An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 4. Ranunculus lapponicus L. Lap-land Buttercup. Fig. 1898. /?. lapponicus L. Sp. PI. 553. niidicaulis A. Gray, Coult. Bot. : 17. 1886. Scapose from running rootstocks, 3-6high. Basal leaves long-petioled, the bladeI-l* broad, reniform, 3-parted, the divi-sions broadly obovate, cuneate, obtuse,crenate or lobed; scape l-flowered, slender,longer than t
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 4. Ranunculus lapponicus L. Lap-land Buttercup. Fig. 1898. /?. lapponicus L. Sp. PI. 553. niidicaulis A. Gray, Coult. Bot. : 17. 1886. Scapose from running rootstocks, 3-6high. Basal leaves long-petioled, the bladeI-l* broad, reniform, 3-parted, the divi-sions broadly obovate, cuneate, obtuse,crenate or lobed; scape l-flowered, slender,longer than the leaves, occasionally bearinga single deeply lobed leaf; flower 3-sbroad, yellow; petals 5-6, veined withorange; sepals generally fewer and re-flexed ; head of fruit globose, 6 broad;achenes flattened, ovate, gradually narrowedinto a slender hooked beak. In bogs, Greenland and Labrador to Alaska,south to northern Minnesota. Northern Eu-rope and Siberia. 6. Ranunculus oblongifolius Ell. Oblong-leaved Spearwort. Fig. 1900. Ranunculus oblongifolius Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2 : 58. pusillus var. oblongifolius T. & G. FI. N. A. i: 16. 1838. Annual, branched above, erect or ascend-ing, i°-2° high, glabrous or pubescent. Leavesentire or denticulate, oblong, or oblong-lanceo-late, the lower on long petioles, the blade some-times 3 long, the upper narrower, lanceolate orlinear; flowers yellow, 3-6 broad, the 5 petalsmuch exceeding the sepals; stamens numerous;head of fruit 2 broad; achenes merely tippedby the very short style-base. In swamps, near the coast, Delaware to Floridaand Texas, north to southern Illinois and Gexus 20. CROWFOOT FAMILY. 107 7. Ranunculus reptans L. Creeping Spearwort. Fig. 1901.
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