138 I. RANUNCULACEZ. 
FIG. 39.—1. Ranunculus bulbosus. 2. A petal with the nectariferous scale. 3. A carpel with its beak. 
4. Vertical section, showing the erect ovule. -5. Aquilegia Canadensis. 6. Torus, with the stamens and 
pistils, and a petal attached. 7. Follicle. 8. Seed. 9. Its vertical section, showing the funiculus and 
minute embryo. 10. Cross section of the flower, showing the arrangement of the 5 ovaries, the 20 
stamens in 4 series, &c. 
Conspectus of the Genera. 
_ §Pet. 1-lipped. Trolisus. 7 
Flowers (cauline. ? Pet. 2-lipped. Delleborus. g 
solitary, ? radical. «ae atte Caphes 
§ white. . Cimicifuga. 15 
Pet. small. | Flowers racemose, ?dark purple. Zanthorhiza. 19 
; Calyx white. : . Isopyrum. 10 
Petals 0. Calyx bright yellow. . - Caltha. 6 
Sepals tee 3-lobed.. . . Negelia. 22 
equal. . . . \ Petals conspicuous, allspurred behind. . Agzviélegia. ll 
upper one large, vaulted. . . Aconitum. 13 
Sepals Scolored, .. \ upper one spurred behind. . . Delphinium. 12 
follicular. (unequal,. .2green and foliaceous. Petals plane. : . Peonia. 21 
(palmate. . Trautvetteria. 16. 
Leaves alternate, ?2—3-ternate. Thalictrum. 17 
Invol. 0. . . ? Leaves opposite. Mostly climbers. Clematis. 1 
Petals 0, or < Involucre calyx-like, near the flower. . . Hepatica. 3 
inconspicu. ( Involucre leaf-like, remote from flower. . . Anemone. 2 
with no nectary, scarlet. . . Adonis. 4 
, with nectariferous, tubular claws. Mzyoswrus. 18 
acheniate. (Petals conspicuous, .. . ( witha nectariferous scale at base. Ranunculus. 5 
paces. many-seeded. Flowers racemose. . . 2 . Actea. 14 
Carpels (baccate, numerous, 1—2-seeded. Flowers solitary. . i Ne . Hydrastis. 20 
1. CLEMATIS. 
Gr. kAnpa, a tendril; climbing by tendrils, or twining petioles instead. 
Calyx 4-(rarely 5, 6 or 8-) sepaled, colored, pubescent; corolla 0, 
or smaller than the calyx; filaments 00, shorter than the sepals; 
ovaries 4—20; styles longer than the stamens; achenia caudate with 
long, plumose, permanent style—% Mostly climbing. Leaves 
~mastly compound and opposite. 
