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348. Flowers yellow. (Nos. 349-376.) 



Leaflets or divisions of the leaf without marginal teeth 



no. 370 



Leaflets or divisions of the leaf always toothed, sometimes 

 deeply so 

 Sepals united towards the base, only the tips free (See Fig. 



369) Rose Family no. 359 



Sepals distinct and separate 



Buttercups and Globe-flower no. 349 



349. BUTTERCUPS AND GLOBE-FLOWER 



Herbs with much divided, but not truly compound leaves, 

 the segments always more or less toothed, sometimes deeply 

 so, and in some species even dissected. (Not so in No. 351.) 

 Flowers solitary or in loose open clusters. Sepals separate 

 and free to the base, sometimes colored and petal-like. Petals, 

 when present, 5, not united. Fruits dry, pod-like and often 

 short-beaked, i -seeded in the buttercups and several seeded 

 in the Globe-flower (No. 350). (Rammculaceae.) There is 

 but one species of Globe-flower, but over thirty of the But- 

 tercup, or Crowfoot, as it is often called. Of these only eight 

 are considered here. In some species the basal leaves are 

 rounded and uncut, while the stem leaves are divided. The 

 Buttercups and Globe-flower may be separated thus : 



Petals more or less incurved, the flower globe-like 



Globe-flower no. 350 



Petals spreading, the flower not globe-like 

 Leaves uncut, toothless or nearly so . . Water Spearwort no. 351 

 Leaves, at least those on the stem cut or divided (some basal 

 leaves uncut) 



Flowers small, scarcely % i"- wide; basal leaves roundish and 



merely wavy-margined .... Kidney-leaved Crowfoot no. 352 



Flowers mostly over ^ in. wide ; basal leaves cut or divided. 



Plants somewhat prostrate, rooting at the joints 



Creeping Buttercup no. 353 



Plants essentially erect 

 Leaf divisions deeply or much cut 



Flowers about i in. wide; fruit short beaked 



Roots fibrous Meadow Buttercup no. 354 



Roots bulbous Bulbous Buttercup no. 355 



