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7, Thalictrum Touru. MEADOW-ROE. 



Jnvolucre 0. Sepals 4 or 5, very caducous. 

 Petals 0. Ovaries GO, 1-ovulate. Fruit co- 

 capitate akenes. Leaves ternately compound. 

 K. 



1. T. FENDLERI Engelm. Flowers violet. 

 Saucelito. San Mateo. Summer. 



8. Anemone Hall. 



Involucre 3-foliate. Sepals petaloid, 5 or a 

 multiple. Petals 0. Ovaries GO, 1-ovulate. % 

 Fruit GO, capitate akenes. It- 



1. A. GBAYI Kellogg & Behr. Flowers 

 white, tinged with blue or purple. Tamalpais. 

 Camp Taylor. Spring. 



9, Clematis L. VIRCIN'S-BOWER. 



Sepals 4, petaloid, not imbricate in aestiva- 

 tion. Petals 0. Ovaries 1-ovulate. Fruit GO 

 akenes, caudate by the persistent style. 



1. C. LASIANTHA Nutt. Tomentose; flowers 

 solitary on long peduncles, pale. It. Niles. 

 Summer. 



2. C. LIGUSTICIFOLIA Nutt. Almost gla- 

 brous; Flowers paniculate, pale. It. San Ma- 

 teo. Niles. Marin County. Summer. 



ORDER 3. RANALES. Floral parts having 

 a pronounced tendency to merge gradually into 

 each other. 



