18 RANUNCULACE^. 



Woods and hedges ; rather common. P. April, May. 

 I. Harefield ; Blackd. Fasc. 84. Pinner. 



III. Hatch End. 



IV, Hampstead ; Pet. H. B. Cat. Bishop's Wood, abundant. Bentley 



Priory grounds. Hedges near Harrow, Mill Hill, Hendon ; Morris 

 {v. s.). Willesden ; Finchley ; Newh. 

 V. Near Ealing ; Hemsley. Hanwell, near the Brent ! ; Warren. 

 VI. Whetstone. Colney Hatch. Enfield. Hadley!; Warren. 

 VII. [Marylebone fields, 1817 ; Herb. G. and E.] [On the muddy bank of 

 the Thames, Isle of Dogs ; Herb. Brit. Mus.] Hedge by Belsize 

 Lane, 1860. West End Lane, 1868. 

 First record: Petiver, 1713. Eare, if not absent, in the S.W. parts of 

 the county. 



14. R. acris, L. Upright Buttercup, 



H. surrectis cauliculis, (Grer.). R. pratensis erectus acris, C. B. Pin. 



(Blackst.), 

 Cyb. Br. i. 87; Comp. 84. Curt. F. L. f. 1, 

 Meadows and roadsides ; very common, P. June — August. 

 Distributed commonly through the county. 

 VII. The meadows round London contain quantities of it, and it may be 

 gathered in Kensington Gardens, Victoria Park, on Primrose Hill, 

 and similar places. 

 First record: Gerarde, 1597. [A double-flowered variety was noticed 'in 

 the field next the Theater * by London ; ' Ger. 804.] 



15. R. repens, L. Creeping Buttercup. 

 R. pratensis repens, Park. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 87 ; Comp. 84. Curt. F. L. f. 4. 



Wet fields, sides of streams and ditches, and roadsides ; very common. P. 

 May — August. 



In all the districts. 



In VII. it is frequently found in the parks, squares, and otlier places, 

 e. g., St. Paul's Churchyard. [A small form grew on the river wall of 

 the Temple gardens previously to the embankment of the river] 



First record: BlacJcstone, 1737. With double flowers. IV. Northwick 

 Walk, 1861 ; Football Field, near Harrow ; Melvill, 3. Buddie dis- 

 tinguished a very large plant, nearly glabrous, as Ban. pratensis repens 

 major et glaber. By the Thames side abundantly; Herb. Budd. 121. 

 30. It is figured in Pet. H. B. Cat. SS,flg. 8. [B. Caleyanus was 

 found ' near London, in dry places, particidarly in the late Mr. Caley's 



* The first public theatre in or near London ; built about 1570 in Shoreditch near 

 Holywell. (See Stow's Survey, ed. i. (1598), p. 349 ; and Collier's Amials of the Stage, i. 

 227, and iii. 265.) 



