LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 245 



Minn, valley: Forest region and wooded banks; open- 

 ings and moist soil, especially E. in valley. 



HERB.: Ballard 125, Chaska; Taylor 275, Janesville; 

 Sheldon 140, Madison Lake; Sheldon 36, Elysian; Herrick 12, 

 Minneapolis; Holzinger 6, Winona Co.; Kassube 11, Minneapo- 

 lis; Sandberg 26, Red Wing; Roberts 3, Black Point; Oesilund 4, 

 Minneapolis; Herb. Sheld. 1820, Minneapolis. 



Ranunculus abortivus LINN. var. micranthus (NUTT.) 

 GRAY, Man. 5 ed. 42 (1867). 



R. micranthus NUTT. T. and G. Fl. I, 18 (1838). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 42; Britt., Fl. N. J. 36; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 19; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 18, 480; Cov. Fl. Ark. 162; Wats. Bibl.Ind. 

 I, 15. 



North America : Eastern Canadian provinces ? N. shore 



of Lake Superior to Brit. Col. ; Mass, and N. J, to Minn. , Dak, 

 and Colo . 



Minn, valley: With typical form, especially W. and 

 S. W. ; apparently less abundant than the type. 



HERB. : Moyer 11, Montevideo. 



Ranunculus ovalis RAF. Journ. Bot. 268 (1814). 



R. rhomboicleus GOLDEE. Edin. Phil. Journ. VI, 329 (J822). 

 E. brevicaulis HOOK. Fl. Bor.-Am. 1, 13 (1833). 



Wats, and Coult , Gray's Man. 6 ed. 42; Coult, Fl. Colo. 7; Webb., Fl. 



Neb. 116; Upham, Fl. Minn. 19; Mac., Fl. Can. 17; Wats., Bibl. Ind I, 23- 



North America: Q. to Man. and Brit. Col. ; N. in Rocky 



mts. to lat 52; S. to Mich., Ills, Wise., Minn, and N. and W. 



Neb. 



Minn, valley: Low prairies and near edges of sloughs; 

 valley throughout; principally N. E. and S,. 



HERB.: Sheldon 942 r Redwood Falls; Menzel 1, Pipe 

 stone City; Kassube 10, Minneapolis; Leiberg 2, Blue Earth 

 Co. ?; Sandberg 24, Red Wing; Sandberg 25, Cannon Falls; Herb. 

 Sheld. 1679, Minneapolis; 1821, Ft. Snelling; Herb. Moyer 9, 

 Montevideo; 10, Montevideo. 



Ranunculus pedatifidus SM. Rees Cycl. 72 (1819). 

 E. affinis R. Bit. Parr. 1st Voy. Appx. 265 (1823). 

 E. amoenus LED. Fl. Alt. I, 320 (1829). 

 R. auricomus var. affinis LAWSON, Ran. Can. (1876). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 42; Coult., Fl. Colo. 8; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 19; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 18; Led., Fl. Ross. I, 37; Nym., Fl. Eur.; 

 Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 10; Roth., Wheel. Exp. in var. 57; Wats., King Exp. 

 7; Wats.. Bibl. Ind. I, 15. 



Europe; Altai, Baikal and Transbaik. Siberia. 

 North America: Greenland, Melville Isl. to Rocky 

 mts., 52 N. lat., Brit. Col. and N. W. T. ; S. in mts. to Colo, and 



