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MYOSURUS L. Sp. PL 1 : 284. 1753. MOUSETAIL. 



Five species, temperate regions. Europe, North America. 

 Myosurus minimus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 284. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 40. Chap. Fl. 6. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 19. 



EUROPE. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Ontario and Northwest Territory to British 

 Columbia and Vancouver's Island; southern Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas to 

 Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Central Prairie region. Low alluvial soil. Tusca- 

 loosa County (E. A. Smith). Montgomery County. Flowers greenish. May; not 

 frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae collibus apricis aridis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



TR AUTVETTERI A Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sern. Petrop. 1 : 22. 1834. FALSE BUGBANE. 



Two species, perennials, temperate North America. 

 Trautvetteria caroliuensis (Walt.) Vail, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 2 : 42. 1890. 



Hydrastis carolinensis Walt. Fl. Car. 156. 1788. 



Cimicifuya palmata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 316. 1803. 



Trautvetteria palmata Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1 : 22. 1834. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 17. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 40. Chap. Fl. 6. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 18. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Maryland and Virginia, south along the 

 mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Damp borders of woods. Cullman County, 800 

 feet. Flowers white, June; not frequent. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RANUNCULUS L. Sp. PL 1 : 548. 1753. 



A large cosmopolitan genus of about 200 species, mostly perennial herbs (ours 

 with yellow flowers), most frequent in temperate regions of the Northern Hemi- 

 sphere. North America 52. 



Ranunculus tener nom. nov. SLENDER SPEARWORT. 



Ranunculus trachyspermus Engelm. ; Engelm. & Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 211. 

 1847. Not Ell. 1821-24. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 25. 



MEXICO. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. (Lower Sonoran area, western Texas.) 



ALABAMA: Southern edge of Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn, March, 

 1897 ( Maker $ Earle). Rare. Annual. 



Type locality: ''Margin of ponds near Houston, &c." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ranunculus pusillus Poir. Encycl. 6 : 99. 1804. SMALL SPEARWORT. 



Ranunculus flammula Walt. Fl. Car. 159. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 57. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 42. Chap. Fl. 7. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 8. 

 Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 26. 



Carolinian area. Staten Island, New York, New Jersey, along the low country to 

 Florida, west to Texas, southern Arkansas, and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Most com- 

 mon in the low country, in ditches, wet fields, shallow ponds. Lawrence County, 

 Moulton. Mobile and Baldwin counties. April: abundant. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Cette plante croit dans la Caroline, dans les lieux humides & 

 marecageux." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ranunculus pusillus lindheimeri Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 21 : 367. 1886. 



Ranunculus trachyspermus lindheimeri Engelm. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 211. 1845. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 8. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 26. 



Louisianian area. Louisiana and Texas ; California. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Exposed miry places, ditches. Mobile, Lee County, Au- 

 burn (Baker if Earle). Flowers March, April ; frequent. Perennial. 



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