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FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



five to nine usually. The stamens are more numerous, as is the 

 general rule in the members of 

 the family, but the number of 

 the pistils is small. Each one is 

 separate, and forms a little pod 

 when the seed is ripe. The marsh- 

 marigold, as its 

 name implies, oc- 

 curs in marshy or 

 wet places and 

 along the muddy 

 banks of streams. 

 It is one of the 

 flowers in April and 



Many of the crowfoots or but- 

 tercups (Ranunculus) with bright 

 yellow flowers grow in similar 

 situations. The "wood anem- 

 one" (Anemone), small plants 



Diagram S mlrsh-marigoid with white flowers, and the rue-anemone 

 flower. (Anemonella), which resembles it, both 



flower in woods in early spring. The common virgin' s-bower 



(Clematis virginiana) occurs along streams or on hillsides, climb- 



ing over shrubs or fences. The vine 



is somewhat woody. The leaves are 



opposite, petioled, and are composed 



of three leaflets, which are ovate, 



three-lobed, and usually strongly 



toothed, and somewhat heart-shaped 



at the base. The flower-clusters are 



borne in the axils of the leaves, and 



therefore may also be opposite. The 



clusters are much branched, forming 



f , f * 



a convex mass of beautiful whitish 



flowers. The sep'als are colored and the petals may be absent, 



Fig- s fi < 



Diagram of aauilecia flowe 



(Vines) 



