16 1. RANTTNCULACE.E. 



SHTNGKiNa : Chienshan and east of Moukden (Boss !) ; Corea 

 (Webster I). Herb. Kew. 



Europe, through Siberia to Japan, and in North America. 



12. Ranunculus sceleratus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 551 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. p. 34 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 98 ; Laker Sf 

 Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 37G ; Franchet, PI. David. 

 p. 19, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 197. 



Ranunculus holophyllus, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. serie 4, xv. p. 220, et 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 98 ; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 15 ? 



Ranunculus oryzetorum, Bunge, Enum. PL Ch. Bor. p. 2? 



This species ranges fromCHiHLiandSHiN^KiXGtoKwANGTUNG, 

 and is apparently a common weed in southern rice-fields. Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



North temperate and subtropical regions. 



We have seen no authenticated specimens of B. oryzetorum, 

 Bunge, and B. holophyllus, Hance ; but from the descriptions and 

 from the variability of the Chinese specimens of B. sceleratus, we 

 have little doubt that they belong here. 



13. Ranunculus Sieboldii, Miq. in Ann. Mus.Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. 

 p. 5. 



Kiangsu : Shanghai (Maingay !) ; CHEKrAKG : Ningpo (Old- 

 ham !) ; Luchit Archipelago (Wright I). Herb. Kew. 



We have seen no authenticated specimens of Miquel's species; 

 but the Chinese plant is the only one from the region with pe- 

 duncles opposite the leaves, and in this, as in other particulars, 

 it agrees with Miquel's description. 



14. Ranunculus ternatus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 241 ; Wallstr. 

 PI. Jap., nov. sp. in Thunb. Diss. p. 8, cum tab. ; Maxim. Fl: As. 

 Or. Fragm. p. 3, nee aliorum. 



Ranunculus extorris, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 me serie, v. p. 204. 



Ranunculus Zuccarinii, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 5. 



Kiangsu: Fengwangshanand Shanghai (Forbes !) ; Chekiang: 

 Ningpo (Hancock !), Shaoshing (Savatier ! hb. Forbes), Kiukiang 

 (Shearer I) ; Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 4 !). Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



Mr. Maximowicz has recently had an opportunity of examining 

 Thunberg's herbarium, and we are indebted to him for clearing 

 up the confusion between this species and B. japonicus. He 

 found only one specimen labelled B. ternatus, and that was clearly 



