Former Distribution of British Plants. 105 



Ranunculus parviflorus, L. 

 Interglacial : — 



West Wittering, Sussex. 



Ranunculus Ficaria, L. 

 This has not yet been found in a fossil state; the 

 carpels, however, are softer than in most of the other species 

 of Ranunculus^ and are less likely to be preserved. 



Caltha palustris, L. • 

 Roman Period : — 



Silchester, Hampshire. 

 Neolithic : — 



Redhall, near Edinburgh ; Hailes, near Edinburgh. 



Late Glacial : — 



Hoxne, Suffolk (bed C). 



Interglacial : — 



West Wittering, Sussex. 



Preglacial (Cromer Forest-bed) : — 

 Mundesley, Norfolk. 



NUPHAR LUTEUM, L. 

 Neolithic and Postglacial : — 



Hampton Waterworks, Middlesex ; Casewick, Lincoln- 

 shire; Northampton (old river bed). 



Interglacial : — 



West Wittering, Sussex ; Mundesley, Norfolk (old river 

 deposit). 



Preglacial (Cromer Forest-bed) : — 



Beeston, West Runton, Cromer, Overstrand, Sidestrand, 

 Mundesley (Norfolk); Corton, Pakefield (Suffolk). 



