GENERA AND SPECIES OF PLANTS. 
CLASS I.—DICOTYLEDONS. 
Sub-Class I.—Choripetaleae Hypogynae. 
ORDER RANUNCULACEAE. 
Petals, 0; fruits with feathery styles; sepals white, 
valvate in bud; climbing shrubs with iil com- 
pound leaves 
Petals, 5 to 12; sepals ae edie in ele herbs with 
radical or alternate leaves. 
Carpels collected into a globular mass, ovule ascend- 
ing; petals with a nectar gland aut 
Carpels imbricate on along receptacle ; ovule pen- 
dulous Ant iv at oie oe 
Clematis. 
Anthers with long appendages ; leaves somewhat rigid ... 
Anthers short, without appendages ; leaves rather flaccid 
Ranunculus. 
Carpels wrinkled ; petals white, no nectar scale. Floating 
in water ; leaves submerged, finely divided ... 
Carpels smooth ; petals yellow, with a nectar scale. 
Stem tufted, hairy ; gan 5; sepals ‘cane 
style recurved ... 
Stem creeping ; betas 5- 12 steal straight; : seacal 
plant... ie oe 
Carpels rough; flowers aie: vee al, Basaile: Dwarf 
annual Pi 
Myosurus. 
Leaves radical, linear; stamens 5 to 20, scapes one- 
flowered. Annual : At : 
Clematis 
Ranunculus 
Myosurus 
aristata 
microphylla 
aquatilis 
lappaceus 
rivularis 
parviflorus 
minimus 
