No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 185 



Batrachium ilaccidum Rupr. 



Batrachium Drouetii Nym. 



Batrachium confervoides of authors, not Fries. 



Common White Water Crowfoot. Water Milfoil. Green Eel 



Grass. 



Occasional or frequent. Ponds and slow streams. Mid- 

 May — Aug". 



Ranunculus Cymbalaria Pursh (like Cymbalaria, a genus of 



the Figwort family). 

 Oxygraphis Cymbalaria Prantl. 

 Seaside Crowfoot. 



Rare. Muddy shores : coves of the Thames River in 

 Waterford and Montville (Graves), Bridgeport (H. C. 

 Beardslee), Partridge Island (G. W. Hawes). July — Aug. 



Ranunculus delphinifolius Torr. (having leaves like the Lark- 

 spur). 

 Ranunculus multifidus Pursh, not Forskal. 

 Yellow Water Crowfoot. 



Rare or local. Ponds and pools. May — June. 

 The var. terrestris (Gray) Farwell (terrestrial) is some- 

 times found, especially in dry seasons. It seems to be the 

 form taken by the species when rooting out of water, or when 

 left in the mud of drying ponds. 



Ranunculus laxicaulis (Torr. & Gray) Darby (loose-stemmed). 

 Ranunculus ambigens Wats. 

 Ranunculus obtusiusculus Raf. 

 Spearwort. Water Plantain Spearwort. 



Occasional. Ditches, wet places and shallow water. June 

 — Aug. 



Ranunculus Flammula L. (a little flame), var. reptans (L.) 



Meyer (creeping). 

 Ranunculus reptans L. 

 Creeping or Crawling Spearwort. 



Rare. Wet sandy or rocky shores : Waterford and Sprague 

 (Graves), Preston (W. A. Setchell), Wethersfield (C. 

 Wright), Windsor (Bissell). June — Aug. 



