RANUNCULACEA. XXIII. Isopyrum. XXIV. Enemion. XXV. GARIDELLA. 
from 20 to 25. Capsules from 6 to 10, on long stalks, some- 
what membranous, 4-6-seeded, pointed with the style, stellately 
disposed. Small, smooth, stiffish, perennial tufted herbs, with 
divided leaves and small white flowers. 
1 C. rrir6xra (Sal. in Lin. soc. trans. 8. p. 305.) leaves ternate, 
leaflets obovate, blunt, toothed, hardly 3-lobed ; scape 1-flowered. 
Y.H. Native of Iceland, Norway, Greenland, Siberia, and 
Kamtschatka in swamps in woods, North America in cedar swamps 
and mountain bogs, (but according to Dr. Richardson it is found 
in dry sandy and mossy places) from Canada to Virginia and 
Labrador. Helléborus trifdlius, Lin. ameen. 2. p. 355. t. 4. f. 18. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 173. Big. med. bot. 1. p. 60. t. 5. Anemone 
Greenlandica, Oed. fl. dan. t. 566. A small plant with white 
flowers and yellow roots. It is called Tissavoyanne-jaune by the 
French, all over Canada. The leaves and stalks are used by the 
Indians for giving a fine yellow colour to several kinds of work 
which they make of skins. The French dye wool, &c. yellow 
with this plant. The root is used about Boston in North Ame- 
rica as a remedy for aphthoric affections of the mouth, and also 
affords an agreeable stomachic bitter infusion. 
Three-leaved Coptis. Fl. Ap. Jul. Clt. 1782. Pl. 2 foot. 
2 C. asprentro' LIA (Sal. in Lin. soc. trans. 8. p. 306.) leaves 
biternate ; leaflets rather pinnatifid, very acutely serrated ; scape 
2-flowered. 2.H. Native on the north-west coast of America 
and Japan. Hook fl. bor. amer. p.23.t.11. Thalictrum Ja- 
ponicum, Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 2. p. 337. Willd. spec. 2. 
P. 1303. Flowers white, larger than those of C. trifolia. 
Spleennort-leaved Coptis. Pl. + foot. 
Cult. These pretty little plants will thrive best in a bed of 
peat earth, in a moist situation, or to be kept in pots and placed 
among other alpine plants. ‘They may be increased by dividing 
the plants at the root or by seeds. 
XM. ISOPY'RUM, (from woe, isos, equal, rupoc, pyros, 
opat, A name given by the Greeks to a plant resembling Ni- 
a a, the seeds of which had the same taste). Lin. gen. 701. 
wi fruct. 1. p. 312. t. 65. f. 5. D.C. syst. 1. p. 323. prod. 1, 
Lix. syst, Polyándria, Polygýni Cal f5 -li 
! , ygynia. alyx of 5, petal-like 
is sepals (f. 12. a.). Petals 5, equal, tubular, 2-lipped 
ries A -b with the outer lip bifid. Stamens from 15 to 20. Ova- 
S aah 2 to20. Styles longitudinally stigmatose on the inside. 
ine €s sessile, 1-celled (f. 12. c.), oblong, compressed, mem- 
denda many-seeded. Seeds minute, dotted (f. 12. d.). Small 
» Smooth, erect herbs. 
obed, or cut, membranous. 
Leaves ternate; leaflets stalked, 
€ r Flowers small, stalked, white. 
' THALICTROT DES (Lin. spec. 783.) capsules from lto 3; sepals 
FIG. 12. 
blunt; root i i 
; creeping, fascicled, or 
bas ose ; leaf-stalks dilated at the 
into membranous auricles. X. 
ative of the P 
1 e Pyrenees, 
ny Dauphiny, Carniolia, Silesia, 
w ood” Greece, &e. in mountain 
T (vacq. aust. t. 105. I 
Ho egioides. Lin. spec. 783. 
dict sborus thalictroides. Lamb. 
Sal. ; * P- 98. I. thalictrifdlium. 
Capsen Lin. soc. trans. 8, p. 306. 
wes ovate, somewhat compress- 
Fe ned with the elongated styles. 
a Small, white (f. 12.) 
Mar. A ow-rue-like Isopyrum. Fl. 
2 Pr. Cit. 1759. `P]. 3 foot. 
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l-flowered ; sepals oval, greatly exceeding thesize of the leaflets. 
