RANUNCULACEX. 
drawn out at the apex into a trifid twisted tendril; (f. 5. d.) pa- 
nicle terminal, with trichotomous pedicels. kh... S. Native of 
the East Indies. Sepals 4, caducous. Flowers yellow. 
Var. a Hermanni (D.C. syst. 1. p. 167.) leaves velvety- 
tomentose on the under surface. Native of Ceylon, in groves. 
Atragéne Zeylanica, Lin. Ameen. 1. p. 405. Clématis Zeylanica, 
Poir. suppl. 2. p. 296. 
Var. B Roxbirghi (D.C. syst. 1. p. 168.) leaves velvety- 
pubescent on the under surface. Atragéne Zeylanica, Roxb. 
corom. 2. p. 47. t.188. Native of Coromandel, near a place 
called Samulcoath, in hedges and groves, in humid places. (f. 5.) 
Ceylon Naraweel. Fl. summer. Clt. 1796. Shrub cl. 
Cult. This plant will thrive best ina mixture of loam and peat. 
Young cuttings planted thinly in a pot of sand will strike root, 
under a hand-glass in heat. (Sweet.) 
Tribe II. 
ANEMO'NE (plants resembling Anemone). D. C. syst. 
1. p. 167. prod. 1. p. 10. Calyx and corolla imbricate in 
the bud (f. 4. a.) Petals none, (f. 6. b. f. 7. d.) or flat. Car- 
pels 1-seeded, (f. 6. d.) indehiscent, (f. 6. c.) generally ter- 
minated by a tail (f. 6. f.) or point (f. 6. c.) Seed pendulous 
(f.6.e.) Stems herbaceous, never climbing. Leaves radical 
(f. 6.) or alternate (f. 7.) 
IV. THAL'ICTRUM (said from baw, thallo, to grow green; 
from the bright colour of the young sprouts). Lin. gen. No. 697. 
Gert. fruct. 1. p. 355. t. 74. Lam. ill. t. 497. D. C. syst. 1. 
p. 168. prod. 1. p. 11. 
Lin. syst. Polyéndria Polygy'nia. Involucre none. Calyx 
of 4 or 5 deciduous petal-like sepals. Petals none. Carpels 4 to 
15, pointed not terminated by a tail, stalked or sessile, some- 
times furrowed longitudinally. Roots perennial, with annual 
stems. Flowers corymbose, panicled, and somewhat racemose, 
green, white, and yellow. Herbs usually fetid, with yellowish 
bitter roots, tonic, resembling rhubarb (especially T. flavum) in 
its cathartic qualities. The English name of this genus, Mea- 
don-Rue, is given to it on account of the species usually growing 
m meadows, and their leaves resembling those of Rue. It is 
also called Feather-Columbine, from the feathery appearance of 
the panicles of flowers, and the leaves resembling those of the 
Columbine. 
Secr. I. Tarpre‘rrum, (rpe, treis, three, trepov, pteron, a 
wing, in allusion to the three winged fruit). D. C. syst. 1. p. 169. 
prod. 1. p.11. Fruit triquetrous, with winged angles, somewhat 
stipıtate. 
1 Tu, aQuiLEGIròLIUM (Lin. spec. 770.) stipulas ovate, twin, 
at the base of the ramifications of the petiole; panicle corymbose. 
F Native of Europe, on wooded mountains, in Germany, 
j ance, Italy, Hungary, Siberia, &c. Sims. bot. mag. t. 1818. 
acq. aust, t. 318. Stem fistulous, purple, meally. Leaves tri- 
pinnate, with suborbicular, smooth, deeply toothed leaflets. Sepals 
White, fugacious. Stamens white, but usually purple. Pericarps 
smooth, pendulous, narrowed at the base, on long pedicels. 
t tat P, atropurpùreum (Murr. syst. 513. Jacq. hort. vind. 3. 
' o stems and stamens dark purple. Native of Austria. 
di ar. Y, formosum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 11.) stamens dark purple, 
ated at the apex. Sims. bot. mag. t. 2025. 
Col, ò, álbum; stems green, stamens white. 
P olumbine-leaved Meadow-Rue. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1731. 
l. 1 to 8 feet. 
axle E THELIDÒNN (D. C. prod. 1. p. 11.) stipulas wanting ; 
sti tan eaves gemmiferous ; flowers loosely panicled ; fruit 
Pitate, pendulous from the inflexed pedicel. h.H. Native 
s ponl. Flowers large, purplish. Pistils 8. Stamens 8 to 12. 
wallow-wort Meadow-Rue. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. Pl. 2 ft. 
