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RANUNCULUS AMPLEXICAULIS. PLANTAIN-
LEAVED CROWFOOT.
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Clqfs and Order.
POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA.
Generic Character.
Cal, deciduus. 5 phyllus, (rarius 3-phyllus) Petalaij, (rariusz;.
3, aut 8) intra ungues fquamula vel poro mellifero. Styli
perfiftentes. Sen. incruftata, erefta. Linn. Syjl. Nat. ed. 13.
Gmel.
Specific Character and Synonyms.-
RANUNCULUS amplexicaulis foliis ovatis acuminatis am-
plexicaulibus, caule multifloro, radice faf-
ciculata. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 1 4. Murr.
p. 5 15. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 265.
RANUNCULUS montanus foliis plantaginis. Bauh. Pin. 1 80.
RANUNCULUS pyrenseus albo flore. Cluf. app. alt. out?.
ic. 4 ta. Ger. emac. 963. ^/zg. 2.
The leaves of the Ranunculus amplexicaulis in part furround
the ftalk at their bafe, whence its trivial name; in colour they
differ from moft others of the genus, being of a greyer or
more glaucous hue, which peculiarity joined to the delicate
-whitenefs of the flowers, renders this fpecies a very defirable
one to add to a collection of hardy, ornamental, herbaceous
plants, more efpecially as it occupies but little fpace, and has
no tendency to injure the growth of others.
It is a native of the Apennine and Pyrenean mountains,
and flowers in April and May
CLUSIUS is the firft author who defcribes and figures this
fpecies. JOHNSON in his ed. of GERARD copies his figure,
and mentions it as being then made a denizen of our gardens.
It is readily prppagated by parting its roots in Autumn
and provided it has a pure air will fucceed in moft foils an
fituations.
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