ORDER l.-RANUNCULACE^E. 17 



1 C. vertlclllarls DC. LVP. in whorl? of 4, each teruate, and 2 large pnrple fls. at 



each node. Highland woods, Me. to Ga., W. to Rky. Mts. 15f. May, June. Rare. 



2 C, VIrgliilana L. Glabrous ; Ivs. ternate, Ifts. lobed and cut-dentate ; achenia long, 



plumed, in feathery tufts. Thickets, Can. to Ga., W. to Mo. 15f. Aug. t 



3 C. Catesbyaiia Ph. "Pubescent ; Ivs. biternate, Ifts. ovate, mostly 3-lobed, lobes en- 



tire; ach. short-plumed ; pep. small, linear-oblong. Coast, S. Car. to Fla. 12f. July 



4 C. holosericea Ph. Silky-pubescent ; Ivs. teruate, Ifts. lance-oblong, entire ; fls. in 



small corymbous clusters ; sep. linear ; ach. long-plumed. Carolina. Dioecious. 

 6 C. crispa L. Lvs. ternate, pinnate, or decompound, Ifts. varying from ovate to lan- 

 ceolate, and linear, acute, thin, smooth ; ach. tails short, pubescent. VSL. to Ga. ami 

 La. Lfts. 315. Fls. elegant, 15" long. (C. Waited Ph., C. cyliudrica Sims. &c.) 



6 C. reticulata. Walt. Lvs. ternate or pinnate, Ifts. 37, obtuse at each end, at length 



rigid and prominently veined, often lobed ; tails silky. Fla. Sep. 13 15" long. 



7 C. Viorna L. Leather-flower. Lvs. pinnate. Ifts. ovate, acute, smooth ; sep. lanco- 



ovate, the cuspidate points reflexed; ach. tails long, plumous. Woods, O. to Ga. 

 10 15f. Peduncles with a pair of simple leaves. Summer. Rare. 



g c. Pitclieri T. & G. Leaves pinnate, leaflets coriaceous, roughened with the Lot- 

 ted veins; sepals lance-ovate ; ach. tails short, glabrous. 111., Iowa, to Ark. 



9 C. ocltroleuca Ait. Lvs. silky-pubescent beneath, ovate, entire; sep. silky, yei- 

 lowish within ; ach. plumes long, straw-color, y Woods, L. I. to Ga. Rare. If. 



IOC. ovata Ph. Leaves glabrous, glaucous beneath, broad-ovate ; flower on a short 

 peduncle, purple ; sepals ovate, pointed. U N. Car. to Fla. 1 2f. Leaves entire. 



11C. Baldwin!! T. & G. Lvs. oblong to lance-linear, the lower 3-lobed or cleft; 

 flower on a long peduncle, purplish. 2* Fla. 1 2f. Plumous tails 2' long. 



12 C. ERECTA. Stem 3f, weak, inclining; Ifts. lance-ovate, li Europe. August. 



13 C. FLAMMULA. Climbing 12 20f ; leaflets oval to oblong-linear, often lobed, acute, 

 smooth ; clusters terminal, fragrant. From France. August, September. 



14 C. INTEGRIFOLIA. Upright ; Ivs. lance., entire, smooth ; fls. nodding, blue. Eur. 2f. 



15 C. CIRRHOSA. Climbing; Ivs. ovate, subcordate, toothed ; fls. fragrant, white. Eur. 

 1 6 C. VITI^LLA. Lfts. 315, ovate or oval, entire; sep. obovate, purp., 15". Eur. Sum. 

 IT C. GRAVEOLENS. Lfts. 3 5, lanceolate, acute ; sep. oblanceolate, ylw., 9". Thibet. 

 IS C. FL6RIDA. Lvs. ternate /indbitern. ; sep. ovat, pointed, wh. or purplish. Japan. 



/3. SIEBOLDTII. Fls. 4' Iroad, creamy-white and purple, double. Splendid. 

 19 C. CCERUI.EA. Lvs. ternt, hairy ; fls. very large ; pep. lance-ovate, blue, &c. Japan. 

 ft. AZUREA-GBANDIFLORA. Flowers 57' broad, azure, or lilac-bine. July. 



2. ANEMONE, L. WEND-FLOWER. Involucre remote from the 

 flower, of 3 divided leaves, calyx regular, of 3 15 colored sepals. Corolla 

 0. Ovaries QO, free, collected into a roundish or oblong head. Achenia 

 with a short, rarely a lengthened beak. Seeds suspended. 1C Lvs. radi- 

 cal. Stem leaves 2 or 3, opposite, forming the involucre. Figs. 116, 176. 

 $ PULSATILLA. Carpelc. ir any (50 75), with long plumous tails. One large flower . .No. 1 

 ANEMONANTHEA. Civpejs hairy, but neither tailed nor grooved., .(a) 



a Pistils many (50 /u) in a head, densely matted with wool in fru't.. .(6) 



a Pistils fewor (IS -20) in a head, merely pubescent in fruit Nos. 2, 3 



b Stem leases (involucre) sessile, with a single flower ...Nos. 4 6 



ft Stem lea ie? (involucre) petiolate, with 2 or 3 flowcrg , Nos. 79 



| SYNDESMON. Carpels few, not caudate, glabrous and grooved No. 10 



Exotic, cultivated species Nos. 1113 



1 A. patens L. ft. J\*uttaUl~ann. Pasqu-e-flower. Clothed with long silky hairs; 

 Ivs. many-cleft, with linear segments, developed after the large spreading pale-purple 

 flower. Dry hills, 111., Wise, to Dak. (Matthews). 1' If. Sepals 5 or , 1'. April. 

 % A. ii*iorosa L. Smooth, 1-flowered ; leaves of the invol. 8. petiolate, " -5-pai .ed. 

 egm. cleft and lobed. Copses, com., 6 9>. PI. white, purple 6at*id A*r!l, May, 



