STATE GEOLOGIST. 19 



R. affinis, R. Br.* Rou^h-fruited Crowfoot. 

 Lake of the Woods, Dawson. Northwest. 



B. affinis, R. Br., var. cardiophyllus, Gray.f 

 In the Ked river valley at Tem}3ina,,Chickcrinfj. West. 



R. rhoinboideus, Goldie. Rhomboid-leaved Crowfoot. Dwarf But- 

 tercup. 

 Frequent, or common, throughout the state. 



K. abortivus, L. Small-flowered Crowfoot. 

 Frequent, or common, throughout the state. 



K. abortivus, L., var. micrantlms. Gray. 



Minneapolis, Winchell; Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett. Infrequent. 



R. sceleratus, L. Cursed Crowfoot. 

 Frequent, or common, throughout the state. 



R. recurvatiis, Poir. Hooked Crowfoot. 



Frequent throughout the state ; reaching its northwestern limit at the lake of the 

 Woods, Macoun. 



R. Peiinsylvaniciis, L. Bristly Crowfoot. 

 Common throughout the state. 



R. fasciciilaris, Mulil. Early Crowfoot. 



Frequent, or common, throughout the south half of the state ; infrequent north- 

 ward. 



R. repens, L. Creeping: Crowfoot. 

 Abundant throughout the state. 



R. repens, L., var. Iiispidus, Torr. & Gray.^ (R. hispidus, Michx.) 



Eed river valley near Saint Vincent (In a swamp), Dawson; common from Manitoba 

 westward, Macoun. 



R. bulbosus, L. Bulbous Crowfoot or Buttercups. 

 Northfield, Chaney; Minneapolis, Mrs. Terry. Bare. 



R. acris, L. Tall Crowfoot or Buttercups. 



Infrequent, but noted at many places, as Lake City, Faribault, Northfield, Minne- 

 apolis, Northern Pacific Junction, Carlton county, and on the upper Mississippi river. 

 "Becoming common In the eastern part of Manitoba," Macoun. 



♦Ranunculus affinis, R. Br. Radical leaves petioled, usually pedately multlfid ; 

 cauline ones subsessile, digitate, with broadly linear lobes ; stem erect, few-flowered ; 

 carpels with recurved beaks, in oblong cylindrical heads ; more or less pubescent 

 throughout. fVatson's Rep. in King's Expl. of the Fortieth Parallel. 



+R. AFFINIS, R. Br., var. cardiophyllus, Gray. Hlrsutely pubescent, radical leaves 

 round-cordate, undivided or many-cleft ; cauline ones palmately many-cleft ; flower 

 1 inch in diameter. Porter and Coulter's Flora of Colorado. 



:tRANUNCULUS REPENS, L., var. nisPiDUS, Torr. &Gray. Stem erect, I'i to 2 feet 

 high, branching and, with the petioles, very pilose with spreading hairs; leaves trifol- 

 iate ; leaflets distinctly petiolulate, oval, acute, laciniate ; pedicels with the pubescence 

 appressed ; flowers as large as in R. acris; calyx appressed ; carpels smooth, pointed 

 with a very short style. Torrcy and Gray's Flora of N. A., vol. i, pp. 22 and 658. 



