GENERA. li 



12. HELLEBORUS. L. of Perigone 5, persistent. Nectaries 5-12, tubular. Coarse 

 plants, with sivvply ieniate, palmate, or pedate L. p. 8. 



11. ERANTHIS. L. of Perigone 5-8, caducous. Nectaries 5-8, tubular, very short. 

 Carpels stalked. A divided Involucrum below the yellow Fl. p. 8. 



10. TBOLLIUS. L. of Perigone 5-15, deciduous. Nectaries 9-12, linear, slightly tubular 

 at base. Habit of Ranunculus, p. 8. 



9. CALTHA. L. of Perigone 5 or more. Nectary 0. 3Iarsh plants, with hroad undivided 

 L. and showy yellow Fl. p. 8. 



B. Carpels \-seeded, not slotting. 

 i. Cat. imbricate in the bud. Perigone simple, corolla-like. 



4. ANEMONE. Invol. 3-leaved. Div. of Perigone 5-20. Carpels numerous, on an en- 

 larged conical or hemispherical receptacle. Root tuberous. Stem 0. L. compound or divided. 

 Fl. large and handsome, p. 2. 



3. THALICTKUM. Invol. 0. Div. of Perigone 4-5. Carpels not numerous, on a small 

 disc. Stem branched. L. compound. Fl. insignificant, p. 1. 



ii. Fl. with calyx and corolla. 



8. RANUNCULIJS. Sep. 5. Pet. 5 or more, with a nectariferous pore or scale at the 

 base of each. Carpels without tails. Perennial Herbs, p. 4. 



7. CEEATOCEPHALUS. Sep. 5. Claw of Pet. vrith a nectariferous hollow. Sta. 5 or 

 more. Carpels with 3 empty cells ! Small Annuals. L. much divided, p. 4. 



6. MYOSUE.US. Sep. 5, spurred at base. Pet. 5, with a long, tubular claw. Sta. 5-15. 

 Recept. of Seeds cylindrical. A small Annual. Scape 1-flowered. L. linear, p. 4. 



5. ADONIS. Sep. 5. Pet. 5-10, without a nectary. Carpels angular, rugged, without 

 tails. Annuals. L. finely divided, p. 3. 



3. ATRAGrENB. Sep. 4, coloured. Pet. numerous, smaller than sepals, p. 1. 



1. CLEMATIS. Pet. 0. Tail of Carpels feathered. This and the preceding are mostly 

 trailing Shrubs, with opposite Z. p. 1. 



XIV. DIDYNAMIA. 



I. GYMNOSPERMIA. Labtat.e. Veeticillat^ of Linn. 

 The following Tribes are from Bentham's Labiataj : — 



1. OcYMOiDE^. Sta. bent down, enclosed in tube of bilabiate coroUa. Gen. 630. 



2, MenthoidetE. Sta. porrect or divergent. Cor. in 4 nearly equal divisions. Gen. 621-624. 

 Lycopus, belonging to this tribe, is diandrous. In the ' Prodromus ' Bentham has joined this 



tribe and the fifth to the Satureinece. 



8. MoNAEDEiE. Sta. ascending. Anthers cohering in paii's. Gen. 625-628. 

 This character belongs to Horminum, the only European genus here introduced, since placed 

 by Bentham among the anomalous genera of the Stachydea. Salvia, Rosmannus, and Zizyphora, 

 belonging to this tribe, are diandrous. 



4. Satueeine^. Cor. ringent. Sta. porrect or divergent, equal, or the upper shorter. An- 



thers free. Gen. 629-683. 



5. Melissine^. Sta. ascending. Anthers free; upper shorter. Cal. 13-nerved. Cor. without 



a ring. Gen. 634-637. 



6. ScutellaeinezE. Sta. parallel, ascending. Anthers fi'ee. Lips of Cal. pressed together 

 and closed on the Pr. ! Upper Lip truncate. Gen. 638-640. 



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