenuiores diviiz. |
î>EDÜNCULI>W/t
I — ---- " -----r.v. Holly 1UUL- Italics, which at bottom fomewhat procumbent, haiermy,b rvaecien yt, haen dIt aldici;
vpildaceded i notno tah reloen lgoebre sfo; otth-fet amlkid t hlaonbe t lhaer.g oet!h! earnsd, Ï wdihviidcehd a rhea fllfi awrpalyy cduotw inn ; inthtoe ftihdree-elo bfeesg mtrièfnidts, II '' V. ..! s tthhee lootwheerrs f; egthmee lnetasv ems oorfe deeply divided than"' the Jlalk nearly feflile",
I deeply divided into numerous and narrower
♦ i;. ’ i fegmènts:
, I FOOT-STALKS of the flowers m o v e d
CALYX:t isPpe peoinacnavtihs,i u m pehtaphyllum, foliolis ova- | CALYX: a P e e i a n t h iu m of five leaves the leavès lis, margine rmefelomabtsr,a npailcoefiiss,, baaplilc e obtufiufcu- J Oval,- hollow, turned back and hairyb luntifh fahpellucidis, | at top, membranous at thé edges,’ thin and . , Ï . fomewhat tranfparent at bottom; COROLLA P e t a la qumque etbeordata, fiava, nltentia, J COROLLA: five Petals; heart-fhaned veliow „„1
■ , "... I - filming; J ig. 2. . y now, and
NECTARIUM1 lquamula fiava fubemarginata ad bafin f N E C T A R Y : a fffiail yeilbw fcale at the bottom of the
t T A M T N r t ’ | S S - I petal; with a flight indentation at top, fig. -»
STAMINA,: F i l a m e n t a plurlma, receptaculo inferta; § STAMINA: F i l a m e n t s numerous and infafed info
A n t i ie k je oblongs, flavse, fubmcurvatas,y^\ 4. | the receptacle; A n t h e e * oblong; yellow and „ I . ï bending a little inwards, fig. 4;
PISTILLUtaM; : G e r m in a nuraerofa in capitulum collec- | PISTILLUM : G e e m in a numerous; cdllefled Wei a di-- St y l i n u ll!S t i g m a t a minima reflexa, | little head; S t y l e s none ; S t i g m a t a Very tnt .FE' 5}— t . imall and bending back fi<r c H[H|h | SEMINA apnllularitma,a comprefla, fufea, toucroiiata, kvia, | SEEDS numerous, fiat, blown/ fmoo’th, pointed 'and Jig. 6. J • covered with atl Arillus, fig. S.
Fig. 7. A rillus, fig, 8. femen denudatum. * Fig. 7. the Aeillus; fig; 8. the feed taken out of it;
WdVhmouts acrriyo wprfoooptr iheatys b; efeonr cthonerfied ceatend bbey n fod mdoeu Abut tbhuotr sth desy tahree faasm dei fSfipnefcl iaess awnijtrh t wthoit fRpaecniuens couflu s repent, but Certainly It is dillmguilhed from the Ranuncutui,vhatevèr7 turning back of which does nroept ednet pebnyd foenv earnayl apcecciudleinatraitli ecsi,r ctuhme fptarnincceisp, alb uotf fWolehliych O ill iriets, pilalr;t iictusl arre ffltersüeédtcuarêli x- ’ifth iéf hbea vpilnugc kae fdu foffifc, ieanntd d ehgerlede upo ft of otlhlde .thyg htot; ftuhpep lporwt eirt fhealfl fu opfri gith wt,,i lilt aipsp erderf letchtiend adnodw anlwmaörfdttsr;a iiXfpa,rè i^it7 1rb co , ïêS tnhrisf tfipael odeisf fiesr ernocuen)d, , thme ilfloal.kd ,o 1f, 1t hthee re*«, it is fibrous; and, 3dly, (which perhaps may be confideted as the iiioftêffeli- does m every foil and filiation. biMofut is never known\ to ■ thro.w ‘ out any Stolonet or Creepers, winch the rehem aallwwaayyss
T^Spedes.Wisw. earlier than either the upright or creepihg Ciowfoot, and is the feciind flower which, next to
iehoVdef 1 ,rS °Ur °WS alld i’aftures With that delightful yellow which almoft dazzles the eye of the
Like the reft of;the Crowfoots, it poffeffes the property Of ihflaming anil bliftering the fltiri ; bit mote particularly
the Roof, which is faid to raife olifters with lefs pain and more fafety than Spanifh flies ; and hence, where blitters-
have been thought neceflary, thefe roots have been applied for that purpofe, partiiuiariy to the Joints hi Cafes of the
Gout. On being kept they lofe their ftimulafing quality,, and are even eatable when boiled
Hoffman mfotms us, that Beggars rhake ufe of them to blitter their ikins', in Order tO eicite compaflion.
it p to X C fnecztg: 18 mbre ^ thaU thlS °f tHe PanUnal/us fce/eralus,. aid if applied to the hoftrils
Hogs are fond of the .roots, ahd will frequently dig them up. fell ab°,U.nf . inn.drr Paft.“ reS'-. a"d fiowersi ri May. It is cultivated when double, as well as the Upright MeadoW C * -
foot, winch lalt occurs in almoft every Garden; under the riam'e of Tellow Batchelors Buttons; '