No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 187 



Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. (clustered). 

 Early or Tufted Buttercup or Crowfoot. 



Rare. Dry woods and more open places : Franklin (R. W. 

 Woodward), New Haven (D. C. Eaton, G. W. Hawes), 

 Granby (I. Holcomb), Southbury (Harger), Woodbury 

 (Eames & C. C. Godfrey), Brookfield (Eames), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). April — May. 



Generally confused with Ranunculus hispidus. 



Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir. (northern). 

 Swamp or Marsh Buttercup or Crowfoot. 



Wet meadows, swamps, ditches and along streams. Locally 

 plentiful in Franklin and Lyme (Graves), but not otherwise 

 reported from the southeastern part of the state ; elsewhere 

 well distributed and frequent or common. Mid-May — June. 



Ranunculus hispidus Michx. (rought-hairy). 

 Wood or Early Buttercup or Crowfoot. 



Dry or moist often rocky woods. Occasional in the north- 

 ern part of the state, extending southward as far as Franklin 

 (R. W. Woodward), Middletown (M. Hitchcock), Berlin 

 (Andrews), Oxford (Harger), Darien (Miss A. E. Carpen- 

 ter) , Late April — mid-June. 



Ranunculus repens L. (creeping). 



Creeping or Spotted-leaf Buttercup or Crowfoot. 



Lawns and waste places in New London County, occasional 

 (Graves) ; Hartford, rare, and Stamford, roadside (A, W. 

 Driggs) ; New Hartford, bank of Farmington River, and Nor- 

 folk, wet woods (Bissell) ; Fairfield, moist grassy roadsides 

 and wastes (Eames) ; Salisbury, along a woodland brook 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps & Bissell). May — July. In part natural- 

 ized from Europe. 



The double-flowered form of the gardens has escaped to 

 wet fields in Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps & Bissell). 



Ranunculus pennsylvanicus L.f. 



Bristly Buttercup or Crowfoot. 



Rare or local. Open wet or swampy places and muddy 

 or sandy shores: Lyme, at Selden's Cove (Graves), East 

 Hartford (Weatherby), Enfield and Granby (A. W. Driggs) ^ 

 Hamden (Bissell, Andrews), Oxford (Harger), Canaan (J. 



