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Ranunculus acris, repens, bulbosus. Records pretty much alike in 

 these three : bulbosus however, more often neglected, i. Records satis- 

 factory : but bulbosus only recorded from hills. 2. As in Clematis Vitalba ; 

 records from the towns and neighbourhood almost exclusively. 3. As in 

 Clematis. 4. Majority of district recorded. 5. Bristol and neighbour- 

 hood, and one or two other records. 6. R. acris as for Clematis : the other 

 species less noted, ja. R. bulbosus scattered records : the other species as 

 in Clematis. 76. The usual gaps. 



R. sceleratus. i. Not enough records. 2a. More complete than usual. 

 26. Yery few. 3. Usual gaps. 4. Lower ground in plenty : by Wye 

 only in lower reaches. 5. En\'. Bristol only. 6. Six records : probably 

 not frequent in this district. 7a. One record ! 76. Very scattered records. 



7?. Flammula. i. Unrecorded ! 2. Near towns only : but a valuable 

 fact emerges, ' rare near Cheltenham.' 3. Usual omissions. 4. Good 

 records : but gaps. 5. Very few notices. 6. Eight or ten records, ja. 

 Very few. yb. Eight recorded localities, though ' abundant ' where it 

 occurs. 



R. Lingua. Seven or eight records : only one is sound. 

 R. auricomus. i. Hills only. 2a. Near Tewkesbury and Cheltenham : 

 Sandhurst. 2b. Three records ! 3. Longhope, Westbury and Newent. 



4. Best set of records I have for this district : though seemingly local. 



5. Bristol and neighbourhood, Wotton, Durslej'. 6. Records not many. 

 7. Very scattered : woods need searching. 



R. fluitans. Many records ; a few only of any use : e.g., probable at 

 Eastington : Symonds Yat : pond in Forest of Dean : Canal at Brimscombe. 



R. peltatus. Fairly well recorded in several forms, especially in Stroud 

 Water Canal and in district 4. 



R. sardous. All records need confirmation. 



7?. Ficaria. Absurdly few records, except in 4. 



Caltha palustris. Records showing same gaps as in Clematis. 4, 6 and 

 jb rather better than usual. Var. : Guerangerii noted several times. 



Helleborus viridis. No doubt alwaj-s recorded where seen. Good records 

 in 4 and 6. 



H. fcetidus. 2a. ?. Tewkesbury. 4. Rocky woods by the W^j-e, Tuts- 

 hill, Symonds Yat and Lydbrook : Rocks, Lydney and Aylburton. 5. 

 Woods near Bristol, Ozleworth, Tortworth, N. Wraxall, Stone. 6. Most 

 woods : common. 7. Three records. 



Aquilegia. Records scattered, but fairlj' numerous in 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



Aconitum. Generally {? always) escape : perhaps native at May Hill, 

 Ozleworth Valley, Edgeworth. 



From this Summary follow certain conclusions : — 



1st. Not all records are yet in the Editor's hands. This is chiefly true 

 of District 5 : but appreciably the case also in i, 2, 6. 



2nd. The Districts are very unequally worked. Nos. 4, 5, 6 are tar 

 best known, though plenty remains to be done in all of them ; certain areas 

 are unknown, i is partly known : 3 has only been systematically worked in 

 the N.W. corner, near Newent. Nos. 2 and 7 show very large portions abso- 

 lutely untouched. The gaps are being slowly filled by the efforts of several 

 workers : but nothing like completeness can be attained in e.g., ja, the most 

 remote of all the divisions of the county, except after 3-ears of labour. 



