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I. RANUNCULACEiE. 



Clematis. 



FIG. 39.-1. RanuncuIuB bulbosus. 2. A petal with the nectariferous scale. 3. A carpel with its beak 

 4. Vertical sect^Xwing the erect ovule. 5. Aquilegia Canadensis. 6. To™s,.with the stamens and 

 pistiSTand a peti attached. 7. FoUicle. 8. Seed. 9- Its verncal section, shoyng the fomculus and 

 minut^ embrya 10. Cross section of the flower, showing the arrangement of the 5 ovaries, the 20 

 stamens in 4 series, &c. 



Conspectus of the Genera. 



f> Pet. l-lipped. Trollim. 7 



(Flowers 4 cauline. \ Pet. 2-lipped. Ue.lleborus. 

 solitary, Radical. . . . Coptis. 

 { white. . Cimicifuga. 

 Flowers racemose, Mark purple. Zanthorhiza. 

 t Calyx white Isopyrum. 



Carpels 



follicular. 



{Sepals 

 equal. . 

 Sepals 

 unequal, 



Petals 0. l Calyx bright yellow. 



^ plane, 3-lobed. . 

 Petals conspicuous, I all spurred behind. 

 < upper one large, vaulted. . 

 J colored, . . < upper one spurred behind. . 

 l green and foliaceous. Petals plane. _ 



Caltha. 

 NigfMa. 

 Aquilegia. 

 Aconitv/m. 

 Delphinium. 

 Teamia. 

 Trautvetteria. 16 

 Thalictrum. 17 



J Leaves alternate, 1 2 — 3-temate 

 Leaves opposite. Mostly climbers- C/fiw«Z?s. 1 

 yx-like, near the flower. . . Hepatica. 3 



inconspicu. ( Involucre leaf-like, remote frpm flower. . . Anemone. 2 



( with no nectary, scarlet. . . Adonis. 4 



< with nectariferous, tubular claws. Myosurus. 18 



Petals conspicuous, . . . ( with a nectariferous scale at base. Ranunculus. 5 



$ solitary, many-seeded. Flowers racemose ActtBa. 14 



L baccate, i numerous , 1—2-seeded. Flowers soUtarj' Hydrastw. 20 



1. CLEMATIS. 



Cfr. KSr)na, a tendril ; climbing by tendrils, or twining petioles instead. 



Calyx 4-(rarely 5, 6 or 8-) sepaled, colored, pubescent; corolla 0, 

 or smaller than the calyx; filaments 00, shorter than the sepals; 

 ovaries 4 — 20 ; styles longer than the stamens ; achenia caudate with 

 the long, plumose, permanent style. — % Mostly climbing. Leaves 

 mrkstly compound and opposite. 



