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New Mexico: Chusca Mountains; Willow Creek; Middle Fork of the Gila. Wet 
soil, in the Transition Zone. 
Although originally described as a subspecies of R. arizonicus, this may be dis- 
tinguished at once by its broadly obovate petals and less dissected leaves. 
7. Ranunculus inamoenus Greene, Pittonia 3: 91. 1896. 
Type tocatity: ‘‘Common in the whole Rocky Mountain region, at middle ele- 
vations.”’ 
Rance: Montana to Utah and New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Chama; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains; Ensenada; Rio Pue- 
blo; Sandia Mountains; White and Sacramento mountains. Wet meadows, in the 
Transition Zone. 
8. Ranunculus pennsylvanicus L. f. Suppl. Pl. 272. 1781. 
TYPE LocALity: ‘‘Habitat in Pennsylvania.” 
Ranae: Nova Scotia to Washington, Georgia, and New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Middle Fork of the Gila. Damp woods, in the Transition Zone. 
9. Ranunculus macounii Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 12: 3. 1892. 
Tyre Locauitry: ‘‘Banks of rivers from Canada to near the mouth of the Mac- 
kenzie River lat. 65°; and from the shores of Hudson’s Bay to the Pacific.” 
RanaeE: British America to Iowa and New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Tunitcha Mountains; San Juan Valley; Rio Pueblo; Chama; Win- 
sors Ranch; White and Sacramento mountains. Damp woods, in the Upper Sono- 
ran and Transition zones. 
10. Ranunculus reptans L. Sp. Pl. 549. 1753. 
Type Locauity: ‘‘Habitat in Suecia, Russia, ad ripas lacuum.”’ 
Rance: British America to New Jersey and New Mexico; also in the Old World. 
New Mexico: Tunitcha Mountains (Standley 7606). In mud, in the Transition 
Zone. 
11. Ranunculus ellipticus Greene, Pittonia 2: 110. 1890. 
Tyrr Locauity: Not definitely stated. 
Rance: British Columbia and Montana to California and northern New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Vicinity of Chama and Tierra Amarilla. Wet ground, in the Tran- 
sition Zone. 
12. Ranunculus micropetalus (Greene) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 29: 158. 1902. 
Ranunculus affinis micropetalus Greene, Pittonia 2: 110. 1890. 
TypE LOCALITY: San Francisco Mountain, Arizona. 
Rance: Colorado and Utah to Arizona and northern New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Chama (Standley 6620). Damp meadows, in the Transition Zone. 
9. HALERPESTES Greene. 
A low slender glabrous plant with long runners; scapes with 1 to 7 flowers; leaves 
clustered, rounded-ovate or reniform, crenate; petals 5 to 8, yellow; carpels thin- 
walled, striate, in a cylindric head. 
1. Halerpestes cymbalaria (Pursh) Greene, Pittonia 4: 208. 1900. 
Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 392. 1814. 
Oxygraphis cymbalaria Prantl in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 37: 63. 1891. 
Type LocaALity: Saline marshes near Onondaga, New York. 
Ranae: Alaska to California, New Mexico, and Arizona, and eastward; also in 
South America and Asia. 
New Mexico: Common except along the eastern side of the State. Wet ground, 
in the Sonoran and Transition zones. 
