OATALOaUE or CANADIAN PLANTS. 21 



dant in damp fields, New Brunswick. {Fowler's Cat.) South Green- 

 land. (Hook. Arct. PI.) It is a pernicious weed in all damp meadows 

 and pastures in the eastern provinces and the western part of Ontario. 



(46.) R. bulbosus, Linn. Bulbous-rooted Crowfoot. 



Introduced. Pastures near Barrie, Ont. (Spotten.) Eoadsides near 

 London, Ont. {Burgess.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Buchan.) 



(47.) R. Pennsylvanicus, Linn. Bristly Buttercup. 



Moist meadows and borders of streams. Pictou, IST. S. (McKay.) 

 "Wet places, rather rare, in New Brunswick. {Fowler's Gat.) Gasp^, 

 Eiviere du Loup, District of Montreal, and Eiver Eouge, Q. ; vicinity 

 of Ottawa, Prescott, various places throughout central Ontario, Chip- 

 pewa, St. Catherines, Toronto, London, Ont. ; westward in the wooded 

 country to the Eocky Mountains and through British Columbia to the 

 Pacific. (Macoun.) North to beyond the Arctic circle. (Hooker.) 



(48.) R. repens, Linn. Creeping Crowfoot. 



E. tomentoms, Poir. Terr. & Gray Fl. I., 23. 



Introduced. I prefer, as there is much confusion regarding this 

 species, to place all references to the introduced form under this name, 

 and the native forms as varieties. Quite common in the vicinity of 

 Montreal. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Mr. Ami, of the Geological Survey, 

 collected a small specimen of the true B. repens in the vicinity of 

 Quebec, and I detected a few in a field at Little M^tis, Q., 1882. 

 (Macoun.) 



Var. hispidus, Torr. & Gray. 



R. hispidus, Michx. Hook. FI. L., 19. 



a. Marilandicus, Poir. Pjirsh. 394. 



R. ScMechtendatdii, Hook. Fl. I„ 21. 



R. repens, var. Marilandicus, Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 31. 



Overflowed intervales along streams and in damp shady places. 

 Pictou, N. S. (McKay.) Abundant in damp s6ady places. {Fcavlefs 

 Cat.) Magdalen Eiver, Gaspd, Q. (Macoun.) Eiviere du Loup, Q., not 

 uncommon. (Thomas.) Common near Quebec. (Brunei.) Vicinity of 

 Monti-eal and Newfoundland. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Vicinity of Ottawa. 

 (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) Prescott, Ont. (Billings.) Common at London, Ont. 

 (Saunders.) Common at Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) Gait, Ont. (Buchan.) 

 Chippewa and Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan.) Cold Creek, Ont. ; common 

 from Manitoba westward, (an upright form). (Macoun.) Banks of 

 rivers from the Eastern'Provinces to near the mouth of the Mackenzie 

 Eiver, Lat. 67°, and from the shores of Hudson's Bay to the Pacific. 



