RANUNCULACEJE. X. ADONIS. XI. HAMADRYAS. 



SECT. II. CONSOLIGO, (perhaps derived from Consolido to 

 unite, on account of the plants being perennial) D. C. syst. 1. 

 p. 224. prod. 1 . p. 24. Cariopsides hooked with the recurved 

 styles, collected into an ovate head. Petals 8-15. Stamens 25-30. 

 Roots perennial, black, acrid, and purgative. Flowers yellow. 



11 AD. VERNA V LIS (Lin. spe. 771.) radical or lower leaves 

 abortive, or reduced to somewhat sheathing scales, the middle 

 and upper ones sessile and multifid, with very entire lobes, carpels 

 velvety; petals 10-12, oblong, rather denticulated. I/ . H. 

 Native of France, Siberia, Tauria, Switzerland, and Italy, on 

 hills and in valleys, in sunny places of mountains, flowering in 

 the spring after the melting of the snow. Gaert. fruct. 1. 

 p. 355. t. 74. Curt. bot. mag. 134. Schkuh. hand. No. 1490. 

 t. 152. Ad. helleborus, Grant, aust. 2. p. 82. Ad. Apennina, 

 Jacq. aust. t. 44. Ad vernalis a. Lam. diet. 1. p. 45. ill. 

 t. 498. f. 3. 



Var. ft, Mentzelii (D. C. syst. 1. p. 225. prod. 1. p. 25.) Ad. 

 Apennina, Lin. spe. 772. Ad vernalis /3. Lam. diet. 1. p. 45. 

 Mentz pug. t. 3. f. 1. 



Var. y, Sibirica (Patrin. D. C. syst. et prod. 1. c.) Native of 

 Siberia on the banks of the river Oby about Barnaoul. Gmel. 

 sib. p. 200. No. 43. Not differing from the European plant, 

 unless that the flowers are a little larger. 



Spring Adonis. Fl. Mar. April. Clt. 1629. PI. 1 foot. 



12 AD. VoLGE'Nsis(Stev. ined. D. C. syst. i. p. 545.) radical 

 or lower leaves abortive, or reduced to somewhat sheathing scales, 

 middle and upper ones sessile, multifid, with the lobules toothed 

 at their margins ; carpels somewhat velvety ; calyx pubescent on 

 the outside; petals 10-12, oblong. I/. H. Native of the 

 Russian empire at the rivers Volga and Rhymnus. Deless. icon, 

 sel. 1. t. 20. Ad. Apennina ? Pall. nov. act. petrop. vol. 10. 

 Ad. chaerophylla. Fisch. ined. An intermediate plant between 

 Ad. vernalis and Pyrenaica, differing from the first in the stems 

 being branched, leaves more distant, carpels much less velvety ; 

 from the last by the lower leaves being abortive, squamiform, 

 and with the carpels when young somewhat velvety ; differing 

 from the whole in the sepals of calyx being pubescent on the 

 outside, not smooth. 



Volga Adonis. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 foot. 



13 AD. IRCUTIA'NA (D. C. prod. i. p. 25.) radical leaves ? mid- 

 dle and upper ones sessile, pinnately, many-parted with toothed 

 lobules ; calyx very smooth ; petals obovate. If. . H. Native 

 of Siberia about Irkoutsk. A species not sufficiently known. 



Irkoutsk Adonis. PI. 1 foot. 



14 AD. SisiiucA (Patrin. ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 218) 

 plant quite smooth ; segments of leaves short, cut ; petals nu- 

 merous obovate, crenulate at the apex, much longer than the 

 calyx. "J/ . H. Native of Siberia. 



Siberian Adonis. Fl. April, July. PI. 1 foot. 



15 AD. DAVU'RICA (Rchb. icon. t. 321. Spreng. syst. app. p. 

 218) segments of leaves trifid, linear; petals 12, spatulate, cre- 

 nulated at the apex, much longer than the smooth calyx. If. . H. 

 Native of Dahuria. 



Dahurian Adonis. PI. 1 foot. 



1 6 AD. VILLO'S A (Ledeb. in litt. ex Spreng. I.e.) petals 1 2, linear- 

 oblong, crenulate at the apex, twice the length of pubescent calyx ; 

 stembranched,and is, as well as the leaves, hoary villous ; segments 

 of leaves trifid, linear, pointed. }/ . H. Native of Russia on 

 Mount Imaus. This plant differs from A. Sibirica of Rchb, in 

 being villous, as well as in the stem being branched, and the seg- 

 ments of the leaves narrower. 



