RANUNCULACEAE (BUTTERCUP FAMILY) 



2 a Plant 4-9 in. high WIND-FLOWER. (A. quinquefblia.) 



b Plants i ft. or more high 3 



3 a Head of fruit globose; plant 1-2 ft. high; flowers 1-2 



in. broad CANADA ANEMONE. (A. canadensis.) 



b Head of fruit not globose; plants not completely as in a 4 



4 a Head of fruit oblong, %-i in. long; plant 2-3 ft. high; 



flowers about i in. broad 



TALL ANEMONE. (A. virginiana.) 



b Head of fruit cylindric, i in. or more long; plant 1-2 

 ft. high; flowers about % in. broad 



LONG-FRUITED ANEMONE. (A. cylindrica.) 



5 a Plant branched, flowering in autumn 



JAPANESE ANEMONE. (A, japonica*) 

 b Plants not branched, flowering in spring 6 



6 a Leaves with leaflets finely cut into narrow segments 



POPPY-FLOWERED ANEMONE. (A. coronaria*) 

 b Leaves with leaflets coarsely toothed 



BROAD-LEAVED ANEMONE. (A. hortensis*) 



13 SYNDESMON RUE ANEMONE. (S. thalictroldes.) 



14 HEP ATI CA HEPATICA. (H. hepdtica.) 



15 CLEMATIS. 



1 a Flowers 2-9 in. broad. .GARDEN CLEMATIS. (C. hybrida.*) 

 b Flowers 1-2 in. broad 2 



2 a Flowers perfect JAPANESE CLEMATIS. (C. paniculata*) 



b Flowers imperfect VIRGIN'S BOVVER. (C. virginiana.) 



16 RANUNCULUS. 



1 a Leaves lanceolate, none lobed or rounded 



WATER-PLANTAIN SPEARWORT. (R. obtusiusculus.) 

 b Leaves not lanceolate, at least some lobed or cleft 2 



2 a Flowers about ^4 in. broad ; petals usually no longer 



than the sepals 3 



b Flowers V-i in. or more broad ; petals longer than the 



sepals 5 



3 a Head of fruit oblong to cylindric; plant stout 



DITCH CROWFOOT. (R. sceleratus.) 

 b Head of fruit globose 4 



4 a Basal leaves lobed; pistils with recurved styles 



HOOKED CROWFOOT. (R. recurvatus.) 

 b Basal leaves round-heart-shaped ; pistils not as in a 



KIDNEY-LEAVED CROWFOOT. (R. abortwus.) 



5 a Plant creeping; leaves often spotted 



CREEPING BUTTERCUP. (R. repens.) 

 b Plants more or less erect 6 



6 a Basal leaves 3-7-divided, the divisions not stalked; plant 



2-3 ft. high MEADOW BUTTERCUP. (R. acris.) 



b Basal leaves 3-divided, some of the divisions stalked.. 7 



