so LAWSON: EEVISION OF THE 



Bedford Basin. — Laioson. Lake Wiiiuipeg. — R. King, in Back's Exxieditiou. Common in 

 moist shady places, from Canada to near the Arctic Sea, lat. 68", and from Hudson Bay 

 to the summits of the Eocky Mountains. — Richardson, Goldie, Douglas, Drummond, 

 Morrison. — Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am. Beauharnois and Mon.treal, P.Q., McGill College Herb. 

 -—Macoiin. On mud flats along- the Ottawa at Thirrso, P.Q. — Fletcher. Along the Ottawa 

 Eiver at Beauharnois, P.Q. From Hudson Bay to near the Arctic Sea, in lat. 03'. — 

 Richardson. New Brunswick — Foiuler. Sea shores and margins of salt ponds in the prai- 

 rie region and interior of British Columbia; Oaspe, P.Q. ; Fort "William, Lake Superior. — 

 Macoun. Pacific coast. — Dr. G. M. Daivson. 



South Grreenland. Hook., Arct. PI. 



First detected by Pursh near the salt works of Onondaga, New York State. It grows 

 at Long Island and Salem, Mass. Gray gives its distribu.tion in the Eastern United 

 States thus: — "Sandy shores from New Jersey northward, and along the great lakes to 

 Illinois and westward ; also at salt springs." Salt plains of the Platte. — James. Banks of 

 the Oregon and neighbouring streams, as well as on the contiguous coast of the Pacific. — 

 Nuttall. Turkestan, May, 1881.— iV/esw^, (Hance.) 



14. — Ranunculus Cymbalakia rar. /i alpinus, Hooker. 



Smaller, leaves elliptical or oblong, 3-toothed at the apex, achenia broader and shorter, 

 in a globose head. — R. halophilus. Schlecht. R. Cymbalaria, ft. alpinus. Hook., Fl. B.-A. 



Near the summit of the Rocky Mountains, between lat. 52' and 55°. — Drummond, 

 Macoun. Salt lake, Anticosti, August 11, 1883. — Maroun, in Herb. Canad. Survey. Occurs 

 also in Kamtschatka (Flora Ost-Sibirien.) 



15. — R-4:nunculus abobtivus, Linnœus. 



Radical leaves petiolate, roundish or kidney-shaped, more or less crenate, smooth and 

 shining, those of the stem very shortly stalked or sessile, and divided or parted into 

 oblong, cuneate or broadly linear divisions. Petals shorter than the sepals. Carpels in 

 globose heads, inflated, with small curved beaks. 



Ranunculus abortivus. Linn. Sp. PL, p. 116. Willd., Sp. PL, II, p. 1814. Pursh, FL, II., 

 p. 392. DC. Syst. Nat., I, p. 268. Prod. I, p. 34. Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am., I, p. 14, in part, 

 ToiT. & Gr., Fl. N. Am., I, p. 19. Torrey, Fl. N.Y., I, p. 13. Gray, Manual, ed. 5, p. 42. 

 Chapman, Fl. S. U.S., p. 1. "Wood, CI. Bk. & FL, p. 206. Lawson, Ranunc. Canad., p. Si. 

 "Watson, Bibl. Index, I, p. 15. Macoun, Cat. No. 37. 



R. auricomus var. Biria, Hist. Renoue, 39. 



Abundant about the City of Kingston, Ont., and surrounding country, in pastures and 

 woods ; Indian Island, Bay of Quinte, 5th June, 1862 ; Sloate Lake, Sydenham, 1th. June, 

 1859 ; Kingston Mills, 24th May, 1859 ; grounds of Rideau Hall, Ottawa, 24th May, 1884. 

 — Lawson. Portland, July, 1860. — Dr. Dujmis. Fort Garry, July 1861. — Dr. Schuliz, sp. 

 No. 180. Nicolet, Montreal, Kingston and Maiden. — Dr. P. W. Maclagan. Belleville, 

 abundant in low wet places ; Peace River ; British Columbia. — Macoun. Common in 

 Oaledou. — Cameron. Roadside, Hamilton. — Logic. Lake "Winnipeg. — Barnston. Lac St. 



