CLASS I. DICOTYLEDONS. 



Division I. POLYPETALS. 

 Sub- Division I. THALAM [FLORAE. 



RANUNCULACE^S. 



Tribe I. CLEMATIDE^E. Sepals valvate. Shrubs with opposite leaves. 

 Petals o. Sepals petaloid CLEMATIS. 



Tribe II. ANEMONES. Sepals imbricate. Achenes with i pendulous seed. 



Involucre o. Sepals 4-5, petaloid. Petals o THALICTRUM. 



Involucre of 3 leaves. Sepals 4-20, petaloid. Petals o ANEMONE. 



Involucre o. Sepals 5-8, petaloid. Petals 5-16, conspicuous ADONIS. 



Tribe III.RANUNCULES. Sepals imbricate. Achenes with i ascending seed. 



Beak of carpel 5-6 times its length CERATOCKPHALUS. 



Beak of carpel not longer than it _ RANUNCULUS. 



Tribe IV. HELLEBORES. Sepals imbricate. Follicles many seeded except 

 in Actaea. 



* Flowers regular. 



Sepals petaloid. Petals o CALTHA. 



Sepals petaloid, deciduous. Petals small, entire TROLLIUS. 



Sepals petaloid, persistent. Petals small, 2 lipped HELLEBORUS. 



Sepals petaloid, deciduous. Petals small, 2 lipped ERANTHIS. 



Sepals herbaceous. Petals large, red P^ONEA. 



Sepals petaloid, deciduous, pink. Petals small, 2 lipped GARIDELLA. 



Sepals 5, petaloid, deciduous. Petals small, 2 lipped NIGELLA. 



Sepals 5-6, petaloid. Petals large, spurred AQUILEGIA. 



** Flowers irregular. 



Sepals many, the dorsal one spurred DELPHINIUM. 



Sepals many, the dorsal one arched and hooded ACONITUM. 



*** Flowers nearly regular. Fruit a berry ACTJEA. 



CLEMATIS L. 



C, Vitalba L. Old Man's Beard. Stem climbing, angular. Leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly cordate at base, incisodentate. 

 Flowers greenish-white. Awns feathery, i inch long. 



Hedges and thickets, common. June, July. 



C. Flammula L. (Plate IV). Stem climbing. Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 

 almost linear, entire. Sepals glabrous within, tomentose at borders. Flowers 

 white, in a loose panicle, scented. Awns feathery, short. A variable plant. 



Hedges, thickets, and waste places on the littoral, and on some of the hills 

 to over 800 m. June-August. 



THALICTRUM L. MEADOW-RUE. 



T. minus L. A most variable species with 8 or 9 subspecies and varieties 

 in the Var. The sub-species are T. majus, Jacq. ; T. expansum, Jord. ; T. 

 montanum, Wallr. ; T. silvaticum, K., and T. ambigens, Jord. Stems 



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