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FAMILIES OF ANGIQSPERMS. 



five to nine usually. The stamens are more numerous, as is the 



general rule in the members of 

 the family, but the number of 

 the pistils is small. Each one is 

 separate, and forms a little pod 

 when the seed is ripe. The marsh- 

 marigold, as its 

 name implies, oc- 

 curs in marshy or 

 wet places and 

 along the muddy 

 banks of streams. 

 It is one of the 

 common flowers in April and 

 May. 



Many of the crowfoots or but- 

 tercups (Ranunculus) with bright 

 yellow flowers grow in similar 

 situations. The "wood anem- 

 one" (Anemone), small plants 



Diagram of marsh-marigold with white flowers, and the rue-anemone 

 flower. (Anemonella), which resembles it, both 



flower in woods in early spring. The common virgin's-bower 

 (Clematis virginiana) occurs along streams or on hillsides, climb- 

 ing over shrubs or fences. The vine 

 is somewhat woody. The leaves are 

 opposite, petioled, and are composed 

 of three leaflets, which are ovate, 

 three-lobed, and usually strongly 

 toothed, and somewhat heart-shaped 

 at the base. The flower-clusters are 

 borne in the axils of the leaves, and 

 therefore may also be opposite. The 

 clusters are much branched, forming Fig. 5 6i. 



a convex mass of beautiful whitish Diagram of aqui " 

 flowers. The sepals are colored and the petals may be absent, 



Fig- 559- 



Caltha palustris, marsh- 

 marigold. 



Fig. 560. 



