On llic hanlis oi llie rivci' Kanuiishlo, abouL 1 wersl above its mouth, near a Tala- 

 riaii burial ground, on swampy borders of lakes, near Uzuik, aliout Kushal)ar. ami in 

 swamps at Ust Tara-kem. Taken with flowers and ripe fruits in the second half of 

 June and in July. All of the specimens collected are distinguished by having the 

 receptacle beset with rather long, scattered, spreading, rather stiff hairs. In Norwegian 

 specimens as well, I have found the receptacle to be furnished with a few scattered 

 hairs, whereas a completely glabrous receptacle seemed to be most frequent here. In 

 American specimens I have also observed hairy receptacles. 



Distribution: Europe, except Portugal and the Balkan Peninsula, temperate and 

 subtropical regions of Asia, North Africa, North America. 



Ranunculus repens L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 779: Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 329: 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 49; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 43; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) 

 p. 58, no. 45; Kegel, PI. Radd. (1861) p. 50; Kptu. Oj. A.it. I (1901) p. 30. 



Very common in the regions about the river Abakan, at Minusinsk, Kushabar, 

 Kalna. Ust Algiac, and Ust Sisti-kem, where to be found flowering all the summer. Occur- 

 ring especially in moist grass-fields, and is very common along banks of rivers, etc. 

 It appears from the specimens collected that the species is much varying as to 

 luxuriance, density of the hairiness, breadth of the sections of the leaves, etc. In humid 

 habitats the species is mostly glabrous, in drier situations more densely pubescent. 

 Both the forms described by Recel, 1. c. f. ienuisecta and f. piisilla occur, with a great 

 variety of intermediate forms. Near Askys I have found a form, nearly completely 

 glabrous, and with remarkably narrow sections of leaves, decidedly pointing upwards 

 (f. gracilis Norm.). 



Distribution: All over Europe, south-western Asia, northern Persia, wooded regions 

 of Siberia to the Sea of Okhotsk, northern Mongolia, China, Japan, Sakhalin, North 

 America (introduced?). 



Ranunculus reptans L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 773: Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II. p. 310; 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 32: Kpu.i. <I>.i. A.rr. I (1901) p. 23. Ranunculus Flammula L. ;- 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 32. Ranunculus Flammula /i replans Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1842) p. 50, no. 32. Ranunculus Flammula var. filiformis Regel, PI. Radd. (1861) p. 41. 



On moist river-banks on islets in the rivers Yenisei and .\l)akan. where collected 

 flowering in June, and at Ust Sisti-kem. 



Distribution: Northern and middle Europe, Siberia, Manchooria, North .\merica. 

 Greenland. 



Ranunculus polyanthemos L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 779: Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IL p. 

 328; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 48; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 41; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1842) p. 58, no. 44; Regel, PI. Radd. (1861) p. 49; Kpbu. 'ki. A.rr. I (1901) p. 30. 



In meadows on islets in the rivers Yenisei and Abakan, in grass-grown places 

 at Ust Kamuishto and about Kushabar. In full flower in the second half of June. 



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