POPULAR FLORA. " 113 



Ko such calyx-like leaves (or involucre) close to the flo-\ver. 



Flowers single, on long, nuked stalks, (Anemone) Axemo«y, 



Flowers several in a simple umbel, handsome, ) / ^i t ^ » ht r. 



Flowers many in a panicle, small, ) 



Petals present as well as sepals, the latter falling off early, (Rununctdus) Cnovrvoo'ix 



Pistils more than one-seeded, becoming pods (except in Baneberry). 

 Sepals petal-like, not falling when the flower first opens, and 



Golden-yellow: petals none. Leaves rounded, not cut, (C'tllha) Marsii-TiTakigolix - 



Yellow or yellowish: petals stamen-like. Leaves deeply cut, ( J/o7/i«s) Gloiie-klowkk. 

 ■\Vhite: pistils several, on stalks of their own. Leaflets 3, {Coptis) Goldthkkad. 



Clue, purple, red, &c., rarely white. Pistils not stalked. 



Pistils 5, united below into a bladdery pod, (Nlfjella) *FE^'^■EL-FIX)vvE^, 



Pistils 2 to 5, rarely one, separate. 



Sepals 5, all alike: petals 5, in tlie form of largo spurs, {Aquilbgia) Columrixe. 

 Sepals 5, dissimilar. Flower irregular. 



Upper sepal long-spurred: petals 4, {Ddphiniuvi) LAnic.srrn, 



Upper sepal hood- or helmet-shaped; petals 2, (Aconitam) Acu^;rni 



Sepals petal-like, white, falling when the flower opens: petals minute or none. 



Flowers in a short raceme. Pistil one, making a berry, , {Act^n) Baneuehiit. 



Flowers in a long raceme. Fruit a dry pod, ( Clmidfuga) Bugbaxe. 



Sepals leaf-like, not falling ofl": petals large and showy, {Piednia) * Pi-xjxy. 



*^^=^ Those genera which have more than one common species are next given, with the distmguishing 

 marks of the species. 



Virgiii's-Bower. CUmnils. 



Calyx of 4 petal-like sepals, their margins not overlapping, but turned or rolled inwards in the bud. 

 (Fig. 244, a cross-section of the calyx in the bud, shows this slightly in species Xo. 1, and Fig. 245, 

 much rolled inwards, in Ko. 3.) Xo real petals. Fruit of many akenc-, their style remaining ge:>' 

 crally in the form of a long and feathery tail (Fig. 24G). Flowering in summer. 



1. Wild VinciN's-BoAVEii. Flowei-s white, in panicles, small, somewhat dioecious; leaflets 3, toothed^ 



akcnes with long feathery tails (Fig. 240). Banks of streams. C. Virf/inianch 



2. Sweet V. Flowers panicled, white; leaflets 5 to 9, entire. Cultivated in gai'dens. C. Fldvimulx. 

 S. VixE-BowER. Flower single; sepals purple, large; fruit short-tailed, naked. Cult. C. ViliccUcu 



riepatica (or Liverleaf). Ilcpdilca. 

 Calyx of C to 12 petal-like sepals, which are naturally taken for a corolla, because just underneath 

 is a whorl of 3 little leaves exactly resembling a calyx; but it is a little w-ay below the flower. Peal 

 petals none. Pistils se%'eral, making naked-pointed akene-. — Low herbs, in woods, sending up from tho 

 ground, in early spring, rounded 3-lobed leaves, which last over the next winter, and scapes witlv 

 single (blue, purple, or nearly white) flowers. 



1. EouND-LonED H. Lobes of the leaves 3, rounded and blunt. Common X. u; E. 77. (n'loba, 



2. SiiAiM'-LoiiED IL Lobes of the leaves 3 or 5, acute. Common W. 77. acutilobcu 



Aiie'moiiy. Anemone. 

 Calyx of from 5 to 15 petal-like sepals; no leaves just underneath it, but the flowers on long and 

 naked footstalks. Xo real petals. Akenes blunt or short-pointed, not ribbed nor grooved. Perennial 

 herbs: their upper or stem-leaves opposite or ia whorls. Flowers generally single, handsome. Tho 



