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TABLE OF GENERA. 
*** Perianth inconspicuous. 
99. JpncaginAcee. Sepals herbaceous. Marsh plants. 
104. Naiadace.e. Sepals scale-like. Plants aquatic, submerged or floating. 
93. Liuacee (Ruscus). An evergreen shrub with spiny leaves. 
#**# Flowers enclosed in a spathe or membranous sheath. 
101. Arace.e. Flowers in a spike or spadix, monoecious. Herbs. 
103. Pistiace.e. Small stemless floating plants. Flowers on the margin of the leaf. 
104. Naiadace.e. Submerged or floating. Flowers axillary. 
***** Flowers without any covering. 
104. Naiadace.e. Aquatic, submerged. Flowers in a slit in the grass-like leaf. 
100. Typhace/E. Marsh plants. Flowers on a spike. Monoecious. 
Flowers enclosed in glumes or scales, one above another. 
106. Gramine.e. Stems jointed. Anthers attached by the middle. 
105. Cyperacre. Stems not jointed. Anthers attached by the base. 
TABLE OE GENERA. 
Order I. RANUNCULACE^E. 
1. Clematis. A climber with opposite leaves. Petals none. Sepals white. Car¬ 
pels 1-seeded. 
* Herbs. Carpels 1-seeded. 
2. Thalictrum. Involucrum none. Petals none. Stamens longer than the sepals. 
3. Anemone. Involucrum of 3 leaves, somewhat beneath the flower. Petals none. 
Sepals petaloid, coloured. 
4. Adonis. Petals 5-10, without a scale at the base. 
5. Myosurus. Carpels very numerous, in a long column. Sepals with a spur at 
the base. Petals very small. 
6. Ranunculus. Petals with a scale at the base. Sepals not spurred at the base 
Carpels in a globular or oblong head. 
** Carpels with several seeds. 
7. Caltha. Petals none. Sepals yellow and petaloid. 
8. Trollius. Petals small, flat, linear. Sepals yellow, very concave. 
9. Helleborus. Petals very small, tubular. Sepals green. 
10. Aquilegia. Sepals flat, coloured, deciduous. Petals 5, each with a long spur 
at the base. 
11. Delphinium. Sepals 5, coloured; upper one with a spur at the base. Petals 
4, connected, forming a spur. 
12. Aconitum. Sepals 5, coloured ; upper one hood-shaped. Petals small, irregular. 
13. Actasa. Stamens placed upon a glandular disk. Carpels solitary, berry-like. 
Petals 4. Calyx deciduous, petaloid. 
14. PiEONiA. Stamens upon a glandular disk. Calyx green, persistent. Carpels 
several. 
Order II. BERBERIDACE^E. 
. Bf.rueris. A bush. Stamens 6. 
2. Ei imedium. Herbaceous. Stamens 4. 
