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Ranunculus sceleratus L. Celery Crowfoot. 



Ranunculus sceleratus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 551. 1753 [Europe]. — Knieskcrn 5. 

 — Britton 37. 



Ditches and muddy banks of streams and marshes. Reported 

 from Essex and Bergen Counties, and frequent in West Jersey 

 and on the coastal strip to Cape May. Tends to become a weed. 



Fl — Mid-April to late June. Fr. — Early May to mid-July. 



Middle District.— i^ew Egypt, Pemberton (NB), Medford (S), Washing- 

 ton Park, Mickleton. 



Coast Strip. — Beach Haven Terrace (L), Piermont (S), Five-Mile Beach, 

 Cold Spring (OHB), Cape May. 



Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. Wood Crowfoot. 



Manunculus recurvatus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VL 125. 1804 [Enrirons o£ 

 New York]. — Knieskern 5. — Britton ;i7. 



Comjmon in moist woods of the northern counties ; less abund- 

 ant southward in the Middle district. 



Fi — ^Late April to early June. Fr. — Early May to mid-June. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Pemberton (C), Kinkora, 

 Medford (S), Lindenwold, Sewell (S), Mullica Hill (NB), Mickleton, 

 Swedesboro, Marlboro (NB), Elsinboro (C), Bridgeton (S). 



Ranunculus pennsylvanicus L. f. Bristly Buttercup. 



Ranunculus pennsylvanicus Linnaeus, f. Suppl. 272. 1781 [Pennsylvania]. — 

 Willis 3. — Britton 37. — Keller and Brown 152. 



Frequent in the swamps of the northern counties ; rare south- 

 ward, especially within our limits, where it occurs only in the 

 upper Middle and Coast districts; possibly introduced, at some 

 stations at least. 



Fl. — Late June to early August. Fr. — Mid-July to late 

 August. 



Middle District. — Freehold (C), Long Branch, Pemberton, Camden (NB), 

 Repaupo (NB). 

 Coast Strip. — Spray Beach (L). 



Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir. Swamp Buttercup. 



Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VL 125. 1804 [North 

 America]. — Britton 37. 



Swamps, borders of streams, etc. Common in the northern 

 counties and frequent or occasional southward in the Middle and 

 Cape May districts. 



