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MYOSURUS L. Sp. Pl. 1: 284. 1753. MovusErai.. 
Five species, temperate regions. Europe, North America. 
Myosurus minimus L. Sp. Pl. 1:284. 1753. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,40. Chap. F1.6. Gray, Syn. FI.N. A. 1, pt.1:19. 
EUROPE. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Ontario and Northwest Territory to British 
Columbia and Vancouver’s Island; southern Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas to 
Florida and Louisiana. 
ALaBaMA: Central Pine belt. Central Prairie region. Low alluvial soil. Tusca- 
loosa County (Z.A. Smith). Montgomery County. Flowers greenish. May; not 
frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europae collibus apricis aridis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
TRAUTVETTERIA Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1:22. 1834. FALSE BUGBANE. 
Two species, perennials, temperate North America. 
Trautvetteria carolinensis (Walt.) Vail, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 2:42. 1890. 
Hydrastis carolinensis Walt. Fl. Car. 156. 1788. 
Cimicifuga palmata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:316. 1803. 
Trautvetteria palmata Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop.1:22. 1834. 
EL Sk.2:17. Gray, Man.ed.6,40. Chap. F1.6. Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A.1, pt. 1:18. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Maryland and Virginia, south along the 
mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Damp borders of woods. Cullman County, 800 
feet. Flowers white, June; not frequent. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
RANUNCULUS L. Sp. P1.1:548. 1753. 
A large cosmopolitan genus of about 200 species, mostly perennial herbs (ours 
with yellow flowers), most frequent in temperate regions of the Northern Hemi- 
sphere. North America 52. 
Ranunculus tener nom. nov. SLENDER SPEARWORT. 
Ranunculus trachyspermus Engelm.; Engelm. & Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, 5: 211. 
1847. Not Ell. 1821-24. 
Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 1, pt. 1:25. 
MEXICO. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. (Lower Sonoran area, western Texas.) 
ALABAMA: Southern edge of Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn, March, 
1897 (Baker § Earle). Rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Margin of ponds near Houston, &c.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ranunculus pusillus Poir. Encycl. 6:99. 1804. SMALL SPEARWORT. 
Ranunculus flammula Walt. Fl. Car. 159. Not L. 
Ell. Sk.2:57. Gray, Man.ed.6,42. Chap. Fl. 7. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:8. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt. 1:26. 
Carolinian area. Staten Island, New York, New Jersey, along the low country to 
Florida, west to Texas, southern Arkansas, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Most com- 
mon in the low country, in ditches, wet fields, shallow ponds. Lawrence County, 
Moulton. Mobile and Baldwin counties. April; abundant. Perennial. ; 
Type locality: “Cette plante croit dans la Caroline, dans les lieux humides & 
marécageux.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
Ranunculus pusillus lindheimeri Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 21: 367. 1886. 
Ranunculus trachyspermus lindheimert Engelm., Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist.5:211. 1845. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:8. Gray, Syn. FIN. A.1, pt. 1:26. 
Louisianian area. Louisiana and Texas; California. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Exposed miry places, ditches. Mobile, Lee County, Au- 
burn (Baker § Earle). Flowers March, April; frequent. Perennial. 
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