22-2 New or rare Plants of the State ofNeio York. 
the flowers expand nearly at the same time, and the peduncles 
are not, as in A. Virginiana, developed one by one during the 
summer, so that both flowers and mature fruit are found at the 
same time. 
2. A MULTiFiDA, ^ HuDSONiANA, De Cand. Prodr. I. p. 
21. De Les, Ic. I. tab. 16. Hooker, Fl. Bor. Am. (7. sanguinea) 
I. p. 7. A. sanguinea, Pursh, in Herb. Lamb. A. Hudsoniana, 
/3. sanguinea, Rich, in Frankl. Jour. ed. 2. App. p. 22. 
On limestone rocks, Watertown, Jefferson county, where it 
was discovered by Dr. I. B. Crawe. My specimens agree 
well with De Lessert's figure. The mature heads of pericarps 
are oblong and very woolly. 
3. Trollius laxus, Salisb. in Linn. Trans. VIII. p. 303. 
Pursh, Fl. 11. p. 391. T. Americanus, Muhl. Cat. p. 56. De 
Cand. Syst. p. 313. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. I. p. 23. 
Shady sphagnous swamps near Utica. 
Flotoers twice as large as those of Ranunculus acris. Sepals 5 — 6, 
ochroleucous, with a tinge of green beneath. Petals 15 — 25, minute, 
deep orange-yellow. Carpels 8 — 15. 
4. Ranunculus Purshii, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. I. p. 15. 
a. " foliis omnibus capillaceo-multifidis, flore majore, caule 
fistuloso." Hook. I. c. R. multifidis, Pursh, Fl. II. p. 736. 
De Cand. Prodr. I. p. 34. R. lacustris, Bcc]{ ^ Tracy in 
Transactions of the Albany Listitute, I. p. 148. tab. 5. 
In stagnant water, throughout the western and northern por- 
tions of the state. 
/3. " foliis submersis capillaceo-multifidis, natantibus, renifor- 
mibus palmato-multifidis." Hook. I. c. tab. VII. Yt.fig. 1. 
In muddy pools, near Oneida Lake. 
7. " repens, foliis inferioribus lineari-multipartitis, superio- 
ribus reniformibus palmato-multifidis." Hook. I. c. tab. VII. 
B.Jig. 2. R. Purshii, Rich, in Frankl. Jour. App. p. 23. 
In marshes, Watertown, Jeflerson county. 
