SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND GENERA. 



Subkingdom I. FLOWERING PLANTS (PhaenogamsK 



Plants that produce proper flowers aud bear seeds. 



Class 1. DICOTYLEDONOUS AXGIOSPERMS. 



Embryo dicotyledonous. Leaves uetted-veined. Flowers mostly 5- or 4- 

 merous. 



Apopetalce. 

 (Sometimes without petals.) 



Order I. RANUNCULACEJG. 



Herbs or small shrubs. Stamens numerous. Carpels not united. 

 Sometimes without petals, and sepals colored like petals. 



Involucre, consisting of 2-3 divided leaves an inch or more below the flower. 

 lladical leaves, 3-7-parted. Carpels many without grooves, ending in a short 

 beak. Receptacle hemispherical, conical, or cylindrical. 



Windflower, Anemone. 



Involucre compound. Sepals 5-10, white. Petals 0. Stigma, broad, flat, 

 terminal. Leaves radical compound. Flowers umbellate. 



Rue Anemone, Anemonella. 



Sepals 3-.5. Petals, 5 or more, with a scale or pit at base. Stamens numerous, 

 seldom few. Akenes numerous, flattened, ovate, pointed, in globular or cylin- 

 drical heads. Leaves mostly radical. Flowers terminal, solitary, or corymbose. 



Buttercup, Crowfoot, Ranunculus. 



Flowers in compound panicles, greenish or white. Sepals 4-.5-7, concave, 

 falling early. No petals. P'ilaments larger above, longer than sepals. 

 Numerous akenes, ribbed or swollen. Leaves u.«?ually ternately compound, 

 leaflets stalked. 



Meadow Rue, Thalictrum. 



Growing in wet places or in the water. Sepals golden yellow, .5-9. Petals 

 wanting. Leaves round, kidney-shaped, usually crenate, glabrous. Follicles 



.5-10. 



Cowslip, Marsh Marigold, Caltha. 



Sepals 4, petal-like. Petals none. Akenes numerous. Styles feathery or 

 hairy. Leaves opposite, mostly climbers. 



Virgin's Bower, Clematis. 



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