Crass I. DICOTYLEDONS or EXOGENS. 
Susciass I. THALAMIFLORA. 
Orper I. RANUNCULACEZ. 
Flowers bisexual. Stamens many, hypogynous; filaments 
slender; anthers adnate. Carpels separate, few or many.— 
Climbing shrubs or herbs. 
Climbing, slender shrubs, with opposite leaves . . . 1. CLEMATIS. 
Herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate or radical. 
Sepals coloured like petals (no true petals). 
Sepals 4-5. Carpels few, without tails. . . . 2. THALICTRUM. 
Sepals many. Carpels many, with tails. . . . 3. ANEMONE. 
Sepals green. Petals present. 
Petals with simple claws. Carpels of fruit fleshy 4. KwownTonta. 
Petals with a scale or pit on the claw. Carpels 
of fruit dry 5. RANUNCULUS. 
1. CLEMATIS, Linn. 
Sepals 4-8, coloured like petals, valvate in the bud. Petals 
none. Carpels many, 1-seeded, dry, with hairy tails.— FV. Cap. 
i. p.1; DLhes. Cap. t. 8, 9. 
Climbing or suberect, vine-like shrubs. Leaves opposite, 2-3-pinnate ; 
leaflets stalked, toothed or deeply cut. Flowers mostly white.—There are 
4 South African species, found eastward from Swellendam to Port Natal. 
2. THALICTRUM, Tourn. 
Sepals 4-5, coloured, imbricate in bud, soon falling. Petals 
none. Carpels 4-5, 1-seeded, dry, shortly beaked.— FV. Cap. 
1. p. 3. 
Herbs. Stems erect, branched, leafy. Leaves alternate, 3-4-pinnate ; 
leaflets stalked, toothed or lobed. Flowers panicled, small, yellowish or 
greenish ; stamens conspicuous.—2 South African species ; found on moun- 
tains in the eastern districts, Caffraria, and Natal. 
3. ANEMONE, Hall. 
Involucre 2-3-leaved, below the flower. Sepals many, ¢o- 
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