FLORA OF SHETLAND 



WILD-FLOWERS, FERNS AND CLUB MOSSES 

 OF SHETLAND 



DICOTYLEDONS 



Nat. Ord. Ranunculacece 



1. Thalictrum alpinum (Alpine Meadow 

 Rue). Common in dry pastures and stony 

 places, especially on limestone and serpentine 

 descending to the sea. 



2. Ranunculus Flammula (Lesser Spear- 

 wort). Common in most wet meadows and 

 pastures. Of this, Beeby makes mention in 

 the Scot. Nat. 1887: "R. Flammula, most 

 commonly as the var. radicans (Nolte) ; some- 

 times, as by the shores of Littlesetter Loch, 

 Yell, much like R. reptans L." 



R. radicans, var. of R. Flammula. Recorded 

 by Beeby in Scot. Nat. 1887 as being found, 

 in an extreme form, at Littlesetter, Yell, and 

 which has in cultivation reverted to the 

 typical R. Flammula. 



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