CHAPTER III. 



EXAMINATION OF TYPICAL SPECIES OF THE PRINCIPAL 

 NATURAL ORDERS OF INDIAN FLOWERING PLA JTS. 



CLASS I. — Dicotyledons. 



SuB-CLASS — DichlamydecB. Division — Thalamiflorce. 



* Pistil disiifictly apocarpous (excepting in some Dillen 

 iaceas, Nymphaeacese, and the genus Anona). 



I. Natural Oxdoi, Ranunculacece, — The Ranunculus Family. 



Herbs with radical and cauline or floating leaves, or 

 climbing shrubs with opposite leaves. Petals five, fewer, or 

 o ; if o, the sepals are petaloid. Stamens usually indefinite. 

 Seeds without an aril. 



'*'iG. 96. Vertical section of flower of Ranunculus. 



