1918] Report of Committee on Floral Areas 193 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FLORAL AREAS. 
(Continued from page 185.) 
HALOPHYTIC SPECIES. 
Ranunculus Cymbalaria follows the sea shore, thriving in salt 
marshes and on brackish shores. It is less frequent southward, with 
only three stations known on the Connecticut sea-coast. 
COASTAL SPECIES. 
Ranunculus laxicaulis and R. sceleratus are mainly coastal in our 
area, but not halophytic, seeking out clayey streams and pools; the 
former running east to Deer Isle, the latter to Brunswick, Me. Both 
follow the lower Connecticut 1iver inland, the former to Alstead, N. H. 
There is a lone station for R. sceleraius at Sheffield, Mass., on the 
Housatonic. It also occurs near Lake Champlain at Colchester and 
Burlington, Vt. (Mrs. N. F. Flynn). 
NORTHERN SPECIES. 
Ranunculus pennsylvanicus Ranunculus septentrionalis 
f reptans H abortivus, var. eucyclus 
These plants avoid southeastern New England entirely, but have 
scattered stations in other parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut. 
- SouTHERN SPECIES OF Dry SOILS. 
Anemone cylindrica Hepatica americana 
. virginiana Ranunculus hispidus 
Anemonella thalictroides Thalictrum dioicum 
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Aquilegia canadensis revolutum 
Anemonella thalictroides, Ranunculus hispidus and Thalictrum 
revolutum are limited to southern New England, while the other species 
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