106. 
S. antirrhina L. Catchfly 
Ivy Neck. One station: southern part of grassy abandoned field 
on Scaffold Peninsula. Hectare 4772. Higman 693. 
S. noctoflora L. Catchfly, Campion 
Java Farm. One station on Fox Point Road. Higman 803. 
NYMPHACEAE 
Brasenia schreberi Gmel. Water-shield 
Java Farm. One station on shore of tidal portion of Muddy Creek, 
near mouth of small tributary below springhouse. Hectare 3437. 
Growing on soft mud. Associate species: Panicum virgatum, Pluchea 
camphorata, Polygonum punctatum. Higman 998. 
RANUNCULACEAE 
1. Pistils forming follicles (pods opening down one 
side) or berries. Expected (Caltha, Coptis, Aquil- 
egia, Delphinium, Aconitum, Cimicifuga, Actaea). 
1. Pistils forming achenes or utricles borne in heads 
or dense spikes. 
2. Plant a vine; leaves opposite; sepals 4, petaloid 
(petals absent); styles long and plumose.......... Clematis 
2. Plant erect; leaves alternate or radical, the 
upper sometimes opposite or whorled; sepals 3 to 20. 
3. Petals 5, yellow; sepals 5........ceeeeeecceeee- Ranunculus 
3. Petals absent or represented by modified 
stamens; sepals 3 to 20. 
4. Leaves all alternate; flowers in racemes, 
panicles, or corymbs. (Also, leaves 2- to 
3-ternately compound; flowers dioecious).... Thalictrum 
