246 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Nevada; E. from Montana to Minn., Iowa and Canada; Hudson 



strait. 



Minn, valley: S. and S. W. in valley; damp woodland 



and near springs. Rather rare . 



Herb.: Sheldon 781, Sleepy Eye; Taylor J^SL Janes- 



ville; Sheldon 156S, Lake Benton; Sheldon 1189, New Ulm. 



Ranuiiculas reptans Linn. Spec. 549 (1753). 

 B. filiformis MiCHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 320 (1803). 

 B. reptans \a.v. filiforms DC. Syst. 1, 248 (1818). 

 B. fiammula Linn. var. reptans E. Meyer, PL Lab. 96 (1830), 

 B. fiammula \3iT. filiformis Hook. Fl. Bor.-Aoi I, 11 (1833). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 42; Britt., Fl. N. J. 36: Coult., Fl. 

 Colo. 6: Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 6: Upham, Fl. Minn. 18; Mac, Fl. 

 Can. I, IT; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 297; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 

 10; Roth , Wheel. Exp. 56; Wats., King Exp. 7; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 18; 

 Led., Fl. Eoss. I, 32; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 9; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 161. 

 Scotland; N. Eur.; Siberia. 



North America: Greenland and Nova Scotia to Brit. 

 Col. and Coast range; S. in Calif, at alt. 6,000 ft.; local in Colo.; 

 S. to Minn., Iowa, New Eng., N. J., Penn., Ohio and Ills. 



Minn, valley: Forest region, especially N. and S. E.; 

 gravelly or sandy beaches of lakes and streams. 



Herb.: Sheldon 21Jf, Lake Balleutyne, Blue Earth 

 Co.; Sheldon 10i\ Elysian; Ballard 829, Page Lake, Carver Co.; 

 Herrick 9, Minneapolis; Herrick 10, Excelsior; Bailey 1000, 

 White Bear lake; Sandberg 22, Chisago Co.; Sandberg 23, Chi- 

 sago Co.; Herrick 11, Minneapolis; Kassuhe 9, Cedar lake, 

 Hennepin Co. 

 Raiiuiiculus ambigens S. Wats. Ind. N. A. Bot. 16 (1878). 



?B. lingua Pursh, Fl. Am. 391 (1814). 



B. fiammula Pursh, Fl. Am. 391 (1814) not DC. 

 ? B. robini Raf. Fl. Lud. 82 (1817). 

 B. alismaefoHus Gray, Man. 2d ed. 8 (1852). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 41; Chap., Fl. S. St. 7; Britt., Fl- 

 N. J. 63; Brew, and Wats. Fl. Calif. I, 6?; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 16, 480; Wats., 

 King Exp. 7?; Wats. Bbl. Ind. I, 16. 

 Europe? 



North America: N. Eng. to Minn., Dak., Brit. Col., 

 Vancouver; S. to N. J., Ohio, Tenn. ; southward. 



Minn, valley : Reported from the lake region of 

 Alexandria and probably N. in valley; rare; in wet mud. 



Ranunculus laeustris Beck and Tracy, Eat. Man. ed. 3 

 423 (1822). 



B. multifidus Pursh, Fl. Am. I, 736 (1814) not Forsk. 

 B. multifidus Bioel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, 228 (1824)? 



