26 RANUNCULUS. 



Coldingham, and the Lammermuirs generally ; and rising almost to 

 the summit of Cheviot, where it is, as How says, " a singular beauty 

 to those barren hills." Phyt. Brit. 8. — April. — The petals close be- 

 fore rain. 



5. Ranunculus aquatilis. — Common in ponds and ditches, 

 and conspicuous from the profusion and beauty of its white flowers 

 in May and June. — Var. a. heterophyllus, with none of the leaves 

 hair-like. B. In a ditch on the side of the Eye above Grant's- 

 house. Aug. — /3. pantothrix, with all the leaves multifid or hair- 

 like. D. In the pond at South-Ord. 



6. R. ciRCiNATUs. — D. In a ditch leading into the lough of 

 Holy-Island, where it was shown to me by Mr. Babington. — B. 

 In the mill-dam at Fouldene-East-Mains. — July. 



7. R. FLUITANS. <ltt\Aaa.Xt, — a name given to it, either from its 

 wavy motion in the water, or from harbouring eels when grovping in 

 a mass, for this is called an Eel-bed. — In rapid streams frequent, 

 flowering throughout summer, very freely in some years ; wMle in 

 other seasons the plant is mostly barren. — Mr. Babington says, "I" 

 have also gathered R. fluitans in perfectly stagnant ditches, quite 

 preserving its specific distinctions." Ann. Nat. Hist. iii. p. 226. — 

 Willdenow had made the same observation long ago : " In fluviis 

 et lacubus semper foliis longissimis dichotomis occurrit, nee uUo modo 

 mutantur." Spec. Plant, ii. p. 1333. 



8. R. HEDERACEus. — Plashy spots in denes, and shallow ditches 

 by road-sides, and in damp ground where water has stood during 

 winter, frequent. — May-Aug. — The flower-stalks become singularly 

 curved and deflexed as the fruit forms and matures ; and the cluster 

 of carpels is at length submerged. 



9. R. FLAMMULA. The JSuttcrsPlatt, a name expressive of the 

 comparative flatness of the corolla. In boggy moorish ground, com- 

 mon. — June-Sept. — It is called by some the ^naitc'iS^tongtlt, from 

 the shape of the leaves. Shepherds say that the herb tastes like 

 tobacco, and is deleterious to sheep. — J. Hardy. 



10. R. LINGUA. — This fine species is scattered over the district. 

 B. In Ferneyrig and Lithtillum lochs. Dr. R. D. Thomson. In 

 a bog at Craig' s-walls in the parish of Edrom, G. Henderson. In 

 the Hen-poo at Dunse-Castle. In the Eden above Mark's bridge. 

 Dr. F. Douglas.— D. Learmouth bog. — N. In the pond at Spindle- 

 stone ; and in Newham Lough. — R. In Yetholm, Linton, and Hose- 

 law lochs. — Autumn. 



11. R. ncARiA. — Flowers from about the middle of March to 

 late in April in moist meadows, shaded banks and woods : 



" Cai'eless of thy neighbourhood. 

 Thou dost show thy pleasant face 

 On the moor, and in the wood, 

 In the lane — there 's not a place. 

 Howsoever mean it be. 

 But 'tis good enough for thee.' 



