514 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



A stronger plant than the type, stem 8 to 16 inches high, branched, achenes tur- 

 gid, slightly margined, and more roughish-papillose. 

 Type locality: "Near Houston, &c." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ranunculus abortivus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 551. 1753. ABORTIVE-FLOWERED CROWFOOT. 



Ranunculus nitidus Walt. Fl. Car. 159. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 58. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 42. Chap. Fl. 7. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 32. 



Canadian zone to Lonisianiau area. Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario to British 

 Columbia; New England west to the Rocky Mountains, south to western Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Prairie region. Low shaded banks. Madi- 

 son County, Montesano. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Perry County, Union- 

 town. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J- Earle). April ; not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ranunculus micranthus Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 18. 1838. 



SMALL-FLOWERED CROWFOOT. 



Ranunculus abortivus var. micranthus Gray, Man. ed. 5, 44. 1867. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 42. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 32. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Ontario, British Columbia; Massachusetts 

 west to Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Colorado, south to Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Central Prairie region. Low pastures. Lauder- 

 dale and Montgomery counties. May ; not rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Margin of ponds throughout the upper and western part of Mis- 

 souri} likewise in Arkansas, collected by Dr. Pitcher." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. Encycl. 6 : 125. 1804. SILVAN CROWFOOT. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 63. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 43. Chap. Fl. 8. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 33. 



Canadian zone to Louisiauian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario; southern New 

 England west to Minnesota, Nebraska south to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Damp rich woods, 

 most frequent throughout the mountains. Lauderdale, Cullman, Madison, and Blount 

 counties. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle, 34). Tuscaloosa County. Clarke 

 County, Thomasville. April, May; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Cette plante croit en Ame'rique, dans les environs de New York." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ranunculus sceleratus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 551. 1753. 



CELERY-LEAVED or CURSED CROWFOOT. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 59. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 42. Chap. Fl. 8. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 33. 



EUROPE, ASIA, INDIA, CHINA, SIBERIA. 



Canadian zone to Louisiauian area. Throughout Atlantic North America west to 

 British Columbia and Arizona. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Wet ditches, muddy places. Mobile County. April, May. 

 Acrid, poisonous. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. ad Europae fossas et paludes." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ranunculus hispidus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 321. 1803. MARYLAND BUTTERCUP. 



Ranunculus repens var. martjlandicua Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 :21. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 62. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 36. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to coast plain. Lee County, 

 Auburn (Baker $ Earle, 32). Shady banks and borders of woods. Lauderdale 

 County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). Cu'llmau and Mobile counties. Flowers in April; 

 scattered, not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in umbrosis sylvis Carolinae inferioris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ranunculus palmatus Ell. Sk. 2 : 61. 1821-24. SOUTHERN BUTTERCUPS. 



Ranunculus septentrionalis Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 21:376. 1886. In part. Not 

 Poir. 



Ell. 1. o. Chap. Fl. 8. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 37. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida. 

 Flowers in May. 



