20 FLORA OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. 



19. Ranunculus acris, L. (Bitter Buttercup). Native. British 

 type. Range 1-3. Everywhere common in grassy places, 

 ascending to 700 yards on Great Gable (B.) ; and to 900 

 yards on Helvellyn (Watson). ' Variat in Westmorlandia 

 caule uni- vel subbi-floro et calyce valde hirsute' — (Hudson, 

 Fl. Angl. ii. 241.) There is a very dwarf 1-2-flowered form 

 with little-cut leaves on the limestone of Whitbarrow. Dr. 

 Boswell refers a plant gathered near Westward by Rev. 

 R. Wood to var. vulgatus. 



20. Ranunculus repens, L. (Creeping Crow-Foot; local name, 

 ' Meg wi' many feet '). Native. British type. Range 1-2. 

 Common in ditches and grassy places, ascending to 710 

 yards. — (Watson.) The highest stations for which I myself 

 have a note are Hayes Water and streams round Low Water, 

 Coniston Old Man. 



21. Ranunculus bulbosus, L. (Bulbous Crow-Foot, or Butter- 

 cup). Native. British type. Range 1. Common in meadows 

 in the lower zone. 



22. Ranunculus hirsutus, Curt. (Pale Hairy Buttercup). 

 Native. English type. Range 1. Waste ground near the sea. 



C. Workington Marsh and Drigg near Ravenglass. — (M.) 

 Near the Old Kiln Farm, Allonby, and occasionally along 

 the shore of Solway Firth. — (W. Hodgson.) 



L. Abundant at Barrow-in-Furness. — (W. Foggitt.) Island 

 of Walney, on the west side of Biggar Bank. — (Miss 

 Hodgson.) In a lane near the Ferry on Walney Island and 

 in a grassy marsh a little to the south of it. — (Dr. F. A. Lees.) 

 Meadows and wet places near the Duddon. — (Aiton.) 



23. Ranunculus sceleratus, L. (Celery-leaved Crow-Foot). 

 Native. British type. Range 1. Ditches and ponds. Rare. 



C. Allonby and Seascale. — (Whitehaven Cat.) Working- 



