part IX 



ARRANGEMENT : NATURAL ORDERS, 

 GENERA, AND SPECIES. 



CLASS. DICOTYLEDONS. 



Plants with net veined leaves usually, and petals 2, 4, 5, 

 or 10 generally, but not 3 or 6. 



SUB-CLASS A. 

 Plants with both calyx and corolla. 



DIVISION I. POLYPETAL^E. 



Plants with corolla composed of entirely separate petals. 



SUB-DIVISION (a). 



Plants with stamens fixed on the receptacle or flower- 

 stalk (hypogynous), but not on sepals or petals. 



Order i. Ranunculaceae. Stamens 12 or more ; petals 

 or 5 or more ; sepals mostly 5, distinct ; fruit of 

 many distinct carpels, or one-seeded achenes ; herbs 

 mostly with alternate leaves and regular flowers. 



1. Clematis vitalba, 49 ; F. W. F.* vi. 29 ; July 24 ; 

 Stafford and Denbigh southwards. p. 122 



2. Thalictrum alpinum, 28 ; July 14 ; Shetland to 

 York and Carnarvon, rare in Ireland. p. 123 



3. Thalictrum minus, 65 ; July 15 ; from Orkney 

 southwards, Ireland. p. 131 



* Abbreviations used in Part II. i F. "W. F. = " Familiar Wild 

 Flowers/' see p. 4 E. = East ; N. = North ; S, = South ; W. = West, 



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