202 ORDER 1. RANUNCULACE^E. 



10 C. ovata Ph. Leaves 'broadly ovate, glabrous, glaucous and veiny beneath. 

 N. Car. to Ma. Stem simple, 1 2f high, glabrous as well as the whole plant. 

 Leaves entire, simple, on short petioles, the lower subcordate. The stem termi- 

 nates in a short, nodding, purple flower, with ovate-acuminato sepals. Achenia 



i with long plumous tails. 



11 C. Baldwinii T. & G. Leaves varying from oblong to lance-linear, the lower 

 3-lobed or cleft. Tampa Bay, FJa. (Baldwin.) Slender, 1 2f high. Lvs. acute 

 at base, about ' by 2', petiolate. Flower cylindrical-campanulate, purplish, on a 

 long terminal peduncle. Plumous tails 2' long. 



12 C. Flammula L. Flowers paniculate ; Ivs. pinnate ; Ifts. oblong, acute at 

 each end. S. Europe and 1ST. Africa, often cultivated. Its long, half woody, 

 angular, climbing stems form shady masses, covered with small, white, cynious, 

 extremely fragrant flowers. Lfts. very variable. Fruit tipped with long shasrgy 

 tails. JL, Oct.f 



13 C. florida L. Flowers solitary ; sepals acuminate, smooth; Ifts. ovate, acute. 

 From Japan. Vine 12f long. Lvs. ternato and decompound; Ift3. entire. 

 Peduncles longer than tho leaves, bearing each a large, white-yellow flower. 

 Jn., Sept.f 



14 C. Viticella L. Flower solitary ; sepals obovate. From Spain. Tine long 

 and climbing, with ternately decompound leaves. Lfts. entire, ovate or oval. 

 Flower large, purple, tho sepals broad, obtuse at end, often doublo. Jn. Sept.f 



15. C. lasiantha Nutt. Fls. solitary, dioecious, on clustered 2-leaved branch- 

 lets; sepals oblong- cuneate, spreading, villous on both sides; Ivs. ternate, Ifts. 

 broadly ovate, incisely toothed, the terminal 3-lobed or cleft. Vine delicate, 

 climbing many feet, pubescent or villous. Lfts. about 1^-' by 1'. Peduncles 3' 

 long, the pale blue-purple fl. !' broad.f Rocky Mts. 



2. ANEMONE, L. Fig. 361. (Gr. dvefiog, wind. Most of the 

 species grow in elevated or windy places.) Involucre remote from the 

 flower, of 3 divided leaves; calyx regular, of 5 15 colored sepals; 

 corolla ; stamens oo, much shorter than the sepals ; ovaries GO, free, 

 collected into a roundish or oblong head ; achenia with a short, rarely 

 lengthened beak; seeds suspended. 2{ Lvs. radical, stem Ivs. 2 or 3 

 opposite or whorled, forming the involucre. 



PCJLSATILLA. Carpels many (5075) with long, plumous tails No. 1 



AXEMONE proper. Carpels not produced into tails. (*) 



* Pistils many (50 70) in a head, densely woolly in fruit, (a) 



a Involucrate leaves sessile, with a single flower Nos. 2 t 



a Involucrate leaves petiolate, with 2 3 flowers , Xos. 5 7 



* Pistils fewer (15 20), merely pubescent in fruit Xos. S. 9 



* Pistils few (10 15), glabrous. Flowers umbeled Nos. 10, 11 



Exotic, cultivated species Xos. 12, !'. 



1 A. Nuttalliaiia DC. PASQUE-FLOWER. Plant clothed with silky hairs. St. in 

 flower very short, in fruit 8 12' high. Lvs. long-stalked, many-cleft, segments 

 linear or cuneiform, incised. Involucre below the middle of the stem, sessile, 

 subulately dissected, concave or cup-shaped in position. Sep. of the single 

 showy flower 5 or 6, 1' long, pale-purple, silky outside, appearing before the 

 leaves, in Apr. Tails of the carpels l' long. Dry hills. Wise., 111., "W. to R. 

 Mts. (A. patens L. Pulsatilla, Gray.) 



2 A. Caroliniana "Walt. Lvs. 3-parted into cuneate-linear, twice trifid segments ; 

 invol. similarly cleft halfway, hand-shaped; sep. 15 20, obtuse; head of carpels 

 cylindraceous-oblong. A delicately beautiful plant, Car. to Ark. and ISTebr. 

 Khizome tuberous, sending up many stalked, multifid leaves and a scape 6 10' 

 high, bearing the 2 or 3-leaved involucre below the middle, and the single largo, 

 fragrant, white or rose-colored flower at top. Scape pubescent above. Outer 

 sepals dotted with purple, oblong, the inner (or petals) narrower, all nearly per- 

 sistent. InvoL similar to, or less deeply cleft than the leaves. Apr. (A, tenella, 



3 A. heteropliylla Nutt. Lvs. of roundish-oval, crenate segments; invol. 

 linear-cleft to the base ; sep. acute, 5 13 ; head of carpels cylindrical. Ga. (near 

 Macon, Mettauer) to La. (Hale) and Ark. Khizome tuberous. Radical Ivs. one or 



