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12. TROLLIUS, I.. (ii.oiiK-ri.owKH. 



Sepals 5-15, petal-like. I'etals niiincious, small, 1-lipped, the concavity 

 near the base. Stamens and pistils numerous. I'ods 9 or more, sessile, many- 

 seeded — Smooth jierennials with pal mately parted and cut leaves, like Ha- 

 nunc-ulus, and large solitary terminal Howers. (Name thought to be derived 

 from the old Cicrman word trull, a globe, or something round.) 



1. T. laxus, Salisb. (Sphkadinu GLonE-FLOWEK.) Leaves 5 - 7-parted ; 

 sepals 5 -G, spreading ; petals 15-25, inconspicuous, much slunter than tlie 

 stamens. — Deep swamps, N. II. to Del. and Mich. May. — Flowers twice 

 the size of the common Buttercup ; the sepals sj)reading, so that the name is 

 not appropriate, as it is to the European (Jlohe-Jioiccr of the gardens, nor is tlie 

 blossom showy, being pale greenish-yellow, or ncnily white. 



13. COPTIS, vSalisb. Cjoi.dthkead. 



Sepals 5- 7, petal-like, deciduous. Petals 5-7, small, club-shaped, hollow 

 at the apex. Stamens 15-25. I'istils 3-7, on slender stalks. Tods diver- 

 gent, membranaceous, pointed with the style, 4-8-sceded. — Low smooth 

 perennials, with ternately divided I'oot-leaves, and small wliite flowers on 

 scapes. (Name from kotttw, to cat, alluding to tlie divided leaves.) 



1 C. trif61ia, Salisb (Three-leaved Goldthread.) Leaflets 3, 

 obovate-wedge-form, sharply toothed, obscurely 3-lobed , scape 1-flowered. — 

 Bogs, abundant northward , extending south to Maryland along the moun- 

 tains, and west to Iowa. May. — Root of long, bright yellow, bitter fibres. 

 Leaves evergreen, shining. Scape naked, slender, 3-5' high. (Eu.) 



14. HELLEBORUS, Tourn. Hellkhokk. 



Sepals 5, petal-like or greenish, persistent. Tetals 8- 10, very small, tubu- 

 lar, 2-lipped. ristils 3- 10, sessile, forming coriaceous many-seeded pods. — 

 Perennial herbs, with ample palmate or ])edate leaves, and large, solitary, 

 nodding, early vernal flowers. (An ancient name of unknown meaning.) 



H. vfuiDis, L. (Green IIellkboiu:.) Koot-leaves glaVirous, pedate; 

 calyx spreading, greenish. — lias been found wild on Long Island, in I'enn., 

 and W Va. (Adv. from Eu.) 



15. ERA NT HIS, Salisb Winter Aconite. 



Sepals 5- 8, petal-like, deciduous. Petals small 2-li]))<ed nectaries. Carpels 

 few\ stijjitate, several-seeded. — Perennial herbs, witli ])almately multifid radi- 

 cal leaves, the scape bearing a single large yellow flower surrounded by jui 

 involucre of a single leaf. (Name from ^p, s/>ri>ifi, and IkvQos, jhnrer.) 



E. hvemXlis, Salisb. Dwarf; flowers cup-sliai)ed, U' in «liameter; petals 

 shorter than the stamens. — Near Philadelpliia. (Adv. from Eu.) 



16. AQUILEGIA, Tourn. Collmhine. 



Sepals 5, regular, colored like the petals. Petals 5, all alike, with a short 

 spreading lip, produced backward into large hollow spurs, much longer than 

 the calyx. Pistils 5, with slender styles. Pods erect, many-seeded. — Per- 

 ennials, with 2-3-ternately compound leaves, the leaflets lobed. Flowers 

 large and sliowy termiualing the branches. (Name from iujnileyus, water- 

 drawing.) 



