First Report on the Flora of Wyoini7ig. 77 



Ranunculus Eschscholtzii, Schlecht. Animad. Ranunc. ii, 16. 



Union Peak, August 13, 1894 (No. 1003); Medicine Bow Moun- 

 tains, at 11,000 ft.. August 22, 1895 (No. 1780). 

 Ranunculus eximius, Greene, Erythea iii, 19 (1895). 



A most beautiful large-flowered species collected by B.C.Buffum at 

 Bald Mountain, August 15, 1892. The specimens in our herbar- 

 ium are in part the ones from which the original description was 

 drawn. 

 Ranunculus flammula reptans, Mey. PI. Lab. 96 (1836). R. reptans, L. 

 Not common, creeping among the stones on the shore of Bull 

 Lake Creek, August 9, 1894 (No. 729). 

 Ranunculus glaberrimus, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i, 12, t. 5. 



Our specimens are the form represented by Prof. Greene's R. 

 ellipticus, Pittonia, ii, no. Our earliest Buttercup; very abundant 

 among the sage brush in moist valleys; Laramie Hills, April and 

 May, 1894 (No. 3). 



Ranunculus Macounii, Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. xii, 3 (1892). 

 Frequent on low-lying wet lands ; Big Wind River, August 9, 

 1894 (No. 723); Cummins, July 29, 1895 (No. 1483). 

 Ranunculus natans, C. A. Mey. in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. ii, 315. 



In the mountains, on the muddy banks or in the water of par- 

 tially dried up lakes. LTnion Pass, August 10, 1894 (No. 808); East 

 Fork, August 27, 1894 (No. 11 13). 



Ranunculus Nuttallii, Gray, Proc. Acad. Phila. 56 (1863). Cyrto- 

 r/iync/ni >anunci(lina, Nutt. 



Very abundant on rocky ridges at 8,000-9,000 ft. Laramie Hills, 

 May and June, 1894 and 1895 (Nos. 76 and 1237). 

 Ranunculus Purshii, Richards. Frank. Journ. 741 (1823). 



In the bed of a recently dried up lake, Union Pass, August 14, 

 1894 (No. 880). 



Ranunculus rhomboideus, Goldie. Edinb. Phil. Journ. vi. 329 (1822). 

 R. ovalis, Raf. 



Rare, observed only in wet meadows on Pole Creek, May 25, 

 1894 (No. 78). 



Ranunculus sceleratus, L. Sp. PI. 551 (1753). 



Abundant in shallow spring pools; Fairbanks, July 14, 1894 

 (No. 453). 



