THE 



FLORA OF THE ALPS 





SUB-KINGDOM L ANGIOSPERMS. 



Seeds contained in a closed ovary. 



DIVISION I. DICOTYLEDONS OR EXOGENS. 



Stem, when woody and perennial, with distinct pith, 

 bark, and annual rings of wood; leaves usually net- 

 veined ; sepals, petals, and stamens usually in fours or 

 fives ; embryo with two opposite cotyledons. 



CLASS I.THALAMIFLOR^E. 



Flowers usually with both calyx and corolla; petals 

 (when present) distinct ; stamens springing from beneath 

 the ovary. (Orders I.-XXIV.) 



Order I. RANUNCULACE^E. 



Flowers regular or irregular; stamens indefinite in 

 number; sepals usually 5 or more, deciduous, often 

 coloured ; petals usually 5 or more, often minute or o ; 



carpels usually numerous and distinct, maturing into 



A 