Xy. H. Native of the Altaian Mountains. Stamens one half 
shorter than the sepals. Flowers white. 
Great-flowered Isopyrum. Fl. May, June. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 I. FUMARIOT pes (Lin. spec. 783.) capsules from 10 to 20; root 
slender, simple, perpendicular ; leaf-stalks not dilated at the base. 
©. H. Native of Siberia in groves, and among nitrous rubbish 
in Dauria. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1531. t. 153. Helléborus 
fumarioides, Lam. dict. 3. p. 99. I. aquilegioides, Spreng. 
pug. 1. p. 40. no. 72. exclusive of the synonyms. Capsules com- 
pressed, pointed with the short styles. Flowers small, white. 
Fumitory-like Isopyrum. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1741. Pl. 5 tod ft. 
4 I. apoxor' pes (D.C. syst. 1. p. 324.) capsules from 2 to 5; 
sepals bluntish; root tuberous ; leaf-stalks not dilated at the 
base. .H. Native of Japan near Nagasaki. I. capnoides, 
Fisch. in litt. Capsules from 3 to 4 oblong, many-seeded. Flowers 
small, white. 
Adoxa-like Isopyrum. Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. These pretty little plants will thrive well in any com- 
mon garden soil. The perennial species may be either increased 
by dividing the plants at the roots or by seeds. The annual spe- 
cies only require to be sown where they are intended to remain. 
XXIV. ENE MION (apparently a corruption of Anemdne.) 
Raf. journ. phys. 1820. g. 1. p. 70. D.C. prod. 1. p. 48. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Tetragynia. Calyx of 5 petal-like 
deciduous sepals. Stamens from 20 to 30, with club-shaped fila- 
ments, and roundish 2-lobed anthers. Pistils from 2 to 6, but 
generally 4, with the style about the length of the ovaries; cap- 
sules from 2 to 6, ovate, stellately disposed, compressed, pointed 
with the styles, 2-seeded; seeds oval. Perhaps sufficiently dis- 
tinct from Lsopyrum. 
1 En. sirerna tum (Rafin. l.c.) Y.H. Native of Ken- 
tucky at Lexington. Flowers the size of those of Anemone quin- 
quef dlia, and probably white. 
Biternate-leaved Enemion. PI. 3 foot. 
Cult. This plant will require to be planted in a border of 
peat soil, or in pots in the same kind of soil. It may be either 
increased by dividing the plants atthe roots or by seeds. 
XXV. GARIDE’LLA (in honour of Pierre Garidel, M.D. 
physician at Aix in Provence, author of Histoire des Plantes qui 
naissent en Provence, 1719, with many figures). Tourn. inst. 
655. t. 43. Lin. gen. 541. Geert. fruct. 2. p. 174. t. 118. 
D. C. syst. 1. p. 325. prod. 1. p. 48. 
Lin. syst. Polyándria, Decándria, Trigýnia. Calyx of 5, 
deciduous, hardly petal-like sepals. Petals 5, 2-lipped, bifid. 
Stamens from 10 to 40. - Ovaries 3, connected ; styles very short. 
Capsules from 2 to 3, many-seeded, connected together into a 2 or 
3-celled capsule, hardly 2 or 3-horned. Small, slender, erect, 
inconspicuous herbs. Leaves multifid, with linear segments. 
Flowers small, whitish, solitary on the tops of the peduncles. Dif- 
fering from Nigélla in having only 3 capsules terminated by very 
short styles, not 5-10 capsules with elongated styles. — 
1 GË NIGELLA'STRUM (Lin. spec. 753.) petals sessile, spread- 
ing; stamens from 10 to 12. ©. H. Native in sunny places 
among olives and vines in Provence, &c. Leaves finely divided 
like those of Delphinium consélida. Calyx purplish; corolla 
white. Lam. ill. t. $79. f. 1. Sims, bot. 1266. Bois. fl. europ. 
6. t. 320. 
Nigella-like Garidella. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1736. Pl. 13 foot. 
2 G. uncuicuLa‘ris (Lam. ill. t. 379. f. 2.) petals erect, con- 
verging, with long claws; stamens 40. ©. H. Native about 
Aleppo. Stem angular branched. Leaves stalked, pinnately 
jagged, with acute spreading segments. Flowers greenish brown ; 
