936 
KNOWLTONIA vesicatoria. 
Blistering Knowltonia, 
Nat. ord. Ranunculace^e : trihus Ancmoncvc. Dec. rc<j)i. rc</. 1.129. 
KNOWLTONIA Salisb. CTheljesia Neck? Anamenia Vettt'.) Cn/i/.c 
5-sepalus. Pctala 5-15, ungue nudo. Stamina 00. Ovaria 00 recep- 
taculo globoso imposita. Cariopsides 00 monospermee baccate^ stylo deci- 
duo muticee. Dec. I. c. p. 218. 
K. vesicatoria ; foliis bitematim sectis, se^entis subcordatis ri^dis glabri- 
usculis, lateralibus basi obliqu^ truncaltis, umbella subsimplici pauciflora. 
Dec. I. c. 
Ranunculus perelegans D. Franqueville foliis aculeatis. £o&. st. HI. 135. 
Astrantia afncana laserpitii foliis latioribus rigidis et spinosis. Morison hist. 
3 p. 279. 
Imperatoria ranunculoides aMcana enneaphyllos laserpitii lobatis foliis 
rigidis margine spinosis. Pluk. aim. 198. /. 95./*. 2. 
Adonis vesicatoria. Linn, suppl. 272. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. 2.264. WUld. 
sp.pl 2.1307. 
Adonis capensis. Lam. diet. I. p. 46. 
Knowltonia vesicatoria. Hot. mag. t. 775. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 3.351. 
Anaiiitiiia laserpitiifolia. Vet. malm. I. p. 22. in obs. WiUd.amm.5^» 
Anamenia vesicatoria. Dum. cours. hot. cult. 4.438. 
Adonia laserpitiifdia. Pers. suppl. l.lAHh 
M. De Candolle remarks, that this genus is just inter- 
mediate between Hydrastis and Adonis, with the former 
of which it agrees in fruit, and with the latter in flowers. 
It was named after Mr. Thomas Knowiton, formerly cura- 
tor of Sherard's iamous garden at Eltham. 
It is curious that this, which has altogether the appear- 
ance of an umbelliferous plant, should have been referred 
by Lobel to Ranunculus, a nearly allied genus, but to 
which it bears little resemblance, at a time when the 
affinities of plants had scarcely been considered. Morison 
