72 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
case of the brambles and hawkweeds. Godron, in Fl. de France, 
(1847), pointed out the characters derived from the 
structure of the receptacle and pistils for the — bie 
grouping of species; and t . late Mr. O. Gelert, in 
Hotaniel Tidsskrift, xix. p. 7 (1894), indicated the sronerees of 
the stigma and the form ot the papille as a constant character. 
The classical memoir on a oe Eeinenlh in this Journal 
(vol. ix. 1871), by Mr. W. P rn, forms a comprehensive basis 
for all future work on the act 
Following the raabbind: adopted by Mr. Hiern, it will be con- 
venient here to ga a nghengt ope list of specific names which 
have been applied to a part or the whole of what is included b 
Linneus in Ranunculus quale var. y—(1) as under Ranunculus 
and (2) under Batrachiwm. 
RANUNCULUS. 
1753 aquatilis var. y L. Sp. Plant. 556. 
1782 feniculaceus Gilibert FI. Tithoanise iv. 261, n. 177. 
1786 trichophyllus Chaix in ~~ Hist. Pl. Densphiiss i. 335. 
1789 capillaris Gaterau Pl. e t. Montauban, 102—* var. dont 
toutes les feuilles ant capil 
1789 divaricatus Schrank Baiersche Wicrss: ii. 104, n. 859. 
1792 feniculaceus Gilibert Bxercitia a, eae i. 370. 
1795 accidus Pers. in Usteri, Ann. d. Botanik, xiv. 39. 
1799 cespitosus Thuill. Fl. e nv. Paris, ed. 2, 279. 
1799 capillaceus Thuill. Fl. env. Paris, ed. 2, 278. 
1803 ronal Dubois Meth. Pl. env. Orleans, 454. 
1804 milus Poiret Encycl. Meth. vi. 133. 
 spiae 
tbrotaniolin Pers. Syn. Plant. ii. 106, in syn. 
Bauhin sch in Flora, xvii. 1. 526. 
pichstoniaen Tausch i in Flora, xvii. m. 525. 
trichophyllus Godr. in Gren. et Godr. Fl. de France, i. 
hed 
3% 
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: i a 7 baste. ; it 
23 (Nov.). 
1847. oor). Godr. in Gren. et Godr. Fl. de France, i. 24 
ov 
1848 Riontt Lagg. in ear. xxxi. 1. 49 (Jan.). 
1856 spherospermus Boiss. et Blanche in Boiss. Diagn. Pl. 
nov. or. ser. Il. v. 6. 
1859 lutulentus Song. et Perr. in Not. PL Savoie, et in Billot 
Annot. Pl. France, 181 (1859 
1860 veioishie Briigg. ‘in Zeitschr. Ferdinand. Tirol, m1. 
ix. 
1869 ste enopeta talus Syme in Rep. Bot. Exch. Club, 1869, 7. 
1871 
_ hydrocharis a 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, Hiern in Journ. 
ete = 103 (cespitosus, trichophyllus, Rioni, 
onfervoides, Drouetit, spherospermus). 
1876. R. rchoplides Humniekt Cat. Pl. Luxeuil, dept. Haute- 
: Sad 
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