56 POLYANDRIA— POLYGYNIA, Troliius, 



280. TROLLIUS. Globe-flower. 



Linn.Gen.2S2. Juss.233. FLBr.597. Lam. t. 499. Gccrtn. 

 ^.118. DeCand.Si/st.v.].3\l. 



Nat. Ord. see ?i. 279. 



Cat. none. Pet. several, inferior, uncertain in number, from 

 5 to 1 5, roundish, concave, converging, deciduous. Nect, 

 from 5 to 10, or more, shorter than the petals, linear^ 

 flattened, incurved, with a single lip ; their base some- 

 what tubular. Filam. numerous, bristle-shaped, shorter 

 than the corolla. Anth. terminal, linear, erect. Ger-m.. 

 superior, numerous, sessile, columnar. Styles none. Stig- 

 mas pointed, spreading, shorter than the stamens. Cajis. 

 {follicles^) as many as the germens, cylindrical, pointed,, 

 recurved, collected into a round head. Seeds several, at 

 the edges of the capsule, ovate, smooth, somewhat trian- 

 gular. 



Smooth, perennial, upright herhSi natives of the colder parts 

 of Europe and America. Leaves deeply divided and cut, 

 alternate. Fl. terminal, solitary, more or less globular, 

 large and handsome, yellow or orange-coloured. 



1. T. europmis. Mountain Globe-flower. 



Petals about fifteen, converging into a globe. Nectaries 

 from five to ten, the length of the stamens. 



T. europseus. Linn Sp.Pl.7S2. WiUd.v.2.\S33. H. Br. 597. 



Engl. Bot. v.\.t.2%. Hook. Scot. 1 75. DeCand. Syst. r. 1 . 3 12, 



Fl. Dan.t. 133. 

 T. n. 1189. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 83. 



Ranunculus globosus. Raii Syn. 272. Ger. Em. 955./. 

 R. flore globoso. Dod. Pempt. 430. f. Dalech. Hist. \ 033./. Bauh. 



Hist. t;.3. 419 / Robert Ic. t.27 . 

 R. glomerato flore. Clus. Hist. v. 1.237./ 

 R. sextus. Camer. Epit.3S5./ 

 Globe Crowfoot. Pet. H. Brit. t. 43./ 2. 



In shady, mountainous, rather moist situations. 



Not rare in Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, Wales, and 

 the lowlands of Scotland. B/'1^tfT^ ^ ^^7?e'oyr 



Perennial, May, June. 



Root fibrous, tufted. Stem 1^ or 2 feet high, round, hollow, leafy j, 

 branched at the top. Leaves in many deep, spreading, pinna- 

 tifid, cut lobes -, the radical ones on long stalks. Fl. globose, 

 bright yellow, the nectaries of the same hue as the petals, scarcely 

 half so long. Capsules nearly cylindrical, with shining black 

 seeds. 



