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3a. Ranunculus flammula reptans (L.) Schlecht.; E. Meyer, Pl. Labr. 96. 1830. 
Ranunculus reptans L. Sp. Pl. 1: 549. 1753. 
Type Locatity: “Habitat in Suecia, Russia, ad ripas lacuum.” 
Rance: Alaska to Hudson Bay and south to California, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Oyhut, Lamb 1252; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall; 
Fidalgo Island, Flett 2114; Chelan, Elmer 490; Lake Chelan, Lake, August 13, 1892; Lake 
Kalispel, Areager 319. 
4. Ranunculus alismaefolius Geyer; Benth. Pl. Hartw. 295. 1848. 
Tyre Locatity: “In uliginosis (Bear Valley) montium Sacramenti.” 
Rance: British Columbia to California and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat County, Suksdorf; Pullman, Elmer 817; Piper 1461; 
Hull 776. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
Geyer’s original specimens were from the “plains of Coeur d’Aleine,” Idaho, but the 
species was first described as above. Dr. E. L. Greene (Erythea 3: 45. 1895) considers 
the Rocky Mountain plant distinct from the Californian and names it R. calthae florus. 
4a. Ranunculus alismaefolius alismellus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 327. 1868. 
Ranunculus alismellus Greene, Fl. Fran. 297. 1892. 
Type Locauity: ‘Lake Tenaya and on Mt. Dana,” California. 
Rance: Washington to Wyoming and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Adams, Henderson, August 3, 1892; Suksdorf 495; 
Howell; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf, June 6, 1886; Klickitat River, Flett 1271; Upper Yakima, 
Brandegee; Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1183. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
5. Ranunculus cardiophyllus Hook. F]. Bor. Am. 1:14. pl. 5. 1829. 
Ranunculus affinis lasiococcus Torr, Bot. Wilkes Exped. 213. 1874. 
Type Locauity: “‘ From Canada to lat. 55°.’ Collected by Richardson. 
Rance: British Columbia to Assiniboia and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Fort Colville, Lyall in 1861; Spokane to Fort Colville, Wilkes 
Expedition. 
6. Ranunculus populago Greene, Erythea 3: 19. 1895 (February). 
Ranunculus cusickii Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. I. 5: 615. 1895.” 
Type Locauity: Eagle Creek, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. Collected by Cusick. 
Rance: Blue Mountains of Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Blue Mountains, Horner 269. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
7. Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 12. 1829. 
Type LocaLity: ‘‘Common on the mountains around the Kettle Falls, and on the Rocky 
Mountains near the limits of perpetual snow.”’ Collected by Douglas. 
RanGE: British Columbia to Dakota, Colorado, and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Atanum River, Flett 1266; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 307; 
Klickitat County, Suksdorf 232; Ellensburg, Whited, March 28, 1897; Hangman Creek, 
Sandberg & Leiberg 8; without locality, Brandegee 611; Walla Walla, Mrs. Anderson in 
1884; Colville, Lyall in 1861; Pullman, Elmer 85; Piper 1462; Cheney, Tucker. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
8. Ranunculus triternatus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 21: 370. 1886. 
Type Locauity: “On high hills near Goldendale,’’ Klickitat County, Washington. Col- 
lected by Howell. 
Rance: Klickitat County, Washington. 
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