CANADIAK EAKUNCULACEJ;. S3 



Carpels globose, with very miuute beaks, in round heads. Whole plant i)alc green, with 

 soft hairs. 



Ranunculus ovalis. Rafiuesque-Schmaltz, Jour. Bot., II., p. 268. (1814.) DC. Syst. Nat., 

 I., p. 302. (1818.) Prodromus, I., p. 43. Graham, Ediu. Phil. Jour., 1829, p. 188. Poiret, 

 Supp., v., p. •718. Don, Mill Diet., I., p. 33. Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am., I., p. 12, t. (3., f. B. 

 Torr. & Gr., Fl. N. Am., I., p. 18. Walpers, Eep., I., p. 42. Dietr. Syn. III., p. 318. 



R.rhomboideus. Goldie, in Ediu. Phil. Jour.,VI.,p. 329, t. 11, f. 1. (1822.) Eichardson, 

 in Fraiikl. Jour., p. 13. Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am., I., p. 12. Torr. & Gr., I, Fl. N. Am., I., p! 

 18. Gray, Man., ed. 5, p. 42. Lawson, Ranunc. Canad., p. 36. Macoun, Cat., No. 33. 



R. brevicauUs. Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am., I., p. 13, t. 7, f. A. (1833.) Loud. Jour. Bot., 1st 

 Series, VI., p. 66. Torr. & Gr., FL, I., p. 18. 



Lake Simcoe, Out. — Goldie. — In the central limestone and prairie districts from 

 Canada to lat. bT. Common in the western parts of Canada (Ontario). — Richardson. 



Alpine prairies among the Rocky Mountains, and about Carlton House, lat. 52' and 

 55° {R. ovalis.) — Drummond, in Hook., Fl. B.-A. Shores of Lake Huron [R. brevicaulis) . — 

 Richardson, Drummond, in Hook., Fl. B.-A. Sandhills on the banks of the Humber, near 

 Toronto, Out., 4th June, 1862, plentiful. — Lawson. Sandy plains near Castleton ; also at 

 Murray Town hall. — Macoun. Lake Winnipeg. — Barnston. Near Montreal. — Dr. Holmes. 

 Sand hills near Trenton and Rice Lake Plains, Ont. ; Lake of the Woods, and on the 

 western plains. — Macoun. Near London, Out. — Saunders. Sandy plains of the Riviere 

 aux Sables, Lambton Co., Out. — Gibson. Red River Prairie and Pembina Mountain. — Dr. 

 G. M. Dawson, (Macoun). 



20. — Ranunculus glaberrimus. Hooker. 



Plant succulent and glabrous. Stem 4 to Y inches high. Root a fascicle of long 

 fleshy fibres. Leaves broadly oval-oblong, cuneate at the base, or more or less elliptical, 

 entire or bluntly toothed at the apex, the upper bracteal ones cleft into 3 linear lobes. 

 Sepals oval, not reflexed, half the length of the petals. Petals oval, yellow, 3 to 4 lines 

 long. Achenes turgid, smooth, with a short curved beak, in globular heads. 



Ranuncidus gluberrimus. Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am., I, p. 12, t. 5, i. A. Torr. & Gr., Fl. N. 

 Am., I, pp. 19 and 658. Brewer & Watson, Bot.' Calif, ed. 2, 1, p. 1. Watson, Bibl. Index, 

 I, p. 19. Macoun, Cat. No. 35. 



Common on the mountains around the Kettle Falls (of the Columbia), and on the 

 Rocky Mountains, near the limits of perpetual snow. — Douglas, in Hook., Fl. B.-A. Near 

 Lake La Hache, and above Boston Bar, B. C, 2'7th July, 18t5. — Macoun, in Herb. Canad. 

 Survey. Wallawallah River, &c. — Nutlall. In the Snake country, along Snake or Lewis 

 River. — Tolmie. Washoe Mountains {Andersou) and northward in sub-;rlpine situations to 

 Oregon and Idaho. — Bot. Calif. 



21. — Ranunculus sceleratus, Linnœus. 



Root fibrous. Stem thick and hollow (1 foot high). Leaves somewhat fleshy, smooth 

 and glossy, the radical and lower cauline ones stalked, three-lobed or three-parted, 

 rounded, the segments blunt, crenate, upper leaves sessile, trifid, the lobes linear, entire 



