RANUNCULACE^. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 3$ . 



Tribk I. CliEMATIDE^. Sepals valvate or induplicate in bud. Petals wanting, 



1. CLEMATIS. Ripe akenes with long feathery tails. Seeds pendulous. 



Tribe II. ANEMONES. Sepals imbricated in bud, colored like petals. Petals 

 wanting, or present ; pore, if present, at apex of claw. Seeds pendulous 

 * Petals wanting. Perennials. 



2. THALICTRUM. Involucre wanting. Akenes grooved lengthwise. 



3. ANEMOINE. Involucre distant from flower. Akenes not grooved. 



* * Petals destitute of pore. Jlnnuals. 



4. ADONIS. Leaves, radical and stem, ternately divided. 



■?«• -x- * Petals witJi, pore at summit of claw. Annuals. 



5. MYOSURUS. Leaves all radical, linear, entire. 



Tribe 111. RANUNCUIiK^. Sepals and petals flattened, imbricated in bud. 

 Petals generally with pore or scale at base. Seeds erect. 



6. RANUNCULUS. Akenes destitute of a pair of smooth cells at base. 



7. CERATOCEPHALUS. Akenes with a pair of smooth cells at each side of base. 

 Tribe IV. HRIiliEBORE^^. Sepals imbricated ia bud. Petals bilabiate or 



irregular. Fruit a whorl of several seeded follicles. 

 * Flowers regular. 



8. HELLEBORUS. Leaves palmate. Sepals petal-like. Petals. tubular bilabiate. 



9. GARIDELLA. Leaves pinnate. Sepals not petaloid. 



10. NIGELLA. Leaves pinnate. Sepals petaloid. 



* * Flowers irregular. 



11. DELPHINIUM. Upper sepal spurred. Petals small in 2 pairs. 



Tribe V. PiEONIKiE, Sepals imbricated in bud. Petals broad. Base of carpels 

 surrounded by a ring. Ovules numerous. 



12. PiEONIA. Leaves bi-ternatisect. Flowers large, red. 



1. CLEMATIS, L. Virgin's Bower. jJu 



Sepals 4. Petals wanting. Akenes numerous, sessile, dehiscent, 

 dry. - Style with long plumose tail (Fig. 1, i.) — Perennial vines 

 climbing by the twisting of the petioles. Leaves opposite, 



* Flowers solitary nodding, with involucre near lase. 



1 C. Cirrliosa, L. 71 'S-* Sf- Leaves clustered heart-ovate, 

 coarsely-toothed, entire, or ohscurely lohed. Involucre cup-shaped, 

 bilabiate, near the flower. Sepals whitish-yellow, ovate— Spring — 

 Hedges from Aintab to southern Palestine. Flowers much larger 

 than in 3 and 3. 



* * Inflorescence 'paniculate. Base of 2^(^nicle nalced. 



2. C Flaminiila, L. 1(! Leaves tchen young pnlescent, afterirnrds 

 smooth, bi-pinnate ; segments ovate or oblong entire, or 3 - lobed, 

 slightly oblique. Sepals oblong, obtuse, white. Akenes pubescent, 

 with proinlnent ma?'gi7i. — Spring and Summer — Hedges and thickets, 

 common in Syria and Palestine. FloAvers 0. OlGm. broad, 



Var. maritime, Boiss. Lobes of leaves linear — With type. 



Var. lobata, Post. Leaflets broader, coarsely serrate or lobed. 



3. C vitalfoa, L. 21 Leaves 2^^^5es(?e?^?, especially on nerves, 

 bi-pinnate, divisions ovate-acuminate, sUgJitly hecLrt-shaped at dase, 

 coarsely toothed, occasionally entire. Sepals white, oblong, woolly 

 on both sides. Carpels hirsute, margin incanspicitous — Summer — 

 Hedges and thickets near coast of Syria and Palestine. Flowers 

 0.01 m. broad. 



