^0 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETT OF GLASGOW. 



Stockenfielcl." Even then, though thus found in the 

 canal near the marsh, Patrick says nothing of its 

 occurrence in the latter station. The presumption is 

 clear that it subsequently found its way into the 

 marsh; and I may add that this is besides the only 

 station for the plant in Hennedy's Clydesdale Flora. 



Of Ranuncidus Flaminula he states that variety 

 Banunculus reptans, Lightfoot, grows on the edge of 

 the loch at Dougalston. This is most likely the 

 variety we now know as pseudo-reptans, and not the 

 plant generally recognised as the species reptans, 

 which occurs at Loch Leven. 



Ranuncidus auricomus was then found occasionally 

 as now, Kenmuir banks being its Glasgow station. 

 This appears to be about its most northern limit in 

 the West of Scotland; and the specimens found 

 have usually imperfect petals, a form sometimes 

 known as variety depauperatus, which apparently 

 marks the margin of its area of growth. 



Ranunculus sceleratus had a distribution very simi- 

 lar to what it has now, only occurring occasionally. 



For Ranunculus hirsutus he gives a station, "side 

 of a burn between Dalbeth and Tollcross." 



Ranunculus arvensis, Hunger- Weed, was rare, but 

 found amongst corn as "at Bogle's Hole." This 

 troublesome weed — a pest in some parts of England 

 — seems never to have had much hold here, and 

 has now disappeared entirely. 



Ranunculus hederaceus is one of the plants in the 

 list, and R. Lenormancli is probably the one he 

 refers to in a note as "approaching in appearance 

 to the R. hederaceus.'' 



Of course, the Water Crowfoots or Batrachian 

 Ranunculi were not then subdivided as they are 

 now. Though twenty or thirty British species are 

 sometimes described in this section, they are all per- 

 hax^s merely forms of one or two. Hopkirk "gives 

 Ranunculus aquatilis and two varieties. The one 

 with "leaves finely divided, segments linear short, 

 outline round," is probably variety peltatus of Fries; 



