LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 245 
Minn. valley: Forest region and wooded banks; open- 
ings and moist soil, especially E. in valley. 
HERB.: Ballard 125, Chaska; Taylor 275, Janesville; 
Sheldon 140, Madison Lake: Sheldon 36, Elysian; Herrick 12, 
Minneapolis; Holzinger 6, Winona Uo.; Kussube 11, Minneapo- 
lis; Sandberg 26, Red Wing; Roberts 3, Black Point; Oestlund 4, 
Minneapolis; Herb. Sheld. 1820, Minneapolis. 
Ranunculus abortivus Linn. var. micranthus (NuTT.) 
GRAY, Man. ded. 42 (1867). 
RK. micranthus Nutr. T. and G. Fl. I, 18 (1838). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 42; Britt., Fl. N. J. 36; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 19; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 18, 480; Cov. Fl. Ark. 162; Wats. Bibl. Ind. 
I, 15. 
North America: Eastern Canadian provinces? N. shore 
of Lake Superior to Brit. Col.; Mass. and N. J, to Minn., Dak, 
and Colo. 
Minn. valley: With typical form, especially W. and 
S. W.; apparently less abundant than the type. 
HERB.: Moyer 11, Montevideo. 
Ranunculus ovalis Rar. Journ. Bot. 268 (1814). 
FR. rhomboideus GOLDIE, Edin. Phil. Journ. VI, 329 (1822). 
fF. brevicaulis Hoox. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 13 (1833). 
Wats. and Coult , Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 42; Coult., Fl. Colo. 7; Webb., Fl. 
Neb. 116; Upham, Fl. Mion. 19; Mac., Fl. Can. 17; Wats., Bibl. Ind I, 23. 
North America: Q.to Man. and Brit. Col.; N. in Rocky 
mts. to lat 52°; S. to Mich., Ills, Wisc., Minn. and N. and W. 
Neb. 
Minn. valley: Low prairies and near edges of sloughs; 
valley throughout; penealy N. E. and §,. 
HERB.: Sheldon 942, Redwood Falls; Jfenzel 1, Pipe 
stone City; Kassube 10, Minneapolis; Leiberg 2, Blue Harth 
Co.?; Sandberg 24, Red Wing; Sandberg 25, Cannon Falls; Herb. 
Shel. 1679, Minneapolis; 1821, Ft. Snelling; Herb. Moyer 9, 
Montevideo; 10, Montevideo. 
Ranunculus pedatifidus Sm. Rees Cycl. 72 (1819). 
R. affinis R. Bk. Parr. Ist Voy. Appx. 265 (1823). 
R. amoenus LED. FI. Alt. I, 320 (1829). 
R. auricomus var. affinis LAWSON, Ran. Can. (1876). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 42; Coult., Fl. Colo. 8: Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 19; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 18; Led., Fl. Ross. I, 37; Nym., Fl. Eur.; 
Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 10; Roth., Wheel. Exp. in var. 57; Wats., King Exp. 
7; Wats.. Bibl. Ind. I, 15. 
Europe; Altai, Baikal and Transbaik. Siberia. 
North America: Greenland, Melville Isl. to Rocky 
s., 52°N. lat., Brit. Col. and N. W. T.; S. in mts. to Colo. and 
