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144 1. RANUNCULACEA. ; Copmis; 
dichotomous. Lower leaves 2—4’ wide, on long semicylindric petioles, upper 
ones sessile, all of a dark shining green, veiny and smooth. Flowers a 
golden yellow in all their parts, 1}/ diam., few and pedunculate. Outer row 
of filaments clavate, twice longer than the inner. The young leaves are in 
great request in spring, for greens. May. 
G. integerrima. (C. integerrima. Ph.) Lws. entire; sep. obovate, obtuse. 
y- plena, with double flowers. Cultivated in gardens. 
7. TROLLIUS. 
Germ. trol or trollen, globular ; alluding to the form of the flowers. 
Sepals 5—10—15, roundish ovate, colored, deciduous; petals 5— 
25, small, linear, tubular at base; stamens 00, much shorter than the 
sepals ; follicles 00, subcylindric, sessile, many-seeded.—2% Smooth, 
with palmate leaves. - 
1. T. naxus. Salisb. (T. Americanus Muhl.) American Globe Flower. 
Sep. 5, oblong, spreading; pet. 15—25, shorter than the stamens.—In 
swamps, Can.to Penn. Notcommon. About If high. Leaves deeply cleft into5 
segments, which are lobed and cut-dentate. Sepals yellow, resembling petals, 
4—5’long. Petals very small, orange-colored. Follicles about 10, crowned 
with the persistent styles. ‘This is the only American species, Jn. 
2. E. Evropazus. European Globe Flower.—Erect, branched, leafy ; lws. deeply 
eleft or divided, segments cuneate at base, acute, incisely lobed and toothed ; 
jis. solitary, erect, large, globular; ped. long, naked; sep. closely converging ; 
pet. equaling the stamens. Native of Europe. Stem 2—3f high. Flowers 
of a rich yellow. A very ornamental plant, of easy culture from seeds or 
roots. May, Jn.t 
3. T. Astaticus. Asiatic Globe Flower—Erect; lvs. deeply divided into 5 
broad segments; segments laciniately lobed and toothed; fis. terminal, soli- 
tary, pedunculate; sep. spreading; pet. longer than the stamens.—Native of 
Asia. Plant about 2f high, with ample foliage and large, deep orange-color- 
ed flowers—yellow in some of its varieties. Jn. 
8 HELLEBORUS —Adans. 
EXetv, to cause death y Bop4, food ; the poisonous qualities are well cnown. 
Sepals 5, mostly greenish, persistent; petals 8—10, very short, 
tubular, 2-lipped; stamens 00; stigmas 3—10, orbicular; follicles 
cohering at base, many-seeded.—% Ls. coriaceous, divided. Fis. 
large, nodding. 
H. viripis.— Green Hellebore. 
Glabrous ; radical lvs. pedately divided, segments lanceolate, acute, ser- 
rate ; cauline lvs. few, palmately parted, nearly sessile ; peds. often in pairs; sep. 
roundish ovate, acute, green—A European plant, 4 on Long Island. Stem 
2—3 f. high, thick. Apr.t 
9. COP TIS —Salisb. 
Gr. xomrw, to cut; from the numerous divisions of the leaves. 
Sepals 5—6, oblong, concave, colored, deciduous; petals 5—6, 
small, cucullate, obconic; stamens 20—25; follicles 5—10, stipitate, 
rostrate, diverging in a stellate manner, 4—6-seeded—Low herbs. 
with radical leaves, and a long, slender, perennial, creeping rhizoma. 
C. TRIFOLIA.— Goldthread. 
Las. 3-foliate ; scape 1-flowered ; pet. much smaller than the sepals.—Penn. 
N.to Arctic Am. Stem subterranean, extensively creeping, golden yellow, very 
bitter and tonic. Leaves all radical, leaflets sessile, 4—8” long, crenate-mu- 
eronate, smooth, coriaceous, common petiole 1—2' long. Peduncles 3—4’ 
high, with a single, minute bract above the middle, bearing a single white star- 
like flower. The 5 or 6 yellow petals are barely distinguishable by their color 
among the white stamens. May. Medicinal. ; 
