Ran u ncti lacece Ca It ha . 



1. (7. palustris. Marsh Marigold. A showy native plant 

 growing* on the margins of streams and in swampy places, pro- 

 ducing its large yellow flowers in Spring. There is a double- 

 flowered variety (fig. 9) in cultivation. 



7. TBX3LLIUS. 



Erect perennials. Leaves deeply palmately lobed. Flowers 

 terminal, large, globular, yellow or lilac. Sepals 5 to 15, 

 petaloid. Petals 5 to 15, small, narrow, shortly clawed, with a 

 glandular pit at the base of the 

 blade. Carpels many, several- 

 seeded. Few species, natives of 

 temperate Europe, Asia, and North 

 America. Name from trol, a globe, 

 in Old German. 



1. T. Europceus (fig. 10> Com- 

 mon Globe Flower. This plant is 

 a native of Britain and the moun- 

 tains of Central Europe generally. 

 It is in bloom from May to July. 



Fig. 9. Caltha palustris flore pleno. ( nat. size.) Tig. 10. Trollius Europasus. (J nat. size.) 



Flowers lemon-yellow. T. Asidticus has dark orange rather 

 larger flowers ; T. Caucdsicus bright yellow ; and T. Ameri- 

 canus, a dwarfer species, has also yellow flowers with spreading 

 sepals. 



