Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . Smapis arvensis Mm: l-jij^dia AnilgariS ,Iirm/. !Reeve . imj. JUNE. 229 stouter plant than the last, with leaves somewhat large, and drooping. Calyx purplish, with dull,purple, orange-coloured petals, of singular shape. Awn ofthe fruit very feathery. POLTANDKIA. RaNUNCULACEvE. EANUNCULUS. (Ceowfoot.) Generic Character. See page 56. Ea


Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . Smapis arvensis Mm: l-jij^dia AnilgariS ,Iirm/. !Reeve . imj. JUNE. 229 stouter plant than the last, with leaves somewhat large, and drooping. Calyx purplish, with dull,purple, orange-coloured petals, of singular shape. Awn ofthe fruit very feathery. POLTANDKIA. RaNUNCULACEvE. EANUNCULUS. (Ceowfoot.) Generic Character. See page 56. Eanunculus sceleratus. Celery-leaved Crowfoot. Grow-ing on the sides of pools and ditches. Stem stout and suc-culent, one to two feet high. Lower leaves very broad andglossy, stalked, and three-lobed. Upper divided into threenarrower segments. Mowers extremely small, pale yellow. Eanunculus repens. Creeping Crowfoot. Too frequentin pastures, as it is useless to the farmer. It is a creeping,spreading plant, leaves divided into three lobes, which areagain subdivided into three. Flowers yellow. 230 POPULAE FIELD BOTANY. DlDYNAMIA. SCROPHULARIACE^. EHINANTHUS. (Yellow Rattle.) Generic C


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