294 DICOTYLEDONS.— RANUNCULACE^. Ranunculus. 



1. CI. vitalbn, stem sarmentose, leaves pinnate, leaflets coidato- 

 ovate inciso-lobate, petioles scandent, peduncles rather shorter 

 than the leaves, p. 171. 



2. THALICTRUM. 



Cal. {Pet., Sm.) of 4 — 5 leaves. Fet. none. Pericarps with- 

 out awns (ecaudate). 



1. Th. alpinum, stem simple nearly leafless, raceme simple termi- 

 nal, flowers drooping, segments of the leaves glabrous, p. 171 • 



2. Th. m'mus, leaves tripinnate^ leaflets trifid glaucous, flowers 

 panicled drooping, p. 172. 



3. Th. majus, "leaves tripinnate, leaflets lobed" (mostly trifid), 

 " branches of the panicle subumbellate, flowers drooping." 



p. 172. 



4. Th. flavum, stem erect branched furrowed, leaves bipinnate, 

 leaflets wedge-shaped trifid, panicle much branched snbcorym- 

 bose, flowers erect, p. 172. 



3. ANEMONE. 

 Involucre of 3 divided leaves, distant from the flower. Cnl. 



{Cor., Sm.) petaloid, of 5 — 9 leaves. Fet. none. Peri- 

 carps with or without awns. 

 1. A. 7ze7noro5a, leaves ternate lobed and cut, involucre the same 



petiolate, stem single-flowered, capsules without awns. p. 171. 

 4. ADONIS, 

 Cal. of 5 leaves. Pet. 5 — 10, without any nectary. Pericarps 



without awns. 

 1. A. aiitumnalis, petals concavo-connivent scarcely longer than 



the glabrous cal., pericarps reticulate collected into an ovate 



head, stem branched, p. 172. 



5. RANUNCULUS, 

 Cal. of 5 leaves. Pet. 5 — 10, with a nectariferous pore at the 



base. Pericarps without awns. (In R. Ficaria there are 3 



cal. leaves and many petals.) 



* pericarps transversely wrinkled. Fetals white; claw ijellow, with a 



nectariferous pore. (Decand.) 



1. R. aquatiUs, stem floating submersed, leaves capillaceo-mul- 

 tifid, floating ones tripartite their lobes cut, petals obovate 

 larger than the cal., pericarps glabrous or hispid, p. 173. 



j8. all the leaves capillaceo-multifid. 



2. R. hederaceus, stem creeping, leaves roundish kidney-shaped 

 with 3 — 5 rounded entire lobes, petals small scarcely longer 

 than the cal., stam 5 — 10, pericarps glabrous, p. 173. 



* Pericarps smooth or echinated {not transversely wrinkled). Petals 



with a small scale at the base. (Decand.) 



t Flowers white. 



S. R. alpestrisy leaves glabrous orbicular deeply 3-lobed, lobe* 



