Bannnculus 



EANUNCULACEiE 



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2. Annual. Achenes with minutely hooked tubercles. 



3. R. parviflorus L. Sijst. ed. 10, 1087 (1759); stem 

 ascending-difi'use ; leaves 3-cleft or 3-sect. Macf. Jam. i. 3 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 2. 



" Portland Gap ; Catherine's Peak ; Pastures at Salt Hill ; " Moc- 

 fadyenl McNabl Cinchona, 5000 ft., Harris\ Fl. Jam. 8585. Bermuda, 

 Southern U. States, ^Madeira, Canary Islands, Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia, 

 Australia and N. Zealand. 



Slender, diffuse, villose. Leaves floral often entire, linear, segments 

 coarsely toothed or laciniate-lobed. Sepals at length reflexed, about as 

 long as the petals, villose on the outside. Petals 2-5, oblong, about 

 3 mm. 1. Achenes with a short triangular curving beak, 2 mm. 1. ; 

 receptacle glabrous. 



2. CLEMATIS L. 



Shrubby climbers. Leaves opposite, usually ternately or 

 pinnately divided ; stalk twining. Flowers polygamo-dicecious 



A, liud i>i male flower x -'. 



B, Male flower open x "1, 

 , P'einale flower x^2 

 D,. Carpel X 5. 



Fig. 11 .Clematis dioica L.' 



E, Achene cut len<:thwi^^t x 7 ; c, en- 



dosperm ; c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 



F, Leaf. (A-B, after Eiclilcr.) 



in panicles. Sepals 4, petaloid, valvate. Petals none. Ovule 

 pendulous. Achenes capitate, each terminated by a long 

 feathery awn. 



