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21. Ranunculus muricatus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 555. 1753. 
Type Locauiry: Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper in 1885, 
22. Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh, Fl. 2: 392. 1814. 
Type Locauity: ‘In saline marshes near the salt works of Onondaga, New York.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to California and New Jersey. Central and South America. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper, September, 1898; Port Ludlow, Binns; Yakima, 
Leckenby, May 9, 1898; North Yakima, Henderson, May 29, 1892; Rattlesnake Moun- 
tains, Cotton 414; between Coulee City and Waterville, Spillman, May, 1896; Sprague, 
Sandberg & Leiberg 135; Prosser, Cotton 653. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 
CALTHA. 
Flowers yellow; stems decumbent. ..............----------------- 1. C. asarifolia. 
Flowers white; stems erect. 
Leaves reniform-orbicular, crenate..........-.--------------- 2. C. biflora, 
Leaves cordate, longer than broad... ......-...--------------- 3. C. leptosepala. 
1. Caltha asarifolia DC. Syst. 1: 309. 1823. MARSH MARIGOLD. 
Typr Locauiry: “Hab. in insula Ounalaschka una ex ins. Aleuterianis.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon along the coast. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Granville, Conard 367. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian ¢ 
This seems fairly distinct from the eastern C. palustris L. 
2. Caltha biflora DC. Syst. 1: 310. 1818. 
Caltha malvacea Greene, Pittonia 4: 75. 1899. 
Tyre Locauity: “In ora occidentali Ameticac borealis in continente prope insulam 
Banksii.”’ Collected by Menzies. 
Rance: Alaska to Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Elmer 2780; Meunt 
Adams, Suksdorf 496; Yakima Pass, Watson 16; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
3. Caltha leptosepala DC. Syst. 1: 3510. 1818. 
Caltha macounri, Greene, Pittonia 4: 77. 1899. 
Caltha howellii Greene, op. cit. 79. 
Tyre Locauiry: Prince Williams Sound, Alaska. Collected by Menzies. 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall; Mount Rainier, Piper 
2001, ‘lett 251; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 74; Cascade.Mountains, Henderson, August, 1892; 
Goat Mountain, Allen 147; Horseshoe Basin, Lake & Hull 406; Elmer 731. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
TROLLIUS. 
1. Trollius laxus Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 8: 303. 1807. GLOBE FLOWER. 
Trollius larus albiflorus A. Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. II. 88: 241. 1862. 
Type Locatity: ‘‘ Prope Lancaster in Pennsylvania.”’ 
. Rance: British Columbia to New Hampshire, south to Washington, Utah, and Delaware. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Flett 96; Elmer 2668. Piper, August, 1895; 
Cascade Mountains, latitude 49,° Lyall in 1860; Wenache, Elmer 439; without locality, 
Vasey in 1889; Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1241. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
