104 Ranunculaceae 



in damp ground, frequently forming mats 

 several feet across; flowering continuously 

 throughout the summer. 



Stems erect, 2-12 inches high, 

 Caltha lep- 

 tosepala 1-2 -flowered. Leaves roundish 



Hook. or oblong-cordate, longer than 



White broad, irregularly crenate- 



Marsh toothed; sepals 6-8, lanceolate, 



Marigold. -11 *-. i 



| of an inch long, white, strongly 



suffused with blue on the outside; stamens 

 numerous; pistils 5-15. 



In springy ground and wet alpine meadows 

 throughout the region, often growing in such 

 abundance as to make the meadows brilliant 

 with the blue and white flowers, which appear 

 soon after the snow has left the ground in 

 June and July. 



Trollius Stem erect, 6-12 inches high, 



albiflorus more or less branching. Leaves 



(A. Gray.) palmately divided, the segments 



Ry b> many cleft. Flowers solitary, 



Western 



Globe- I ~ I i i ncnes broad, subtended 



flower by a wliorl of leaves; sepals 



