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RANUNCULACE^:. 



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most instructive lessons were those illustrated by .the 

 simplest and commonest materials. 



The diagrams and accompanying text, prepared for 

 the Department of Science and Art, South Kensington, 

 afford good pictorial illustrations of the Type-lessons. 

 When possible, they ought to be accessible in class-rooms 

 where Botany is taught, for reference by the students or 

 scholars at their leisure. 



Series, ANGIOSPERMS. 



CLASS I. DICOTYLEDONS. 



SUB-CLASS, Dichlamydese. Division, Thalamifloras. 



* Pistil apocarpous, 



i. Natural Order Ranunculaceas. The Ranunculus 

 Family. 



DISTRIBUTION. Generally diffused through both hemi- 

 spheres, excepting between the Tropics (where they are 

 chiefly confined to mountain ranges). British genera 13; 

 species 3132. 



Herbs (except Clematis). Stamens indefinite. 



FIG. 73 . Vertical section of flower of Buttercup. 



Type Buttercup (Ranunculus biilbosus}. 



O.B. 



