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I. PolyiM'talous Division. 



1. CROWFOOT FAMILY, oni.r KAxrxcrLACK.E. 



Herbs, or fioineliines slij^litl y wood}' ])liints, witli a colon .'less juice, sliarp or acrid to the 

 taste. Parts of llie flower uU Hei)ar;itc and tlistinct, and iiiserit'd on tlit,- receptacle. I'etals 

 often wantinj^ or of singular shapes. Stamens many, or at least nioip tiian 13. Pistils 

 many, or more than one (except in Larkspur, lianeherry, and linybam-). '^d entirely 

 separate, except in Fennel-flower, in fruit becoming aki;nes or })(xls, or someiimcs berries. 

 The leaves are generally compound, or much cut or i)arted, and without stipules. 



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237. Flowor (if I'l'iinsylvaiiinii Aiieinouy. 238. Half a fli)\vi>r of n Crowfoot, magiiifii'il. 2";». A iiptiil, sliowinp Its little scale. 

 240. 1'ikI of Mar.sli Mar:t;"I''. npi'liiiij;. -41. A pistil nf Aiii'inony, iiingiiifiiMl, llic ovary cut tliroiiiili in .sliow tlio ovule in it. 

 242. Akcni! ot t'ruwfoiit, i'nlar;,'i'il. '.M;'. Siiinc, cut tliri>ii(;li to .slmw lln; scnl in it. '.'44. KiiLiriicd crms-s.'ctiipn nf tlu' spp.ils of 

 Viruiii'sliowcr No. 1, in tlie bud. 245. Same of Vlrginn-liowor No. 3. 21*;. Akoiie and ft-atli-'ry tail ur .stylo of Viitjin's-lJower 

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The genera are numerous. The following table or key leads to the name of each. 



Climbing plantH, with opposite, generally compound leaves, no real petals, the edges of 



the .sejials tinned inwards in the bud, {C/tmatis) Virgin'sBowKB. 



Not climbing : leaves all alternate eioept in Aneraony : sepahs overlapping in the bud. 

 Pistils many or several, i -seeded, becoming akenes in fruit. 

 I'etals none : but the sepals coloured like i)etals. 



Three leaves under the flower exactly imitating a calyx, (Hepdtica) Hepatica. 



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