20 FLORA OK THE LAKE DISTRICT. 



ig. J?anuHcu/us acr/s, L,. (Bitter Buttercup). Native, British 

 type. Range 1-3. Everywhere common in grassy places, 

 ascending to 700 yards on Great Gable (B.); and to 900 

 yards on Helvellyn (Watson). ' Variat in Westmorlandia 

 caule uni- vel subbi-floro et calyce valde hirsuto.' — (Hudson, 

 Fl. Angl. ii. 241.) There is a very dwarf 1-2-flowered form 

 with little-cut leaves on the limestone of Whitbarrow. Dr. 

 Boswell refers a plant gathered near Westward by Rev. 

 R. Wood to var. vulgatus. 



20. Rammailus repetis.^ L. (Creeping Crow-Foot; local name, 

 ' Meg wi' many feet '). Native. British type. Range 1-2. 

 Common in ditches and grassy places, ascending to 710 

 yards. — (Watson.) The highest stations for which I myself 

 have a note are Hayes Water and streams round Low Water, 

 Coniston Old Man. 



21. Ranunculus bulbosus, L. (Bulbous Crow-Foot, or Butter- 

 cup). Native. British type. Range i. Common in meadows 

 in the lower zone. 



22. Ranunculus /lirsutus, Curt. (Pale Hairy Buttercup). 

 Native. English type. Range i. Waste ground near the sea. 



C. Workington Marsh and Drigg near Ravenglass. — (M.) 

 Near the Old Kiln Farm, AUonby, and occasionally along 

 the shore of Solway Firth. — (W. Hodgson.) 



L. Abundant at Barrow-in-Furncss. — (W. Foggitt.) Island 

 of Walney, on the west side of Biggar Bank. — (Miss 

 Hodgson.) In a lane near the Ferry on Walney Island and 

 in a grassy marsh a little to the south of it. — (Dr. F, A. Lees.) 

 Meadows and wet places near the Duddon. — (Aiton.) 



23. Ranunculus sceleraius, L. (Celery-leaved Crow-Foot). 

 Native, liritish type. Range i. Ditches and ponds. Rare. 

 ^ C. Allonby and Seascalc. — (Whitehaven Cat.) Working- 



