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DICOTTLEDONES. 



small prolongations from the 5 sepals ; 5 narrow petals which bear 

 the nectaries near the apex ; sometimes only 5 stamens, and an 



ultimately very long recep- 

 tacle, with numerous spirally- 

 arranged achenes (Fig. 381). 

 Adonis is acyclic (Fig. 372) ; 

 most frequently 5 sepals with 

 a divergence of -f, 8 petals of 

 , indefinite stamens and car- 

 pels of | or f\. The corolla 

 has no nectary. 



5. ANEMONES, ANEMONE 

 GROUP, has a single pei-ianth. 



(Pendulous ovules (Fig. 373 D), radicle turned upward) Anemone has a 



single, petaloid, most frequently 5-6-leaved perianth, and beneath 

 the flower most frequently an involucre of 3 leaves, placed close 

 together in the form of a whorl. In A. nemorosa, ranunculoides, 

 etc., the involucral leaves resemble foliage-leaves ; in A. liepatica 



FIG. 380. Flower of Ranunculus sceleratus 

 in longitudinal section. 



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FIG. 381. Myosurus minimus: c cotyledons; m the foliage-leaves; f the floral axis 

 with the carpels, and g the same without; y insertion of perianth. 



they are situated close under the perianth, and resemble sepals, 

 and in the sub-genus Pulsadlla they stand between the foliage- 

 leaves and floral-leaves. The style of Pulsatilla finally grows out 



