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ORDER 1. RANUNCULACE^. 17 



1 C. vcrticillaris DC. Lvs. in whorls of 4, each teruate, and 2 large purple fls. at 



each node. Highland woods, Me. to Ga., W. to Rky. Mts. 15f. May, June. Rare. 



2 C. VIrgliiiana L. Glabrous ; Ivs. ternate, Ifts. lobed and cat-dentate ; achenia long, 



plumed, in feathery tufts. Thickets, Can. to Ga., W. to Mo. 15f. Aug. t 



3 C. Catesbyaiia Ph. Pubescent ; Ivs. biternate, 1ft?. ovate, mostly 3-lobed, lobes en- 



tire ; ach. short-plumed : sep. small, linear-oblong. Coast, S. Car. to Fla. 12f. July 



4 C. liolosericea Ph. Silky-pubescent ; Ivs. teruate, Ifts. lance-oblong, entire ; fls. in 



small corymbous clusters ; sep. linear ; ach. long-plumed. Carolina. Dioecious. 



5 C crispa L. Lvs. ternate, pinnate, 'or decompound, Ifts. varying from ovate to lan- 



ceolate, and linear, acute, thin, smooth ; ach. tails short, pubescent. Va. to Ga. and 

 La. Lfts. 315. Fls. elegant, 15" long. (C. Walter! Ph., C. cyliudrica Sims, &c.) 



6 C. reticulata Walt. Lvs. terr.ate or pinnate, Ifts. 3 7, obtuse at each end, at length 



rigid and prominently veined, ol'ten lobed ; tails silky. Fla. Sep. 12 15" long. 



7 C. Vlorna L. Leather-flow sr. Lvs. pinnate, Ifts. ovate, acute, smooth; sep. lance- 



ovate, the cuspidate points reflexed; ach. tails long, plumous. Woods, O. to Ga. 

 10 15f. Peduncles with a pair of simple leaves. Summer. Rare. 



8 C. Pitclierl T. & G. Leaves pinnate, leaflets coriaceous, roughened with the bet- 



ted veins ; sepals lance-ovate ; r.ch. tails short, glabrous. 111., Iowa, to Ark. 



9 C. ocliroleuca Ait. Lvs. silky -pubescent beneath, ovate, entire ; sep. silky, yel- 



lowish within ; ach. plumes long, straw-color, it Woods, L. I. to Ga. Rare. If. 

 IOC. ovala Ph. Leaves glabrous, glaucous beneath, broad-ovate ; flower on a short 



peduncle, purple ; sepals ovate, pointed. 11 N. Car. to Fla. 1 2f. Leaves entire. 

 11C. Baldwin!! T. & G. Lvs. oblong to lance-linear, the lower 3-lobed or cleft; 



flower on a long peduncle, purplish, n Fla. 1 2f. Plumous tails 2' long. 



12 C. ERECTA. Stem 3f, weak, inclining ; Ifts. lance-ovate. 2{ Europe. August. 



13 C. FLAMMULA. Climbing 12 20f ; leaflets oval to oblong-linear, often lobed, acute, 

 smooth ; clusters terminal, fragrant. From France. August, September. 



14 C. INTEGRIFOLIA. Upright ; Ivs. lance., entire, smooth ; fls. nodding, blue. Eur. 2f. 



15 C. CIRRHOSA. Climbing; Ivs. ovate, subcordate, toothed ; fls. fragrant, white. Eur. 



16 C. VmdsLLA. Lfts. 3 15, ovate or oval, entire ; sep. obovate, purp., 15". Eur. Sum. 

 17' C. GRAVEOLENS. Lfts. 3 5, lanceolate, acute ; sep. oblanceolate, ylw., 9". Thibet. 



18 C.FLORIDA. Lvs. ternate <*nd bitern. ; sep. ovate, pointed, wh. or purplish. Japan, 



. SIEBOLDTII. Fls. 4' i?oad, creamy-white and purple, double. Splendid. 



1 9 C CCERUUSA. Lvs. temsto, hairy ; fls. very large ; sep. lance-ovate, blue, &c. Japan.. 



/3. AZUREA-GRANDIFLORA. Flowers 5 7' broad, azure, or lilac-blue. July. 



2. ANEMONE, L. WIND-FLOWER. Involucre remote from the 

 flower, of 3 divided leaves, calyx regular, of 3 15 colored sepals. Corolla 

 0. Ovaries GO, free, collected into a roundish or oblong head. Achenia 

 with a short, rarely a lengthened beak. Seeds suspended, y Lvs. radi- 

 cal. Stem leaves 2 or 3, opposite, forming the involucre. Figs. 110, 176. 

 Jj PULSATILLA. Carpel* many (5075), with long plumous tails. One large flower. .No. 1 

 ANEMONANTHEA. Cui-pels hairy, but neither tailed nor grooved. . .(a) 



a Pistils many (5070) in a head, densely matted with wool in fruit., .(b) 



a Pistils fewer (i5- -20) in a head, merely pubescent in fruit Nos. 2, 3 



b Stem leaves (involucre) sessile, with a single flower Nos. 4 6 



b Stem leares (involucre) petiolate, with 2 or 3 flowers Nos. 79 



$ SYNDESMON. Carpels few, not caudate, glabrous and grooved No. 10 



Exotic, cultivated species Nos. 1113 



1 A. patens L. |3. JVuttalltana. Pasqm-flower. Clothed with long silky hairs; 

 Ivs. many-cleft, with linear segments, developed after the large spreading pale-purple 

 flower. Dry hills, 111., Wise, to Dak. (Matthews). 1' If. Sepals 5 or 6, I'. April, 

 ft A. n^roorosa L. Smooth, 1-flowered ; leaves of the invol. 3. petiolate, &-5-pai ':<n\. 

 eegm. cleft and lobed. Copses, com., 6 IX. PI. white, purple oa**ido Aj?rll, May. 



