RANUNCULACE^E 85 



Leaves radical, ternately cut, alternate, exstipulate, petiolate ; 

 petioles subterete, channelled above, sheathing at the base. 



No. 1. Tri-fid or -partite, glabrous, springing from the bud, which 

 is situated some distance beneath the soil, deep green above, red or 

 purple beneath ; middle lobe trifid, cuneate at the base, and the 

 middle segment often tridentate ; lateral lobes unilateral and bifid 

 or toothed along the posterior side. 



Anemone polyantha, Don. 



Cotyledons connate by their petioles to the very top, and the 

 laminae also sometimes connate at the base, appearing perfoliate. 



Leaves. No. 1. Eeniform, trifid, trinerved, terminal lobe tri- 

 dentate ; lateral lobes bidentate. The plumule emerges at the 

 base of the cotyledon. 



Ultimate leaves orbicular, five- to nine-lobed and -nerved ; lobes 

 obtuse, frequently trifid, cut, toothed basal ones much overlapping. 



Anemone rupicola, Camb. 



Cotyledons connate by their petioles nearly to the top. 



Leaves. No. 1. Cuneate, trinerved, shortly trifid ; middle lobe 

 tridentate ; lateral lobes bi- to tri-dentate. This leaf is sometimes 

 absent. 



No. 2. Eeniform-triangular, deeply trifid, three- to five-nerved ; 

 middle lobe cuneate, tridentate ; lateral lobes bifid or sub-bifid and 

 slightly toothed. 



Anemone nemorosa, A. Pulsatilla, and A. Hepatica have been 

 described and figured by Irmisch. 1 



Thalictrum minus, L. (fig. 124). 



Hypocotyl terete, glabrous, succulent, reddish, 2-4 mm. long. 



Cotyledons broadly ovate, obtuse, subcordate at the base, deep 

 glaucous green, petiolate ; petiole 3-5 mm. 

 long, glaucous purple, subterete, flattened 

 above, glabrous ; lamina 4-6 mm. long, 3-4'5 

 mm. broad. 



Stem leafy. 



Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate, 

 petiolate, radical (and cauline ultimately) FlG - 124. Thalictrum 



.. , , , . , minus. Nat. size. 



deep green, minutely pubescent ; petioles 



terete, dilated and sheathing at the base, minutely pubescent. 



No. 1. Ternate, leaflets rotund, trifid, reticulate the lateral 

 ones being oblique on the posterior side. 



1 Bot. Zeit. 1856, pp. 1, 17. 



