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Adonis (L.). 
A. autumnalis ( L .)„ Autumnal Pheasant’s Eye. Alien. A. VII. 
Cornfields, very rare. Introduced with seed. 
L. Has been found at Crosby (H.). 
C. Gillbrook (H.). i860, Sutton (Miss l.). 
Ranunculus (L.). Crowfoot. 
R. circinatus ( Sibth .). Fig. 5. Rigid-leaved Water Crowfoot. 
Native. P. VI-VIII. 
Ponds and ditches, occasional. 
L. 1875, Hitches between Hightown Railway Station and 
Lady Green (r.b.). 
C. Ditches about Bidston Marsh (H. ; Miss w., 1893). Deep 
pond by Park Road North, Birkenhead (h.s.f.). 1875, 
Ponds and ditches about Leasowe, and in the Birket near 
Great Meols (f.m.w. ; r.b.). Near Raby (f.m.w.). Parkgate 
(Mr. Pleasant.). Ditch between Ince and River Gowey ; near 
Ellesmere Port ; inland of Stanney Mill (r.b.). 
R. f! u i tans [Lam.). Fig.Q. River Crowfoot. Native. P. VII, VIII. 
Running water. Very rare. 
C. At intervals in the S. U. Canal between Mollington 
Viaduct and Chorlton Bridge (LorddeT. ; f.m.w.). 1888, abun- 
dant in Thornton Brook, about one mile west of Ince (r.b.). 
R. trichophyllus ( Chaix .). Water Fennel. Native. P. V-VII. 
Ponds and ditches. Rare. 
C. Between Thurstaston and River Dee (r.b.). Near Wil- 
laston (Dr. g.). From Bidston to Leasowe (f.m.w.). 
R. Drouetti ( Godr .). Drouet’s Water Crowfoot. Native. P. V-VII. 
Ponds and ditches. Rare. 
L. Ditch by the roadside between Great Crosby and Thorn- 
ton (f.m.w.). 
C. Ditch between Bidston and Leasowe (f.m.w.). Bidston 
Marsh (di. g., 1895) 5 1889, Ditch by the footpath from 
Great Meols to New House Farm, after crossing the rail- 
way (r.b.). 
R. heterophyllus (Web. ex p.). Various-leaved Water Crowfoot. 
Native. P. V-VIII. 
Ponds and ditches. Common. 
R. diversifolius. 
L. 1899, Ditches at Lydiate (j.a.w.). 
Note. — In Top. Bot., ed. ii, this species is only recorded in 60, S. Lancs., 
and 58, Chester. It should therefore be further looked for on both sides 
of the Mersey. 
