56 POLYANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. TroUius, . 



280. TROLLIUS. Globe-flower. 



Lin7i.Gen.282. Juss.233. FLBr.507. Lam. t. 499. GeErtn. 

 t.WQ. DeCand.Stjst.v.].3\l. 



Nat. Ord. see 7i. 279. 



Cat. none. Pet. several, inferior, uncertain in number, from; 

 5 to 15, roundish, concave, converging, deciduous. Ned, 

 from 5 to 10, or more, sliorter than the petals, linear,^ 

 flattened, incurved, with a single lip ; their base some- 

 what tubular. Filam. numerous, bristle-shaped, shorter 

 than the corolla. Anth. terminal, linear, erect. Gn-m. 

 superior, numerous, sessile, columnsir. Styles none. Stig- 

 mas pointed, spreading, shorter than the stamens. Caps. 

 {foUicles,) as many as the germens, cylindrical, pointed, 

 recurved, collected into a round head. Seeds several, at 

 the edges of the capsule, ovate, smooth, somewhat trian- 

 gular. 



Smooth, perennial, upright hei-bs, natives of the colder parts, 

 of Europe and America. Leaves deeply divided and cut, 

 alternate. Fl. terminal, solitary, more or less globular, 

 large and handsome, yellow or orange-coloured. 



1. T. europcBus. Mountain Globe-flower. 



Petals about fifteen, converging into a globe. Nectaries 

 from five to ten, the length of the stamens. 



T. europaeus. Linn Sp. PI 782. Willd. v. 2. 1333. Fl Br. 597. 



Engl. Bot. v.\.t. 28. Hook. Scot. 1 75. DeCand. Syst. tj. 1 . 3 1 2. 



Fl. Dan.t. 133. 

 T. ti. 1 189. Hall. Hist. v. 2.83. 



Ranunculus globosus. Rail Syn. 272. Ger. Em. 955. f. 

 R. flore globoso. Dad. Pempt. 430./. Dale.ch. Hist.\033.f. Bauk. 



Hist. V. 3. 419 f. Robert let. 27. 

 R. glomerate flore. Clus. Hist. v. 1 . 237. f. 

 R. sextus. Camer. Epit. 385. f. 

 Globe Crowfoot. Pet. H. Brit. t. 43./. 2. 



In shady, mountainous, rather moist situations. 



Not rare in Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, Wales, and 

 the lowlands of Scotland. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Roof fibrous, tufted. Stem 1| or 2 feet high, round, hollow, leafy, 

 branched at the top. Leaves in many deep, spreading, pinna- 

 tifid, cut lobes ; the radical ones on long stalks. Fl. globose, 

 bright yellow, the nectaries of the same hue as the petals, scarcely 

 half so long. Capsules nearly cylindrical, with shining black 

 seeds. 



