10'2 rill. FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 



II. Abbotts Salford ! Rev. J. 0. Tredington! Newb. Near Bilton 

 Church! /.'. S. R.,* 1877. Although 1 find this plant in every 

 I >:nt of the county, it is often missing over large areas, and may 

 be considered as common in some districts, local in others. 



R. Flammula, Linn. Lesser Spear-wort. 



Native: In ditches, marshes, &c. Very common. May to 

 September. A variable species, widely spread in the county. 

 R. Lingua, Linn. Greater Spear-wort. 



Native: [n pools and streams. Very rare. July to September. 

 I. Sutton, Freeman, Phyt., i.. 262 ; in Sutton Park, abundant in Brace- 

 bridge and other pools. 

 II. In ;n i old pit :it Allesley, Rev. IT. 7'. Bree, Phyt., in., 301 ; in a pit 

 at Griff , near Nuneaton, T. Kirk; by the Bide of an old canal, 

 near Coventry Wood; Fir Tree Grove, Arhury Park, T. Kirk, 

 Phyt., ii., 'J-17"; Snitteriield, Cheshire. 



R. auricomus, Linn. Goldilocks, Wood Crowfoot. 



Native : In woods and on shady banks. Locally common. April, 

 May. 

 I. Sheldon ! Rev. ■>. Gorle ; Shustoke, Maxtoke, Elmdon, Knowle, &c. 

 II. Abbotts Salford, Rev. J. C. ; Iddicote, Rev. J. Gorle. Coombe Abbey 

 Woods, Allesley, Yaruingale. Two forms occur often inter- 

 mixed, and passing one into the other ; a nearly apetalous form 

 is often abundant, and is probably R. depaujieratus. 

 R. acris, Linn. Buttercup. 



Native: On banks, in meadows, and on waysides, ifcc. Common. 



May in August 

 Two varieties occur, var. a. Steveni being the most abundant form 

 of the Tame basin ; var. b. rulijaris is in some parts of the Avon 

 district equally as abundant as the type form. These varieties 

 carcely marked ones. The plant, as an aggregate, is 

 widely spread in the county. 

 R. repens, Linn. Creeping Buttercup. 



Native: In ditches, meadows, on heathy waysides, &0. Common. 



May to August. Common throughout the county. 

 Two marked tonus are abundant— the one, a small, prostrate form, 

 common on heathy waysides ; the other, a robust form, often 

 very rampant, in ditches. 

 R. bulbosus, Linn. Bulbous Buttercup. 



Native: On banks, in meadows, and on waysides. Common. May 



to August. 

 Found throughout the whole area, but more local than the two 

 preceding Bpecies. 

 R. hirsutus, Curtis. Hairy Crowfoot. 



Native: In corn fields. Rare. May. 

 II. Coin fields, at Myton, //. Jl. 



This plant cannot be regarded as more than a casual, having been 

 probably introduced with foreign seed. 

 R. parviflorus, Linn. Small-flowered Crowfoot, 



Native: I titivated fields and on dry banks, in calcareous soiU. 



Rare. May to August. 

 I. Bickenhill, /.. e, "Mag. Nat. His.," iii., 165. 

 II. Top of Oversley Hill ; hedge banks, near Alcester Mill, Perry /•'/.. 

 1'. lf> : between Hampton-on-the-Hill and Norton Lindsay, 



lbbre\ iation for El ■ Booii bj Reports. 



