2 RANVNCULACEJE. 



AXrEMOlTE Linn. Wind Flower, 



1. £L, nexnorosa Linn. Wood Anemone. 



Woods, and shady pastures in the hills — common. Fl. mid. March 

 till mid. June. We have found it flowering at 1,800 feet, on Carlingford 

 Mountain, Co. Louth. 



RAN'UxrcuiLUS Linn. Crowfoot, Buttercup. 



Sect. I. — Aquatic. Water Crowfoot. 



1. R. trlchophyllus Chaix. 



Lakes, ponds, and marshes —frequent, usually in rather clear water. 

 Fl. June — Aug. 



Down — Ballynahinch ; C. Dickson. Islanderry Lake near Dromore ; 



T.H.C. Ballyholme, and Castlespie; S.A.S. Craigavad ; 



R.L1.P. 

 Antrim— Massereene Park ; Cijb. Eib. Belfast Waterworks, also Rathlin 



Island (" typical" C.C.B.); and abundant on shore of Lough 



Neagh at Selshan ; S.A.S. 

 Derry — Marshes at Magilligan ; T.H.C. 



The floating leaves, which our plant frequently produces, are slightly 

 hairy helow, as are also the capillary leaves. 



First pubKshed, as Irish, in Report of Belf. Nat. Field Club, 1863-4. 



2. R. heteropbyllus Fries. 



Lakes, ponds, and marshes— frequent. Fl. May — July. 

 Down — Moneycaragh Eiver near Newcastle, and at CastleweUan ; 0. 

 Dickson. Copeland Island, Groomsport, and very fine in 

 Clandeboye Lake ; S.A.S. 

 Antrim— Shaw's Bridge, and at shore of Lough Neagh near CrumHn ; 

 T.H.C. Belfast Waterworks ; S.A.S. 

 This, Uke the preceding, was first recorded as an Irish plant in the 

 Report of the Belf. Nat. Field Club, 1863-4. Specimens of both have 

 been identified by Prof. Babington. 



3. R, penicillatus Dmn. (R. pseudo-fluitans Newl.). 

 Frequent in quick flowing rivers ; rare in lakes, and only where the 



entrance of a stream causes movement of the water. Fl. June— Aug. 



Antrim — Doagh River, and at several points in the Bann River ; S.A.S. 

 Six -mile River at Massereene Park; A. G. More, and at 

 Muckamore ; T.H.C. Bush River ; Cyb. Eib. 



Deny — In the Bann at Coleraine ; G. C. Hifndman. (spec, in herb 

 - ' n). 



