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Staminodes present within the 
tamens, flat and membranous; 
petals saccate or spurred ; 
Petals saccate at the base - 16. Semiaquilegia. 
Petals spurred at the base - 17. Aquilegia. 
{{Carpels more or less united, especially 
in fruit = - : - ubtribe NIGELLINAE, 
Carpels with long beaks; 
sepals petaloid, clawed ; 
petals smaller than the 
sepals - - - 18. Nigella. 
Carpels not or scarcely 
beaked ; sepals not 
awed : 
c 
Sepals coloured and more 
conspicuous than the 
petals without trans- 
verse markings - 19. Komaroffia. 
Sepals less conspicuous 
than the long clawed 
transversely marked 
petals - - 
20. Garidella. 
**F lowers numerous, racemose or race 
mose-paniculate - Subtribe CIMICIFUGINAE, 
Leaves orbicular, ee nerved - 21. Beesia. 
Leaves much divided : 
Stamens more than 10; herbaceous- 
plan 
Carpels ‘dohinsotih 
Inflorescence ‘aii flowered ; 
leaves vaginate - 22. Souliea. 
Inflorescence many- oweted - 23. Cimici 
Carpels baccate, solitary - 24. Actaea. 
Stamens 5 or 10; ceEpels dehiscent 
a low subshrub 25. Xanthorrhiza. 
Tribe IJ. DeEtpxrraeg, 
Posterior sepal spurred at the base- §- 26. Delphinium. 
Posterior sepal hooded at the apex - - 27. Aconitum, 
Tribe IV. RanuNncuULEAE. 
Sepals minutely spurred at the base; 
carpellary axis elongated in the 
flowering stage; leaves linear - - 28. Myosurus. 
ese not spurred; carpellary axis 
mainly short or elongated only in 
