1. RANUNCULACER, 475 
Anemone ranunculoides, Linn. 
Provinces --845--8-10. [1 Devon. 14 Berwick.] 
Alien. Cyb.i. 75. iii. 378. iv. 87. 
Ranunculus (aquatilis) peltatus, “Fries.” E. B. 3. 
Provinces 12345---91011-18-15. Aberdeen? 
Syn. 11. Including R. floribundus in part? 
Ranunculus (peltatus) floribundus, “ Bab.” EH. B. 3. 
Provinces- 2845---91011----15. England; Bab. man. 
Syn. 11. Northward to Braemar, Aberdeen (‘ Bab. herb.”) Syme. 
Ranunculus (peltatus ?) pseudo-fluitans, “ Newb.” HE. B. 8. 
Provinces 1 2 3-5. Probably in other provinces. 
Syn. 11. Pages 434—436 of this volume. 
Ranunculus (aquatilis) heterophyllus, Auct. 
Provinces all, or few, according to the use of the name. 
Syn. 11. See pages 429—437 of this volume. 
Ranunculus (aquatilis) Baudotii, E. B. 8. 
Provinces 12345---91011--14-16. 
Syn. 11. More or less including confusus, Godr. 
Ranunculus (aquatilis) confusus, BE. B. 3. 
Provinces 1234?6-- 1011-18 14. Partly R. Baudotii? 
Syn. 11. England only; Bab. man. 1867. Edinburgh; Eng. 
bot. 1863. It would seem that Professor Babington and Mr. 
Boswell Syme assign the individual examples differently between 
Baudotii and confusus ; and if these two leading British botanists 
are thus in contradiction about the precise name applicable to the 
Scottish specimens, it may fairly be supposed that a like un- 
certainty must attach to the records made by less experienced 
botanists. There is even wider inconsistency between the two in 
regard to R. floribundus. In the first volume of English Botany, 
with the title-page date of 1863, we are told by the Editor that a 
specimen gathered by himself in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, “ stands 
in Professor Babington’s herbarium as R. floribundus ;” yet in the 
two last editions of the Manual. 1862 and 1867, the Professor 
limits his foribundus to England exclusively. ‘he like contradic- 
tion between them is shewn under the next two segregates. ‘ Who 
must decide, when experts disagree?’ 
Ranunculus (pantothriz) Drouetii, Schultz. 
Provinces 12845---91011--14. Edinburgh; Syme. 
Syn.11. England; Scotland; Eng. bot. England only; Bab. man. 
Ranunculus (pantothria) trichophyllus, Chaix. 
Prov. 12845---91011 12-141516-18. Clydesdale flo. 
Syn. 11. England; Scotland; Eng. bot. England only; Bab. man. 
Ranunculus (trichophyllus) radians, “Rev.” Jour. Bot. no. 34. 
Province 10. ‘Silverdale, Yorkshire”; Myr. Hiern. 
Syn. 11. Said to be trichophyllus with floating leaves. 
