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Type — Ranunculus (any species). 

 Herbs usually growing in damp places (one species 

 floating in water), with entire or divided, simole, radical 



Fig. 97. Achene of Ranunculus Fig. 98. Vertical section of seed of 



laid open. Ranunculus. 



and cauline leaves, and regular yellow or white flowers, with 

 deciduous sepals. 



The deviations from this type are so considerable that 

 reference should be made to three Sub-types, each of 

 which is represented in India as well as in Europe, though 

 in India generally confined to the Himalaya, very few 

 occurring in the temperate mountainous regions of the 

 south, and still fewer in the hot plains. 



Sub-type i iCleinatis). — Stem woody, usually climbing. 

 Leaves opposite, compound. Sepals petaloid, valvate in 

 bud. Petals o, or inconspicuous. Carpels oo . 



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