Villous Adonis. PI. 1 foot. 



17 AD. PYRENA'ICA (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 635) radical leaves on 

 long stalks, with trifid petioles and many-parted segments, upper 

 ones sessile multifid, with linear very entire lobules ; carpels 

 smooth; petals 8-10, oblong- cuneated, entire. 3/.H. Native 



of the Eastern Pyrenees in the valley called Eynes ; and near 

 Edinburgh, in Hungary. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 21. Stem 

 beyond a foot high and usually much branched. Radical leaves 

 with trifid stalks not squamiform. Flowers almost sessile. Pe- 

 dicel of fruit much elongated. Petals smaller and more obtuse 

 than in Ad. vernalis. Fruit also smooth. Like Ad. vernalis but 

 truly distinct. 



Far. /3, minor (D. C. prod. 1. p. 25). Native of the south of 

 the Apennines in Mount Velino. Ad. Apennina, Schousb. in 

 litt. not Lin. 



Pyrenean Adonis. Fl. July. Clt. 1817. PI. 1| foot. 



Cult. A genus of beautiful plants. Those species belonging 

 to section Addnia being annual, only require to be sown in open 

 borders ; those belonging to section Consoligo are very handsome 

 perennial herbaceous flowering plants, very proper for the front 

 of flower -borders ; they may be either increased by dividing the 

 plants at the roots or by seeds. 



XI. HAMADRY AS (from apa, hama, together, dpvov, dryon, 

 a forest ; habitat.) Commers. in Juss. gen. p. 232. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria Polygynia. Flowers dioecious from abor- 

 tion. Calyx of 5 or 6 sepals, (f. 8. a.) Petals 10-12, linear, 

 long. (f. 8, 6.) Male flowers with numerous short stamens, 

 female ones with numerous ovaries and sessile stigmas. Carpels 

 ovate, 1 -seeded. Small downy herbs with the appearance of 

 Ranunculus. Leaves radical, palmate, stalked. Scapes 2 or 3- 

 flowered, hardly longer than the leaves. Flowers yellow, alter- 

 nate, sessile, collected at the top of the scape into a sort of spike. 



1 HAM. MAGELLA'NICA (Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 67) calyx smooth, upper 

 leaves smooth above, 3-parted ; 

 lobes deeply parted. I/ . H. Native 

 of the Straits of Magellan in moun- 

 tainous groves. Deless. icon. sel. 1 . 

 t. 22. Herb erect. Radical leaves 

 3 or 4, with the base of the petioles 

 dilated, and smooth, the rest villous. 

 Scapes hairy, a little longer than the 

 leaves. 



Magellan Hamadryas. PI. -j ft. 

 (f. 8.) 



2 HAM. TOMENibsA (D. C. syst. 

 1. p. 227) calyx tomentose ; upper 

 leaves cobwebbed, villous, 5 or 7- 



cleft into oblong or subtrifid lobes. I/ . H. Native of South 

 America, in Statenland, on the declivities of mountains. Herb 

 erect, tomentose. Radical leaves 2 or 3, somewhat orbicular, 

 upper ones somewhat cordate at the base. Scapes simple, a little 

 longer than the petioles. Flowers 2 or 3, sessile, crowded at the 

 top of the scape. Ovaries disposed into a round head. 



Tomentose Hamadryas. Fl. Feb. March. PI. ^ foot. 



Cult. These plants will require to be kept in pots, in a mix- 

 ture of sand and loam. They should be protected during winter 

 by a frame, and may be either increased by dividing the plants at 

 the roots or by seeds. 



Tribe III. 



RANU'NCULEJE, (plants agreeing with Ranunculus in 

 habit and character,) D. C. syst. 1. p. 228; prod. 1. p. 25. 

 Calyx and corolla imbricate in the bud. (f. 14. a.) Petals fur- 

 nished with a scale on the inside at the base (f. 9. c.) or bilabiate. 

 Carpels 1-seeded (f. 9. g.~) dry, unopening. (f. 9. e.) Seed erect, 

 (f. 9./.) Leaves radical or alternate, (f. 9.) Flowers of various 

 colors but never blue. Herbs. 



