2 BUTTERCUP ORDER 



ACONITUM Linne 1753 ACONITE, MONKSHOOD 



(Gr. akoniton, monkshood, perhaps from its mountain habit) 



PL 1, fig. 1. 



Sepals 5, petal-like, blue to yellowish-white, the upper larger, helmet- 

 or hood-shaped ; petals 2-5, small or minute when 2, hidden in the helmet ; 

 stamens many, usually about 30, pistils 1-5, usually 3, fruit a several-seeded 

 follicle; flowers irregular, in a raceme or panicle; leaves 3-7-cleft or 

 divided ; poisonous perennials. 

 Flowers 2.5-3.5 cm. long; sepals of 3 kinds; petals 2, 



hidden A. cohtmbidnum 



ACTAEA Linne 1753 BANEBERRY 

 (Gr. aktea, elder, perhaps from resemblance of the leaves) 



Sepals 4-5, petal-like, white, falling as the flower opens, petals 4-10, 

 small, white, spatulate, stamens many, pistil 1, the ovary 1-celled with sessile 

 stigma, fruit a poisonous berry; flowers regular, in a spike-like raceme; 

 leaves thrice compound, leaflets coarsely toothed or lobed ; perennial. 

 Berries red, white or purple-black A. spicdta 



ANEMONE Linne 1753 ANEMONE, WINDFLOWER 



(Gr. anemone, shaken by the wind, hence windflower) 



PL 3, fig. 1. 



Sepals 4-20, petal-like, white, pink, red or purple, separate, petals none, 

 stamens many, pistils many, fruits 1-seeded usually hairy achenes in a dense 

 head or spike ; flowers regular, single or few in a cluster ; leaves usually 3-5- 

 divided, the upper usually sessile and forming aninvolucre below the flower ; 

 perennial. 



1. Fruits many, woolly 



a. Stem branched; flowers 2-several 



(1) Head of fruit cylindric A. cylindrica 



(2) Head of fruit round or nearly so A. multifida 



b. Stem not branched; flowers single 



(1) Sepals usually 10 or more A. decapetala 



(2) Sepals 5-6 A. parviflora 



2. Fruits usually less than 25, somewhat hairy, or 



smooth 



a. Fruits somewhat hairy ; flowers white or pink- 

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