No. 17] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 149 
RANUNCULUS L. Crowfoot or Buttercup. 
Ranunculus pusillus Poir. (R. flammula Walt.). 
Edges of open marshes throughout the state. Oxford; 
Jackson; Tishomingo Co.; Newton; Pascagoula, April. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. 
Damp rich thickets and woods. Lafayette Co.; Tishomin- 
go Co.; Ripley. April-May. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Ranunculus abortivus L. (R. nitidus Walt.). 
Damp open grounds and fence rows throughout the state. 
Lafayette and Tishomingo Counties; New Albany; Taylor; 
Jackson. April. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Ranunculus septentrionalis nitidus (Poir) Chapm. 
Trailing in low swamp land. Okolona. April-May. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. 
Common in damp open pastures throughout the state. 
Tishomingo Co.; Oxford; New Albany; Shubuta. April. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Ranunculus parviflorus L. (R. trachyspermus EI1L.). 
Common in open lands around dwellings. Tishomingo Co.; 
Lafayette Co.; Hinds Co. April. 
Allison Herbarium. 
Ranunculus apricus Greene. 
Moist pine barrens (Small). Winter and spring. 
THALICTRUM lL. Meadow Rue. 
Thalictrum purpurascens L. (T. rugosum Pursh.). 
On low moist shaded places in the northeastern counties. 
Tishomingo Co.; Ripley; West Point; Pontotoc; Fentress, in 
Choctaw Co. May. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb 
