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TROLLIUS acaulis. 



Stemless Globeflower. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Ranunculace^e. 



TROLLIUS. L. Calyx corollinus, penta-pendecaphyllus, foliolis sesti- 

 vatione imbricatis deciduis. Corolla petala 5-20, hypogyna, minima, tubu- 

 losa, uuilabiata. Stamina indefinita, hypogyna. Ovaria plurima, libera, 

 unilocularia, ovulis ad suturam ventralem pluribus, biseriatis. Capsules fol- 

 hculares, coriaceae, cylindricse, sessiles, stylo dorsah acuminatse, transversim 

 nervosse, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes, polyspermse. Semina angulata. 



Herbse in pratis montanis, frigidiusculis hemisphcerce borealis vigentes, 



Ranunculi facie ; fobis palmatim-multifidis, floribus terminalibus, luteis, ex- 

 involucralis. Endl. gen. 4787. 



T. acaulis ; foliis digitato-palmatis laciniis tripartitis pinnatifidis, pedunculo 

 brevissimo unifloro, flore stellato, sepalis 9 lanceolatis subincisis, petalis 

 lineari-cuneatis apice rotundatis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842, misc. 56. 



This is among the most curious plants that have been pro- 

 cured for our gardens by the liberality of the East India 

 Company. It has, in many respects, the appearance of a 

 little Eranthis, of which it will probably prove the summer 

 rival ; for it does not flower till July. 



Whether or not the flowers will always preserve their 

 dwarf stature, or whether as it becomes stronger this species 

 will elevate itself a little more, cannot at present be ascer- 

 tained, for we know nothing of it in a wild state. 



This is remarkable in it, that the flowers are not globose 

 as in the old species of Trollius, but spread open, in a starry 

 manner, like those of an Anemone. The petals are deep 

 orange ; the carpels are fifteen in number. 



If Don had not compared his T.pumilus with T. Ameri- 

 canus, and described its sepals as roundish oval, we should 

 have thought that plant might be the same as the present. 



