CROWFOOT FAMILY. 513 
MYOSURUS L. Sp. Pl.1:284. 1753. MousErTalI.. 
Five species, temperate regions. Europe, North America. 
Myosurus minimus L. Sp. Pl. 1:284. 1758. 
Gray, Man. ed.6,40. Chap. F1.6. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 1, pt. 1:19, 
EUROPE. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Ontario and Northwest Territory to British 
Columbia and Vancouver's Island; southern I]linois, Missouri, and Arkansas to 
Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Central Prairie region. Low alluvial soil. Tusca- 
loosa County (2. A. Smith), Montgomery County. Flowers greenish. May; not 
frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europae collibus apricis aridis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
TRAUTVETTERIA I'isch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1:22. 1834. FALSE BUGBANE, 
Two species, perennials, temperate North America, 
Trautvetteria carolinensis (Walt.) Vail, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 2:42. 1890. 
Hydrastis carolinensis Walt. F]. Car, 156. 1788. 
Cimicifuga palmata Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1:316, 1803. 
Trautretteria palmata Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1:22. 1834, 
Ell. Sk. 2:17. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 40. Chap. F1.6. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.1, pt. 1:18. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Maryland and Virginia, south along the 
mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Damp borders of woods. Cullman County, 800 
feet. Flowers white, June; not frequent. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
RANUNCULUS L.&p. P1.1:548, 1753. 
A large cosmopolitan genus of about 200 species, mostly perennial herbs (ours 
with yellow flowers), most frequent in temperate regions of the Northern Hemi- 
sphere. North America 52. 
Ranunculus tener nom. nov. SLENDER SPEARWORT. 
Ranunculus trachyspermus Engelm.; Engelm. & Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5: 211. 
1847. Not Ell. 1821-24. . 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1:25, 
MEXICO, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. (Lower Sonoran area, western Texas.) 
ALABAMA: Southern edge of Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn, March, 
1897 (Baker §: Farle). Rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Margin of ponds near Houston, &c.’ 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ranunculus pusillus Poir. Encycl. 6:99. 1804. SMALL SPEARWORT,. 
Ranunculus flammula Walt. Fl. Car. 159. Not L. 
Ell. Sk. 2:57. Gray, Man.ed.6,42. Chap. Fl. 7. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:8. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.1, pt. 1:26. 
Carolinian area. Staten Island, New York, New Jersey, along the low country to 
Florida, west to Texas, southern Ar kansas, and ‘Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Most com- 
mon in the low country, in ditches, wet fields, shallow ponds. Lawrence County, 
Moulton. Mobile and Baldwin counties. April; abundant. Perennial. 
Type locality: “Cette plante croit dans la Caroline, dans les lieux humides & 
marécageux. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ranunculus pusillus lindheimeri Gray, Proc. Am. Acad, 21: 367. 1886. 
Ranunculus trachyspermus lindheimeri Engelm, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist.5:211. 1845. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:8. Gray, Syn. Fl. N, A.1, pt.1:26. 
Louisianian area, Louisiana and Texas; California. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Exposed miry places, ditches. Mobile, Lee County, Au- 
burn (Baker § Earle), Flowers March, April; frequent. Perennial. 
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