RANUNCULACE.E. 



[CLASS 



Herb, with thickened root-stock, radical and alternate 

 cauline divided simple leaves, and terminal solitary yellow 

 flowers. 



FIG. 74. Section of an achene 

 of Buttercup. 



FIG. 75. Vertical section of 

 a seed of same. 



Important deviations from this type we find in : 



Traveller's Joy (Clematis Vitalba). Stem woody. 

 Leaves opposite. Sepals 4, valvate. Corolla o. 



Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa). Flowers involu- 

 crate. Sepals 6. Corolla o. 



Hellebore (Helleborus). Petals 8-10, small and tubular. 

 Seeds numerous. 



Monkshood (Aconitum Napelhts). Flowers irregular. 

 Carpels 3 ; each several-seeded. 



Baneberry (Acttza spicata). Sepals 4. Petals 4. 

 Carpel solitary, baccate when ripe. 



