84 1 RANUNCDLACEiE. 



the mountains of Scotland, but found it at 2400 feet in 

 Caernarvonshire. 



15. Ranunculus Flammula, Liim. 



Area, general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 82. 



Latitude 50 — 6 1 . British t}^e of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Midarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 900 yards, in the East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperatm-e 52 — 38. 



Native. Paludal. Abundantly distributed thi-oughout 

 Britain. Pretty frequent on the mountains up to about 

 2000 feet, but very rare above 2500 feet. Did we rely upon 

 localities, as recorded in books, we should suppose that the 

 creeping variety, with filiform stems (R. reptans, of Light- 

 foot) is also distributed throughout Britain, fi-om Cornwall 

 to Shetland. But the only example of Lightfoot's plant, in 

 my herbarium, among many sent to me under that name, is 

 one fi'om the border of Loch Leven, in Kinross-shii-e, where 

 it was collected by Dr. Wight. In the ' London Catalogue' 

 the name of " pseudo-reptans " distinguishes the spurious 

 variety from the'trae "reptans" of Lightfoot. I have Italian 

 specimens, fi'om Mr. Ball, which scarcely differ fiom Light- 

 foot's, but which Mr. Ball thinks to be tnily R. Flammula, 

 though they " exactly agi'ee with the North American " R. 

 reptans. 



