86 1 RANUNCflLACE^. 



sent more local species. Assigned to the superagrarian 

 zone, because found in Aberdeenshire and Moray. I have 

 also a specimen, through the London Society, from Loch 

 Earn, in Perthshire ; which is probably upwards of a 

 hmidred yards above the sea, and either bordeiing upon 

 or within the superagi'aiian zone. Perhaps the tempera- 

 ture should be earned one degi'ee lower than 47. 



17. Ranunculus ophioglossifolius, Vill. 



Sarnian. Found by Mr. C. C. Babington, in St. Peter's 

 Ma,rsh, Jersey. Should be looked for in the southern comi- 

 ties of England ; where, possibly, it may have been over- 

 looked by reason of its close similitude to the broad leaved 

 fonn of R. Flammula. 



18. Ranunculus auricomus, Limi. 



Aiea 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. 



South lunit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. ^Vi*-h;. At I^^V//.^.j; 



North Umit in Moray and near Glasgow. 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 70. 



Latitude 50 — 58. British t}^e of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagi"arian — Superagraiian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Channel. 



Ascends to 500 yards, in the East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperatme 51 — 42. 



Native. Sylvestral. Frequent in England ; less so m 

 Scotland. Apparently scarce in the East Higlilands, and 

 not yet ascertained to be a native of the West, or of the 

 two more northerly provinces. I observed it above Castle- 

 town, in Aberdeenshue, at an altitude estimated to exceed 



