XXX GARDEN BOTANY. 



Order RAJSTTJNCTJLACEJE. Crowfoot Family. 



See Manual, p. 2 — The cultivated sorts may be known by having many 

 stamens inserted on the reeeptaele, and from 2 to many separate pistils, except 

 that the annual Larkspurs have only one pistil, and in Fennel-Flower the five 

 pistils are partly united into one. 



Climbers, with opposite and usually compound leaves. . . Genus 1 

 Herbs, except the Tree Paiony, not climbing. 



Pistils many in a head, one-seeded, in fruit resembling seeds. 



Calyx like a corolla, no real petals. 



Calyx and corolla present : the petals conspicuous, 



With a little scale inside on the claw 



Without any scale. 



Pistils several -seeded, in fruit becoming pods. 

 Calyx like a corolla: petals small and stamen-like. 

 Pistils 5, partly united, making a 5-horned pod. 

 Pistils 9 or more, separate : flower yellow, globe-like. 

 Pistils 5 : flower white or greenish, open. .... 



Calyx like a corolla, regular ; the petals large spurs. 

 Calyx like a corolla, irregular. 



Upper sepal spurred behind : petals 1 to 4, small. 

 Upper sepal helmet-shaped : petals 2, hammer-shaped. 

 Calyx green or greenish : petaJs large. 



1. Clematis, Virgin's-Bower. Man. p. 3. No. 5 is sometimes cult. ; also 

 C. Viticella, Vine-Bower Flower solitary, long-pcduncled, large, 



blue or purple, in summer; styles naked. 



C. Flammula, Sweet Virgin's-Bower. Flowers panicled, white, 

 sweet-scented, in late summer; leaves pinnate; styles plumose in fruit. 



2. Anemone eoronaria, the original of most of the showy Garden 

 Anemonies, of various colors, single or double, fl. in spring. 



3. Ranunculus, Crowfoot or Buttercups. No. 14 and 15, in Man. 

 p. 10, furnish the hardy Yellow Double Buttercups of our gardens, and 



It. Asiaticus famishes the Double Ranunculuses with large flowers, 

 white, red, and other colors, resembling Anemonies. 



4. Adonis. Like Ranunculus, but without any scale on the petals; these 

 are usually 6 to 12. Leaves very finely divided. 



A. vernalis, Spring Adonis. Low perennial; flowers large, yellow. 

 A. autumnalis, Piieasant's-Eye. Annual ; petals small, red, dark at 

 the base, late in summer. 



5. Nigella, Fennel-Flower. Annuals, with finely divided leaves, petals 

 much smaller than the white or bluish sepals, and five pistils partly united 

 into one pod, containing rather large, dark-colored, spicy seeds. 



H". Damascena, Fennel-Flower, Ragged-Lady. Flower overtopped 

 by a leafy involucre; pod smooth and bladdery, the lining of the 5 cells 

 separating from the outer part, making 5 outer empty cells. 



K". sativa, Nutmeg-Flower. Flower naked ; pod rough, less inflated. 



6. Trollius Europseus, Globe-Flower. Flower golden-yellow, globe- 

 shaped (instead of wide open, as in our wild species, Man. p. 12), in early 

 spring. Resembles a large and showy Buttercup. 



