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the flowers expand nearly at the same time, and the peduncles 

 are not, as in A. Virginiana, developed one by one during the 

 summer, so that both flowers and mature fruit are found at the 

 same time. 



2. A MULTiFiDA, {3 HuDsoNiANA, Dc Caiid. Frodr. I. p^ 

 21. Be Les, Ic. I. tab. 16. Hooker, Fl. Bor. Am. (y. sangnineaf 

 I. p. 7. A. sanguinea, Fursh, in Herb. Lamb. A. Hudsonianay 

 (3. sanguinea, Rich, in FranM. Jour. ed. 2. App. p. 22. 



On limestone rocks, Watertown, Jefferson county, where it 

 was discovered by Dr. I. B. Crawe. My specimens agree 

 well with De Lessert's figure. The mature heads of pericarps 

 are oblong and very woolly. 



3. Trollius laxus, Salisb. in Lhm. Trans. VIII. p. 303. 

 Fursh, Fl. II. p. 391. T. Americanus, Muhl. Cat. p. 56. De 

 Cand. Syst. p. 313. Hooh Fl. Bor. Am. I. p. 23. 



Shady sphagnous swamps near Utica. 



Flowers twice as large as those of Ranunculus acris. Sepals 5 — 6, 

 ochroleucous, with a tinge of green beneath. Petals 15 — 25, minute, 

 deep orange-yellow. Carpels S — 15. 



4. Ranunculus Purshii, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. I. p. 15. 

 a. " foUis omnibus capillaceo-multifidis, flore majore, caule 



fistuloso." Hook. I. c. R. multifidis, Fursh, Fl. II. p. 736. 

 De Cand. Frodr. I. p. 34. R. lacustris, Beck ^ Tracy in 

 Transactions of the Albany Institute, I. p. 148. tab. 5. 



In stagnant water, throughout the western and northern por- 

 tions of the state. 



/3. " foliis submersis capillaceo-multifidis, natantibus, renifor- 

 mibus palmato-multifidis." Hook. I.e. tab. VII. ^.fg.l. 



In muddy pools, near Oneida Lake. 



7. "repens, foliis inferioribus lineari-multipartitis, superio- 

 ribus reniformibus palmato-multifidis." Hook. I. c. tab. VII. 

 B.fg. 2. R. Purshii, Rich, in FranM. Jotir. App. p. 23. 



In marshes, Watertown, Jefferson county. 



