338 Plants of San Francisco. [zoe 



3. Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. trichophyllus Chaix. in 



Vill. Dauph. I, 335. Mountain Lake, Lake Merced. April — Sep- 

 tember. 



4. Ranunculus Californicus Benth. PI. Hartw. 295. Com- 

 mon. February — May. ** Buttercup. " 



5. Ranunculus hebecarpus Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 316. 



Hills south of Golden Gate Park. April — May. 



6. Raniiiicithis muricahcs L. spec. 780. A native of the Medi- 



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terranean region. Common in wet places in the western and 

 southern parts of the city, particularly about Lake Merced, Mount- 

 ain Lake and near the Presidio. 



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7. Aquilegta FORMOSA Fisch. in DC. Prodromus i, 50. A 



tricjicata of Bot. Cal. March — May. '* Columbine.'' The length of 

 the petals varies considerably, and all our forms are very close to 

 A, Canadensis. 



8. Delphinium Californicum Torr, & Gray. Fl. i, 31. Straw- 

 berry Hill in Golden Gate Park, Mission and Potrero Hills. April- 

 June. "Tali Larkspur." 



9. Delphinium decorum Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem, Petr. iii, 33. 



Mission Hills. March— May, ** Larkspur.' ' 



BERBERIDE^. 



10. Berberis pinnata Lag. Elench. PI. Matr. 1803, 6. Sum- 

 mits of the Mission Hills, growing only a few inches high. Febru- 

 ary—April. ''Barberry," 



NYMPHS ACE^. 



11. NuPHAR polysepalum Engelm. Trans. Acad. St. Louis, 

 ii, 282. Mountain Lake. June. * " Yellow Water Lily/' 



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papaverace^. 



12. Platystemon Californicus Benth. Trans. Hort. Soc. 

 2, sen I, 405. Hills in the western and southern parts of the city. 

 March— May. ''Cream Cups." 



13. Platvstigma LiNEAREf Benth I. c. 407. Between Golden 

 Gate Park and Lake Merced. March— May, 



•Zoe, 5i, 3. 



i Tlie writer's views concerning this and the foHowing species are set forth in 

 Pioc. CaL Acad. ser. 2, i, 240. 



