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SYNOPSIS. 
RANUNCULACE.^. 
1. Anemone alpina, Linn., Hook, M. Bor. Amcr. vol. i. p. 5.— Torr. et Gray, Fl. of N. Amer. 
vol. i. p. 11. Kotzebue Sound. 
2. Anemone parviflora, Miclix., Hook. Fl. Bor. Amcr. vol. i. p. 5.— Torr. et Gray, Fl. of N. 
Amer. vol. i. p. 12. Kotzebue Sound. 
3. Anemone Richardsoni, Hook., Fl. Bor. vol. i. p. 6.™-Torr. et Gray, Fl. of N. Amer. vol. i. 
p. 13. Kotzebue Soimd, sTvampy ground; near springs. 
4. Anemone muUifida, Be Cand., Prodr. vol. i. p. 21.— Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. vol. i. p. 7.— 
Torr. et Gray, Fl. of N. Amer. vol. i. p. 13.—^. narcissiflora, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech, p. 131 ! 
From Kotzebue Sound to Cape Lisbume; between Point Barrow and Mackenzie river (Pullen). 
The specimen of this Anernone contained in Bcechey's Collection, was mistaken for A. narcissijlora of 
Linnaeus, hut as a comparison with more perfect materials has shown, it is only an imperfect state of 
A. muliifida. All these specimens collected by me have white flowers. 
5. Ranunculus Pallasii, Schlccht., Animadv. Bot. vol. i. p. 15. t. 2.— Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 
vol. i. p. 10.— Torr. ct Gray, Fl. of N. Amer, vol. i. p. 17. Kotzebue Sound. 
This Ranunculus appears to be one of the few plants pecuUar to the Arctic and Subarctic regions It 
has been found in Siberia in the countiy of the Samoiedes, in the island of St. George, and in Kotzebue 
Sound. The leaves are either Hnear and entire or ohovate-triparted, and they exhibit, besides, the interme- 
diate forms. The number of sepals varies from three to four, that of the petals, from eight to ten. The colour 
of the flowers is constant, the petals bomg white with a reddish hue at the base, not yeUow, as Torrey and 
Gray have described them. i2. Ralh.ii must, on that a<;count, be placed near S. glacialis, and not with 
B. auncomus and its allies. . - 
6. Ranunculus affinis, R. Brown, Hook. Fl Bor. Amer. vol. i. p. 12. t. 6. A.— Torr et Gray 
PI. of N. Amer. vpl, i. p. 18. Kotzebue Sound. 
7. Ranunculus PursMi, Richards., Hook. Flor. Bor. Amer., vol. i. p, 15. t. 7. B.-Torr. et Gray 
Flor. of N. Amer. vol. i. p. 19:-i?. multifidus, Pursh, Fl, Amer. vol. ii. p, 736. Kotzebue Sound. 
