BUTTERCUP FAMILY 



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5 — 10 sessile many-ovuled carpels forming follicles in the fruit. 

 (Name from the Greek kdlathos, a cup.) 



I. C. pahistris (Marsh Marigold, Walter Blobs). — -A handsome 

 plant, resembling a gigantic Buttercup, abundant in marshes and 

 by the sides of streams. Leaves large, kidney-shaped, and glossy, 



TROLLius EUROP.EUS {Glohe-jtowej^, 



with large membranous stipules ; floivers 1—2 in. across ; sepals 

 golden-yellow. — Fl. March — May. Perennial. 



8. Trollius (Globe-flower). — Erect perennial herbs ; leaves 

 palmately lobed ; sepals 5^-15, petaloid, imbricate, concave; 

 petals 5 — 15, narrow, clawed f (T^r/^/i 5 or more, forming sessile 

 follicles. (Name from the Scandinavian trolly a witch.) 



