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6 Flowers regular 7 



C Flowers irregular h 



7 Petals none e 



7 Petals smaller than the sepals . . . .f 

 7 Petals larger than the sepals g 



ft Petals none or stamen-like. Leaves all opposite. Virgin's Bower. CLEM ATIS. ' 

 b Stem leaves opposite, remote from the flower. Anem'one. ANEMONE. '2 



b Leaves all radical. 3 bracts close to the flower. LiverUaf. HEPAT'ICA. 



c flowers mostly imperfect. Leaves compound. Meadow Rue. THALIC'TRUM. 12 



e Flws. perfect. Lvs. simple, palmately lobed. Prairie Rue. TRAUTVETTE'RIA. 

 d Leaves all radical, linear. Torus linear. Small plant. 



Moitsetail. MYOSU'KCS. 



d Lvs. cauline. Petals with a honey-scale at base. Crowfoot. RANUN'CDLUS. 4 

 d Leaves cauline. No honey-scale. Petals red or yellow. 



PheasanCs-eye. ADO'NIS. 5 



H Sepals white, 5 in number. Leaves compound. False Rue. ISOPY'RUM. 



c Sepals yellow, 6-9. Marsh. Marigold. CAL'THA". 6 



f Petals tubular at apex. Roots yellow. GoLl-thrtad,. COP'TIS. 7 



f Petals tubular at base, 1-hpped. Globe-flower. TROL'LIUS. 8 



f Petals tubular, 2-lipped. Sepals persistent. Hellebore. HELLEB'ORUS. 



f Petals concave, 2-lobed. Flowers racemed. Ytllmo-root. ZANTHORHI'ZA. 



g Petcis larger than the colored sepals, 3-lobed. Fennel-flower. NIGEI/LA. 



g Petals larger than the colored sepals, spurred alike. Columbine. AQCILE'GIA. 9 

 h Upper sepal spurred, inclosing spurred petals. Larkspur. DELPHIN'IUM. 10 

 h Upper sepal hooded, covenng 2 deformed petals. Monk's-hood. ACONI'TUM. 11 



k Flowers numerous, in long, slender racemes. uyba,M. CIMICIF'UGA. 



t Flowers many, in short racemes. Berries simple. Baneberry. ACT^'A. 13 



k Flower one only. Leaves 2. Berry compound. Turmeric-root. HYDRAS'TIB. 14 

 in Disk sheathing the ovaries. Very Showy. Peony. P^O'NIA. 



1. CLEM' ATIS. Virgin's Bower. 



Calyx ot 4 colored sepals, valvate-indnplicate in the bud. Petals none, 

 or small and stamen-like. Stamens many, shorter than the sepals. Ova- 

 ries many, styles becoming long and feathery upon the seed-like achenia. 

 H Mostly climbing vines, with twisted petioles for tendrils, and with 

 opposite, compound leaves. 



Leaves verticillate. Outer stamens petal-like. Vine No. 1 



Leaves opposite. Petals none. Calyx colored a 



a Erect herbs near 1 foot high. Flowers solitary 10, 11, 12 



a Vines climbing. . . b 



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