8 RANUNCULACEjE. 



placed here. Floating leaves are absent, and those 

 submersed are long with flaccid segments. It is pro- 

 bably R. pseudofluitans, Hiern., which may be identical 

 with R. peHatus, c. penicellatus of the Lon. Cat., ed. 1. 

 Another plant with still longer leaf segments is no doubt 

 d. elongatus of the same Catalogue. It grows in the 

 river Avon. True R. fluitans is not found in the 

 district. V. VIII. 



14. R. circinatus, SibtJt. 



Native; in marsh ditches, locally common. 



G. Shirehampton. Stapleton. 



S. Very plentiful in the " rhines " throughout the marsh- 

 lands, extending from Yatton and Weston-super-Mare to 

 Draycot, High bridge, and Wells. VII. IX. 



15. R. Lenormandi, Skuitz. 



Native ; in shallow pools or on mud, rare. 



G. Bitton. Shirehampton. VI. VIII. 



16. R. hederaceus, L. 



Native ; in like situations to those of the last species, but 

 more common. 



G. Bitton. Hook's Mills. Mangotsfield, near the rail- 

 way station. Stapleton. Stoke Bishop, extremely local. 



S. Ashton Park. Between Abbot's Leigh and Portbury. 



VI. IX. 



17. R. sceleratus, L. 



Native ; by and in ditches and ponds, not uncommon. 

 G. Berkeley. Charfield. Hook's Mills. Lawrence- 



Weston. New Passage. Shirehampton. Thombury. 

 S. Draycot. Kewstoke. Long Ashton. Portbury. 



Yatton. Wookey. VI. IX.. 



18. R. Flammula, L. Lesser Spearwort. 



Native ; in swampy places, frequent. It varies greatly in 

 size, habit, and shape of the leaves. 



