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5. Lessee Celandine (Ranunculus Ficaria), 



Yellow flower, corolla of 7 or 8 petals, and 



calyx of 3 sepals. 

 Heart-shaped leaves. 



6. Celery - leaved Ranunculus {Ranunculus 



Sceleratus). 



Very small yellow flowers, part bearing 

 achenes being relatively large and raised 

 above rest of flower (fig. 26). 



Grows in wet places. 



7. Water Crowfoot {Ranunculus aquatilis). 



White flower. 



Floating leaves divided into three. 



Leaves under water thread-like. 



AIarjsh ]\Iarigold {Caltha pcilustris)/ 

 Large golden-yellow flowers 

 Round leaves (fig. 27). 

 Grows in wet places. 



Hellebore (Helleborus). 



a. Green Hellebore {Helleborus viridis). 

 6. Fetid ^ie:\a.^^o^^ {H eUehortis foetidiis), 



* Eight to ten tubular petals. 

 Five large greenish persistent sepals. 

 In a the sepals are spreading. 

 In b the sepals are erect and overlapping. 



c. Black Helleborej ^jj.u^j,,,.,,, ^^.j,,.) (fig 28) 

 Christmas Rose 



Large white sepals. 



Black underground stem (rhizome). 



Aconite, Wolfbaxe {Aconifum NapelluM). 

 Deeply divided leaves with tall spikes of blue to 



white flowers. 

 One sepal Itood-shaped (fig. 29). 



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