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12. CLEMATIS. Cat. (Pet. 9 Sm.) of 4 6 leaves. Pet. none. 



Pericarps terminated by a long, mostly feathery awn (caudate}. 

 \ 1 . ANEMONE. Involucre of 3 divided leaves, distant from the 



flower. Cal. (Cor., Sm.) petaloid, of 5 9 leaves. Pet. none. 



Pericarps with or without awns. 



14. ADONIS. Cal. of 5 leaves. Pet. 5 10, without any necta- 

 ry. Pericarps without awns. 



15. RANUNCULUS. Cal. of 5 leaves. Pet. 5, with a nectariferous 

 pore a at the base. Pericarps without awns. (In R. Ficaria 

 there are 3 cal. leaves and many petals.) 



** Pericarps dehiscent, \-cclled, many -seeded. 



18. CALTHA. Cal. (Cor., Sm.) of 5 leaves, petaloid. Pet. none, 

 Pericarps several, compressed, spreading, with many seeds. 



16. TROLLIUS. Cal. (Cor., Sm.) of 5 or many leaves. Pet. 

 (Nect. 9 Sm.) 5 or, many, minute, tubular at the base. Pericarps 

 cylindrical, many-seeded. 



17. HELLEBORUS. Cal. (Cor., Sm.) of 5 petals, subcoriaceous, 

 persistent. Pet. (NecL 9 Sm.) S 10, very small, tubular, 

 somewhat two-lipped, nectariferous. Pericarps compressed, 

 nearly erect, many- seeded. 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



1. ACT/EA. 



1. A. spicata (ffcrb Christopher), racemes ovate. E. B. t. 918. 



HAD. Cliesh woods, Mr. Arnott. Fl. May. 1J. . 



One foot to two feet high, slightly branched, leafy. Leaves petiolate, 

 thrice ternate ; leaflets ovate, deeply serrated, the upper ones fre- 

 quently lobed. Raceme on a long stalk, terminal. Petals smaller 

 than the cal., white. 



2. CHELIDONIUM. 



1. Ch. majus (Celadine). Lig/itf. p. 278. E. B. t. 1581. 



HAB. Waste places, about towns and villages, but not common. 

 Fl. May, June. 7/ . 



Stem about two feet high, rounded, slightly hairy, brittle, full of a 

 fetid yellow juice. Leaves pinnated, with generally 5 leaflets, which 

 ape decurrent, broadly ovate, lobed, with the lobes again crenato- 

 lobate. Flowers on long stalked umbels, yellow, rather small. Pod 

 long, somewhat turgid. 



3. GLAUCIUM. 



1. Gl. luteum (yellow -horned Poppy), peduncles 1-flowered, 

 leaves (of the stem) amplexicaul sinuate, stem glabrous. 

 Lightf.p. 2/9 (Ckelidoniurn glauciam), E. B, t. 8. 



" This nectariferous pore is analogous to the tubular petals (nectaries of 

 Sm.) in Trollhis and Helleborus, only in these last the broad expansion is 

 wanting which forms the principal part of the petal in Ranunculut. 



