RANUNCULACE^. ¥ 



G. Berwick Wood. Filton Meads. Mangotsfield. 



Stapleton. Yate. 

 S. Abbot's Leigh. Ashton. Bediuinster. Clevedon. 



Failaiid. Horrington. Yatton. VL— VIII. 



19. R. Lingua, L. 



Native ; rare and local. 



S. In some spots on the moors, as near Clevedon, Walton- 

 iu-Gordano, and Yatton. VL — VII. 



20. R. Ficaria, L. Lesser Celandine ; Pileivort. 



Native ; very common. 



In the herbarium of the Bristol Naturalists' Society there 

 are specimens of an abnormal form of this species, 

 possessing 13 to 18 petals, and 5 sepals. These were 

 gathered at Shirehampton in March, 1868, by the Rev. 

 W. W. Spicer. IV.— V. 



21. R. auricomus, L. 



Native ; in woods and shady places, generally distributed. 



IV. V. 



22. R. acns, L. Meadutc Crowfoot ; Buttercup. 



Native ; in meadows and pastures, very common. 



The variation, a. Steveni, grows on the sand hills at 

 Weston-super-Mare, and probably elsewhere in the 

 district. VI. VII, 



23. R. repens, L. Creepmy Crowfoot. 



Native ; in moist places, common. 



The primary stem in this species, especially in damp 

 situations, is much more robust, and produces much 

 larger flowers than the flowering shoots thrown up by 

 the runners towards autumn. V. — VIII. 



24. R. bulboSUS, L. Bulboiis Crowfoot ; Buttercup. 



Native ; in pastures, &c., common. 



A flower of this Buttercup has been observed in which 

 the gynseceum was entirely absent. V, 



