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3a. Ranunculus flammvila reptans (L.) Schlecht.; E. Meyer, PI. Labr. 96. 1830. 



Ranunculus reptans L. Sp. PI. 1: 549. 1753. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Suecia, Russia, ad ripas lacuum." 



Range: Alaska to Hudson Bay and south to California, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. 



Specimens examined: Oyhut, Lamb 1252; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall; 

 Fidalgo Island, Flett 2114; Chelan, Elmer 490; Lake Chelan, Lake, August 13, 1892; Lake 

 Kalispel, Kreager 319. 



4. Ranunculus alismaefolius Geyer; Benth. PI. Hartw. 295. 1848. 

 Type locality: "In uliginosis (Bear Valley) montium Sacramenti." 

 Range: British Columbia to California and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Klickitat County, Svlcsdorf; Pullman, Elmer 817; Piper 1461; 

 Hull 776. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



Geyer's original specimens were from the "plains of Coeur d'Aleine," Idaho, but the 

 spectes was first described as above. Dr. E. L. Greene (E-yt'iea 3: 45. 1895) considers 

 the Rocky Mountain plant distinct from the Californian and names it R. calthaejlorus. 



4a. Ranunculus alismaefolius alismellus A.Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 327. 1868. 



Ranunculus alismellus Greene, Fl. Fran. 297. 1892. 



Type locality: "Lake Tenaya and on Mt. Dana," California. 



Range: Washington to Wyoming and California. 



Specimens examined: Mount Adams, Henderson, August 3, 1892; Suksdorf 495; 

 Howell; Falcon Valley, Sulcsdorf, June 6, 1886; Klickitat River, Flett 1271; Upper Yakima, 

 Brandegee; Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1183. 



Zonal distribution: Iludsonian. 



5. Ranunculus cardiophyllus Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:14. fl. 5. 1829. 

 Ranunculus ajfinis lasiococcus Tori'. Bot. Wilkes Exped. 213. 1874. 

 Type locality: "From Canada to lat. 55°." Collected by Richardson. 

 Range: British Columbia to Assiniboia and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Fort Colvillc, Lyall in 1861; Spokane to Fort Colvilie, Wilkes 

 Expedition. 



6. Ranunculus populago Greene, Erythea 3: 19. 1895 (February). 

 Ranunculus cusickii Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 5: 615. 1895. 



Type locality: Eagle Creek, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. Collected by Cusick. 

 Range: Blue Mountains of Washington and Oregon. 

 Specimens examined: Blue Mountains, Horner 269. 

 Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



7. Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 12. 1829. 



Type locality: "Common on the mountains around the Kettle Falls, and on the Rocky 

 Mountains near the limits of perpetual snow." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Dakota, Colorado, and California. 



Specimens examined: Atanum River, Flett 1266; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 307; 

 Klickitat County, Suksdorf 232; Ellensburg, Whited, March 28, 1897; Hangman Creek, 

 Sandherg & Leiberg 8; without locality, Brandegee 611; Walla Walla, Mrs. Anderson in 

 1884; Colvilie, Lyall in 1861; Pullman, Elmer 85; Piper 1462; Cheney, Tucker. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



8. Ranunculus tritematus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 21: 370. 1886. 



Type locality: "On high hills near Goldendale," Klickitat County, Washington. Col- 

 lected by Howell. 



Range: Klickitat County, Washington. 

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