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I. RANUNCULACE^E. 



CLEMATIS. 



FIG. 39. 1. Ranunculus buJbosus. 2. A petal with the nectariferous scale. 3. A carpel with its beak 

 4. Vertical section, showing the erect ovule. 5. Aquilegia Cunajlensis. 6. Torus, with the_stamens and 

 pistils, and a petal attached. 7. Follicle. 8. Seed. 9. Its vertical section, showing the funiculus and 

 minute embryo. 10. Cross section of the flower, showing the arrangement of the 5 ovaries, the 20 

 stamens in 4 series, &c. 



Conspectus of the Genera. 



<, Pet. l-ljpped. TroUiiis. 

 f Flowers (cauline. Pct. 2-lipped. Ile.llebonis. 



,'arpels 



1. CLEMATIS. 



Gr. K\ripa, a tendril; climbing by tendrils, or twining petioles instead. 



Calyx 4-(rarely 5, 6 or 8-) sepaled, colored, pubescent; corolla 0, 

 or smaller than the calyx; filaments 00, shorter than the sepals; 

 ovaries 4 20; styles longer than the stamens ; achenia caudate with 

 the long, plumose, permanent style. ^ Mostly climbing. Leaves 

 mostly compound and opposite. 



