Class I. DICOTYLEDONS or EXOGENS. 

 Subclass I. THALAMIFLOBJS. 



Order I. RANUNCULACEiE. 



Flowers bisexual. Stamens many, hypogynous ; filaments 

 slender ; anthers adnate. Carpels separate, few or many. — 

 Climbing shrubs or herbs. 



Climbing, slender shrubs, with opposite leaves ... 1. Clematis. 

 Herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate or radical. 

 Sepals coloured like petals (no true petals). 



Sepals 4-5. Carpels few, without tails .... 2. Thalictetjm. 

 Sepals many. Carpels many, with tails .... 3. Anemone. 

 Sepals green. Petals present. 



Petals with simple claws. Carpels of fruit fleshy 4. Knowltonia. 

 Petals with a scale or pit on the claw. Carpels 



of fruit dry 5. Ranunculus. 



1. CLEMATIS, Linn. 



Sepals 4-8, coloured like petals, yalvate in the bud. Petals 

 none. Carpels many, 1-seeded, dry, with hairy tails. — Fl. Cap. 

 i.p.l; Tlies. Cap. t. 8, 9. 



Chmbing or suberect, vine-like shrubs. Leaves opposite, 2-3-pinnate ; 

 leaflets stalked, toothed or deeply cut. Flowers mostly white. — There are 

 4 South African species, found eastward from Swellendam to Port Natal. 



2. THALICTRUM, Tourn. 



Sepals 4-5, coloured, imbricate in bud, soon falling. Petals 

 none. Carpels 4-5, 1-seeded, dry, shortly beaked. — M. Cap. 

 i. p. 3. 



Herbs. Stems erect, branched, leafy. Leaves alternate, 3-4-pinnate ; 

 leaflets stalked, toothed or lobed. Flowers panicled, small, yellowish or 

 greenish ; stamens conspicuous. — 2 South African species ; found on moun- 

 tains in the eastern districts, Caflraria, and Natal. 



3. ANEMONE, Hall. 



Involucre 2*-3-leaved, below the flower. Sepals many, co- 



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