246 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Nevada; E. from Montana to Minn., Iowa and Canada; Hudson 

 strait. 



Minn, valley: S. and S. W. in valley; damp woodland 

 and near springs. Rather rare . 



HERB.: Sheldon 781, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 431, Janes- 

 ville; Sheldon 1568, Lake Benton; Sheldon 1189, New Ulm. 



Ranunculus reptans LINN. Spec. 549 (1753). 

 E. flliformis MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 320 (1803). 

 E. reptans var. flliformis DC. Syst. 1, 248 1 1818). 

 E. flammula LINN. var. reptans E. MEYER, PI. Lab. 96 (1830). 

 E. flammula var. flliformis HOOK. Fl. Bor.-Am I, 11 (1833). 

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

 Colo. 6; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 6; Upham, Fl. Minn. 18; Mac., Fl. 

 Can. I, 17; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 297; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 

 10; Koth , Wheel. Exp. 56; Wats., King Exp. 7; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 18; 

 Led., Fl. Ross. I, 32; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 9; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 161. 

 Scotland; N. Eur,; Siberia. 



North America: Greenland and Nova Scotia to Brit. 

 Col. and Coast range; S. in Calif, at alt. 6,000 ft.; local in Colo.; 

 S. to Minn., Iowa, New Eng., N. J., Penn., Ohio and Ills. 



Minn, valley: Forest region, especially N. and S. E.; 

 gravelly or sandy beaches of lakes and streams. 



HERB.: Sheldon 214, Lake Ballentyne, Blue Earth 

 Co.; Sheldon 102, Elysian; Ballard 829, Page Lake, Carver Co.; 

 Herrick 9, Minneapolis; Herrick 10, Excelsior; Bailey 1000, 

 "White Bear lake; Sandberg 22, Chisago Co.; Sandberg 23, Chi- 

 sago Co.; Herrick 11, Minneapolis; Kassube 9, Cedar lake, 

 Hennepin Co. 



Ranunculus ambigens S. WATS. Ind. N. A. Bot. 16 (1878). 

 f E. lingua PURSH, Fl. Am. 391 (1814). 



E. flammula PURSH, Fl. Am. 391 (1814) not DC. 

 ? E. robini RAF. Fl. Lud. 82 (1817). 



E. alismaefolius GRAY, Man. 2d ed. 8 (1852). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 41: Chap., Fl. S. St. 7; Britt., Fl- 

 N. J. 63; Brew, and Wats. Fl. Calif. I, 6?; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 16, 480; Wats., 

 King Exp. 7?; Wats. Bbl. Ind. I, 16. 

 Europe? 



North America: N. Eng. to Minn., Dak., Brit. Col., 

 Vancouver; S. to N. J., Ohio, Tenn. ; southward. 



Minn, valley : Reported from the lake region of 

 Alexandria and probably N. in valley; rare; in wet mud. 



Ranunculus lacustris BECK and TRACY, Eat. Man. ed. 3 



423 (1822). 



E. multifldus PURSH, Fl. Am. I, 736 (1814) not Forsk. 

 E. multifldus BIGEL. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, 228 (1824)? 



