6 RANUXCULACE^. 



Area general ; found in the immediate neighbourhood of Plymouth, as 

 at Milehouse, near Lipson Terrace, &c. , and over all the enclosed country. 

 In the moorlands E. Lenormandi takes its place. 



9. R. sceleratus, L. Celery-leaved Crowfoot. 



Kative ; in marshes, damp waste spots, and on mud banks in the 

 vicinity of salt or brackish water. Rather common. iNlay to 

 October. 

 c. I. Seaton, Tideford. Marsh above Denabole Lake. Below Scraes- 

 don Fort. 

 II. Near Saltash, Wilcove. Kingsmill. Halton. Cotehele. Be- 

 tween Calstock and Harewood. 

 r. III. Lophill ; Gould, and H. in S. D. Lit. Chron. 131 ; ! 1S74. 

 By Tamerton Creek. Blaxton. Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. Laira and Chelson jMeadow ; Keys., Fl. ii. 27 ; latter place ! 



1879. Crabtree, 1869. Near Longbridge, 1867, &c. 

 VI. By a tributary of the Erme at Orcherton. 



Evidently less common than in many parts of Britain. There is no 

 record of it for District v. 



Fu'st record : Goulding and Harper., 1846. 



10. R. Flammula, L. Lesser S'pearwort. 



Native ; in wet or swampy places. Very common. June to 

 September. Area general. 

 One of the commonest species in the SAvamps of the moory tracts. 

 It varies greatly in size and luxuriance. We have the small form, 

 X)seudo-re]jtaiis, on some commons. On Crownhill Down this Ranunculus 

 may be seen growing in tlie damp clay deposited by the water from 

 the Clay Works. 



11. R. auricomus, X. Wood Crowfoot. 



Native ; in woods, and in other bushy or shady places. Rare, but 

 widely distributed. April, ^lay. 

 c. I. In small quantity on a bank below Wackar Wood, also for about 

 20 yards at Sconner, and very sparingly close to the 7 mile- 

 stone from Torpoint ; the three stations all between Torpoint 

 and Polbathick. Rather plentifully on a hedge-bank in the 

 Notter Valley, near Pillaton jNlill. 

 D. III. Towards j\Iaristow ; Gould, and H. in S. D. Lit. Chron. 131 ; 

 border of the lawn ! 1872. Manadon Wood ; W. S. Hore. 

 Herb. Ply. Inst.; also Keys, S. D. Lit. Chron., 169; ! 1879. 

 Woodlands Wood, rather sparingly. 

 IV. Bank, below a small wood, Plympton ; perhaps now extinct. 

 V. . Hedgebank between Blackpool and Lynham, rather sparingly. 



