. Wild flowers of the North American mountains [microform]. Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Wild flowers; Botanique. 3i6 Yellou- to Orantfe Flowers V- % ',. name denotes, is a •^niall creepinj,' plant, havinj,' minienms runners which root at the joints, whence sprinj,' up little clusters of leaves. The flowers are yellow and very tiny. Ranunculus aquatilis var. capillaccus. or Water Crow- foot, has tiny white and yellow llowers. 'I"he fine thread- like leaves are entirely suhmerjijed under the surface of the alpine lakes and pools, where the plant j^rows abundantly, while the broader three-lohed
. Wild flowers of the North American mountains [microform]. Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Wild flowers; Botanique. 3i6 Yellou- to Orantfe Flowers V- % ',. name denotes, is a •^niall creepinj,' plant, havinj,' minienms runners which root at the joints, whence sprinj,' up little clusters of leaves. The flowers are yellow and very tiny. Ranunculus aquatilis var. capillaccus. or Water Crow- foot, has tiny white and yellow llowers. 'I"he fine thread- like leaves are entirely suhmerjijed under the surface of the alpine lakes and pools, where the plant j^rows abundantly, while the broader three-lohed leaves float \\\vm the face of the waters. Tliese thread-like leaves are common to several kinds of acjuatic plants, and such minute division enables them without a larj^'e expenditure of material to exi)ose a larj,'e to the carbonic acid fjas dissolved in the water. h'anumiilus rcf^tans, or Creepint; Spearwort. has small yellow llowers with from four to seven petals, trailinpf stems that root at the joints, and extremely narrow jjrass-like leaves. The flowers are borne in the axils of the prostrate creeiiinj;; stems. Ranunculus rcf'cns. or N'ellow Crowfoot, is a hairy plant, which s|)reads by means of its runners and forms larj,'e l)atches upon the f;round; it has leaves which are divided into three parts, each one of which is lobed and toothed. The flower-stalk is grooved, the sepals are widely spread, and the petals are half-erect. This is an introduced i)lant. Ranunculus pynniuus, or Pij^my is a very tiny |)lant fj^rowing onl, i v- to three inches on the alpine summits. It has deeply three to five lobed basal leaves with slender stalks, and similar sessile stem leaves. The jjctals of the wee yellow flowers slightly exceed the sei)als and the fruit heads are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations m
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