[8 Ranunculaceae. 



\\.—THALICTRUM, 



Leaves compound stipulate, sepals 4 — 5, petals o, achenes without awns. 



THALIC'TRUM MI'NUS (65). Lesser Meadow Rue. 6—7. Stem 

 (3) I — 4 in. striate, leaves tripinnate, panicle lax, flowers small greenish 

 yellow, drooping. Dry places, 



THALIC'TRUM FLAV'UM (65). Common Meadow Rue. 6—7. 



(5) Stem 2 — 4 ft. furrowed, leaves bipinnate, panicle dense, flowers 

 small yellow erect. Wet places. 



III.— ANEMONE. 



Leaves radical, sepals 6 petaloid, petals o, flowers solitary, the scape 

 bearing a three-leaved involucre. 



Anemo'ne Pulsatil'la (18). Pasque-flower. 5 — 6. Sepals purple silky 



(6) outside, bracts sessile deeply cut into linear segments, radical leaves 

 petiolate tri-pinnatifid, carpels ending in feathery awns. [R. C. CI. 



ANEMO'NE NEMORO'SA (105). Wood anemone. 3—6. Sepals 



(7) white, radical leaves ternate petiolate, involucral bracts similar to 

 radical leaves, carpels without awns. Woods. 



A. Coronaria, A. Hepatica^ and several other species are commonly found 

 in gardens. 



lY.—RANUNCUL US, 



Sepals 3 — 5, petals usually 5, stamens many hvooffvnous, fruit a head 

 of beaked achenes. 



Flowers white, aquatic plants, 128 



Flowers yellow, 130 



128 Leaves trifld, R. aquatilis. 



128 Leaves reniform 129 



129 Petals not longer than calyx, R. hederaceus. 



129 Petals twice as long as sepals, R. Lenormandi. 



130 Leaves entire, 131 



130 Leaves divided, 132 



131 Leaves cordate, R. ficaria. 



131 Leaves lanceolate 133 



132 Achenes rough, 134 



132 Achenes smooth, 136 

 133 Stem creeping at the base, . . . . , . R, flammula. 

 133 Stem erect, stout, . R. lingua. 



