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[Ranunculus sardous, Crantz. Native in most counties 

 of England and Wales in marshes and damp pastures, 

 particularly within the influence of the sea. It is, 

 however, almost always recorded as occurring only in 

 cultivated and waste places, and no indication given 

 that it is anything more interesting than an artificially 

 sustained weed. In the north of England and in Scot- 

 land it becomes a casual introduction.] 



Ranunculus trilobus, Desv. This weed of cultivated 

 and waste ground in the Mediterranean region has 

 occurred as a casual in connection with grain-siftings. 



Thalictrum aquilegifolium, L. Has been found as 

 an escape from gardens. It is a native of Central Europe 

 which has long been in cultivation in Britain. 



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Serberis Aquifolium, Pursh. A native of North 

 America, much used in some parts of England for 

 making fences. It occasionally appears in situations 

 which lead to its record as wild, being doubtless in 

 many cases bird-sown. 



[Berberis vulgaris, L. Native in woods in Yorkshire 

 (according to Mr. Arnold Lees) and probably in other 

 counties also, but in consequence of its much greater 

 frequency as a planted hedge shrub than with any 

 appearance of wildness it has been excluded by most 

 authors. The admitted nativity of the plant in France, 

 Belgium, and Germany, taken in conjunction with its 



