PL ex. thai. 85. RANUNCULACEiE. 709 



base of the perisperm. — Plants herbaceous or shrubby; 

 leaves alternate, lobed, dilated at bottom, slightly sheathing; 

 stipules 0. 



A. Anthers opening towards the centre of ihejiower. 



Sepales 4, deciduous ; petals 4 ; 

 lerry 1-celled, many-seeded AcTiEA. 457^ 



Sepales 5, persisting; petals 5; 

 camares many-seeded Pjeonia. ^iSW' 



B. Anthers opening outwardly ; camares many^ many-seeded*^ 



Petals 4, 2 upper spurred ; sepales irregular, 

 petaloid; upper forming a spur Consolida. 459. 



Petals 5, tailed ; sepales 5, regular, 

 petaloid, deciduous Aouilegia. 460. 



Pet, 8 or 10, 2-lipped; sepales 5, regular, 

 coriaceous, persisting; camares sessile Helleborus. 461. 



Pet. 5 to 10, 2-lipped; sepales 5 to 10, regular, 

 petaloid; camares sessile Troblius. 462. 



Petals ; sepales regular, petaloid, 

 camares sessile . . , Caltha. 463. 



C. Anthers opening outwardly ; cariopsides many, on the 

 receptacle. 



Petals 9, base scaled ; sepales 3, 

 base not produced; cariopsides blunt Ficaria. 464. 



Petals 5, base scaled ; sepales 5, 

 base not produced ; cariopsides smooth Ranunculus. 465. 



Petals 5, base pitted ; sepales 5, 

 base not produced ; caWojf^iic?<?5 wrinkled Batrachium. 466; 



Petals 5, base nectariferous; sepales 5, 

 base produced Myosurus. 467. 



Pet. 5 to 10, base naked; sepales 5; 

 involucrum ; style straight, pointed, Adonis. 468. 



Pefi 0; sepales 5 to 10; involucrum 

 3-leaved, distant; leaves cut; cariopsides 

 tailless Anemonanthea. 470. 



Pet. 0; sepales 5; involucnim 3-leaved, 

 distant; leaves cut; cariopsides tailed . . . Pulsatilla, 471. 



Pet. ; sepales 4;; cariopsides tailless, 

 sessile, longitudinally streaked Thalictrum. 472. 



Pet. ; sepales 4 ; cariopsides tallied, 

 sessile, feathered Gx.£matis. 473. 