11 
IV. THALICTRUM. 
3 Tu. contértum (Lin. spec. 770.) stipulas wanting; flowers 
in loose corymbose racemes; fruit pendulous. k. H. Native of 
Siberia. Resembles Th. aquilegifòlium, but dwarfer. Flowers 
white. Leaves glaucous, with small simple or trifid obtuse 
leaflets. Stem 2-edged. Fruit twisted. 
Twisted Meadow-Rue. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1796. Pl. 1ft. 
Secr. II. Puysoca’rpum, (voa, physa, a bladder, kaproc, 
karpos a fruit). D. C. syst. 1. p. 171. prod. 1. p.11. Fruit 
inflated, bladdery, stipitate. Flowers dioecious or polygamons. 
Leaves bi or triternate. 
4 Tu. crava‘rum (D.C, syst. 1. p. 171.) flowers monoecious, 
or hermaphrodite ; filaments club-shaped; anthers elliptical 
awnless; pericarps inflated, with a very short beak; leaves 
smooth, without stipulas. h.H. Native of North America, on 
Portage de La Loche, a height of Jand, composed of sand-hills, 
in Jat. 57°, and separating the waters flowing to Hudson’s Bay, 
from those falling into the Arctic Sea. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 6. 
Leaves biternate ; leaflets roundish, membranous, glaucous un- 
derneath, crenate-lobed. Flowers white, erect. Pericarps 5-6, 
stellately spreading. 
Clavate-filamented Meadow-Rue. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
5 Tu. popoca’rpum (H. B. et Kunth nov. gen. spec. 
amer. 5. p. 38.) flowers polygamous ; filaments filiform ; anthers 
long, with an awn at the apex; pericarps oval-oblong, smooth, 
with a long awn; leaves smooth without stipulas. %.G. Na- 
tive of New Granada. Stem fistulous. Leaves 4-times pinnate, 
or 4-times ternate ; leaflets stalked,.ovate-orbicular, cordate at 
the base, smooth, glaucous underneath; somewhat lobed at the 
apex, with 3 or 4teeth. Flowers loosely panicled. 
Foot-fruited Meadow-Rue. Fl. July. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
6 Tu. toncist'ytum (D.C. syst. 1. p. 171). Flowers poly- 
gamous ; filaments filiform; anthers with a long awn; _pericarps 
oval-oblong ; style with a long awn; branches of petiole stipulled ; 
segments of leaves hairy at the nerves. %. F. Native of South 
America. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 7. Leaves 3 or 4-times ternate; 
leaflets ovate-orbicular, cordate at the base, grossly 3-5-toothed 
at the apex, or lobed, scarcely glaucescent underneath. Flowers 
loosely panicled. 
Long-styled Meadow-Rue. PI. 4 or 5 feet. 
7 Tu. perra‘tum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 11.) flowers polyga- 
mous; pericarps sessile, with a long awn; leaflets of lower leaves 
peltate. Y. F. Native of Mexico. 
Peltate-leaved Meadow-Rue. Fl. June, July. Pl. 2 feet. 
8 Ts. Mexica‘num (D. C. syst. 1. p.187). %.F. Native of 
Mexico. Coztipatli II. Hern. Mexic. 236 icon. Roots thick, 
fascicled, fibrous, of an amethyst colour, with yellow fibres. 
Leaves biternate ; leaflets stalked, ovate, toothletted. (Hern.) 
Mexican Meadow-Rue. PI. 2 feet. 
9 Tu. ruTIpDocA’RPuM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 172.) flowers poly- 
gamous ; filaments filiform; pericarps ovate, somewhat com- 
pressed, marked with elevated branched rugosities ; leaves with- 
out stipulas ; leaflets hairy at the nerves. 2%. F. Native of 
South America. 
Rugged-fruited Meadow-Rue. Pl. 2 feet. 
Sect. III. EUTHALICTRUM, (from ev, eu, well or good, and 
thalictrum ; genuine species). D.C. syst. 1. p. 172. prod. 1. 
p- 12. Fruit, ovate-oblong, striped, sessile. Leaves various, 
almost always free of stipulas. 
§ 1. Hererocama. Flowers dioecious or polygamous. 
10 Tu. Corxv'ri (Lin. spec. 768.) flower dioecious or poly- 
gamous ; filaments somewhat club-shaped ; anthers elliptical, or 
nearly linear; leaflets roundish-abovate and oblong, 3-lobed, 
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