ORDER 1. RANUNCULACE^E. 23 



1 A. uncinatum L. Erect, weak (2f) ; leaf-divisions rhomb-lanceolate, cut-dentate ; 



helmet obtusely conical, erect, short-beaked in front ; flowers blue. Mts., N.Y. to Ga. 



Leaves thick, 4 5' wide. Branches divergent. Panicle loose. June, July. 

 4 A. reclinatum Gray. Trailing (3 7fj ; leaf-divisions wedge-shaped, cut or lobed ; 



helmet elongated-conical, with a straight beak ; flowers white. Mountains, Va. 



3 A. NAPELLUS. Common Monk's-hood, or Aconite. Smooth and rigidly erect, 3f; Ivs. 



5-parted, and cut into broad-linear segm. channelled above ; fls. densely racemed, dark 

 blue (or white in j3. ALBUM), the hood broader than high. From Europe. Summer. 



4 A. ANTHORA. Erect (1 2f) ; Ivs. multifid with narrowly linear segm. ; fls. panicled, 



large (as in the others), purple with yellow ; hood rather high-crowned. Europe. 



5 A. JAPONICUM. Srnoothish, veiny, 3 5f ; fls. deep blue, in panicled spikes ; hood or 



helmet very high-crowned and inflated, with a thickened inflexed spur. Japan. 



6 A. VARIEGATUM. Erect (3 4f ), very smooth ; leaves with rhomb-ovate divisions ; fls. 



loosely panicled, blue, edged with white ; helmet crown high, curved forward. Jn. + 



19. CIMIOIFUGA, L. BUGBANE. Sepals 4 or 5, caducous. Petals 

 stamen-like, 1 8, clawed, 2-horned at apex ; follicles 1 8, dry, dehiscent. 

 Leaves ternately decompound. Flowers white, in long racemes. 



MACROTIS. Pistil 1, with a broad stigma and seeds in two rows No. 1 



CIJIICIFUGA. Pistils 3 8, with a minute stigma, seeds in one row Nos. 2, 3 



1 C. racemosa Ell. Black Snakeroot. Tall (5 Sf ) ; rac. very long (1 3f), plume-like 



with its innumerable white stamens. Woods, Can. to Ga. Fetid. July. 



2 C. Americana MX. Leaves triternate, thin ; racemes slender, panicled ; ovaries 



mostly 5, pods obovate, stiped. Mountains, Penn. to N. Car. 3 if. Aug., Sept. 



3 C. cordifolia Ph. Leaves biternate, thick; racemes panicled, slender; ovaries 2 



or 3 ; pods oblong, sessile. Mountains, N. Car. 3 If. Sept. 



20. ACTJEA, L. BANEBERRY. Sep. 4 or 5, caducous. Pet. 4 8, spatu- 

 late, long-clawed. Fil. slender. Ov. 1, with a sessile, 2-lobed stigma. Berry 

 globous, with a lateral furrow, 1-celled, oo-seeded. H Lvs. ternately divi- 

 ded. Lfts. ovate, cut-lobed and toothed. Fls. white, in a short raceme. 

 A. spicata L. /3. rubra MX. Raceme hemispherical ; petals acute ; pedicels elen- 



der; berries red, ovoid-oblong. Woods, Can. to Penn., audW. \\ 2f. Lvs. ample. 



Raceme as broad as long. May. These plants are often described as species, 

 y. alba MX. Raceme oblong ; petals truncate ; berries white, on thick stalks. Can. 

 to Ga. Common. White berries sometimes occur with slender pedicels, and 

 vice versa. Foliage exactly as in /3. Far. a. is European. 



21. HYDRASTIS, L. TURMERIC-ROOT. Sepals 3, petaloid, caducous. 

 Pet. 0. Ovaries 12 or more, becoming a baccate fruit, resembling a rasp- 

 berry ; acines 1- or 2-seeded. Roots yellow, a tangled mass, sending up a 

 single radical leaf and a stem which is 2-leaved and 1-flowered. Fig. 101. 

 H. Canadeiisis L. In damp woods, Can. to Car. and Ky. If. Leaves palmately 



3-5-lobed. Flower terminal, reddish-white. Fruit crimson. June. 



22. F^JONIA, L. P^ONY. Sepals 5, unequal, leafy, persistent. Petals 

 5. Ovaries 3 5, surrounded by an annular disk. Follicles oo-seeded. 

 If Root fasciculate. Leaves ternately or piunately compound. Flowers 

 large, terminal, solitary. Figs. 36, 241. 



Stems shrubby, perennial. Ovaries ana pods 5. China Nos. 1, 2 



Stems herbaceous, annual. x Leaflets entire or cut-lobed. Ovaries 2 or 3. .Nos. 3, 4 



x Leaflets many-cleft. Ovaries 5 Noa. 5, 6 



1 P. MOUTAX. TreePoeony. Ovaries distinct, half enveloped in the disk. 3- 4f, widely 

 branching. Flowers large, double, purple varying to white. June. 



