164 ANGIOSPERM^. 



Can. to Car., Ky. 15. Glaucidium palmdtum, monotypic. Sep. 4, 

 reg., decid. Pet. 0. Carpels 1 or few, slightly coherent at base. 

 Follicles square, oo-seeded; dehisc. dorsal ; raphe prominent. Erect, 

 Q]. ; Ivs. palmatilobed. Fl. sol., large, lilac or pink. Japan. 16. 

 Calathodes palmdta, monotypic. Sep. 5, reg., decid. Pet. 0. Car- 

 pels many, 8-10-seeded. Fls. yellow, sol. Lvs. cauline, palmatilobed 

 or dissected. Erect, Q|.. E. Himalayas. 17. Cdltha. Sep. 5-<», 

 equal, caduc. Pet. 0. Follicles few or many, many-seeded ; raphe 

 prominent. Fls. sol. or few, yellow or white. Lvs. rad., palminerved, 

 ent. or crenulate, cordate or auricled ; cauline few or 0. 'JJ.) glabrous ; 

 tufted or with perenn. rhiz. 9 spec, Eur., Asia, Am., Australia, New 

 Zealand. C. jmlustris, Marsh Marigold. Stems stout, hollow ; fls. 

 showy. Eur., W. Asia, N. Am., Can. to Car., W. to Oregon. May- 

 Blobs of English rustics ; fl.-buds used as capers. The other spec, 

 similar; 4 in S. hemisphere. 



Tribe 3, Sep. imb. Pet. with nectariferous claw, rarely 0. Car- 

 pels 1-ovuled ; ov. ascending, raphe ventral. Akaines dry. Lvs. rad. 

 or alt. 4 gen., 165 spec, both worlds. 1. Oxygraphis. Sep. 5, per- 

 sist. Pet. 10-15. Akaines many, beaked by the persist, style. Lvs. 

 rad., erft., from 2j. rhiz. Scapes naked; fls. sol., golden-yellow. 2 

 spec, mts., extra-trop. Asia. 8. Hamadryas. Fls. J' $ by sup- 

 pression. Sep. 5-6, caduc, or sub-persist. Pet. 10-12, with basal 

 scale. Akaines many, each tipped by its short style ; in a hd. on the 

 gynophore. Low; rhiz. %; like Ranunculus, but cf $. 4 spec, 

 Antarctic Am. 3. Rantoculus. Sep. 3-5, caduc. Pet. 3-5 or more, 

 with basal pit or scale. Akaines many, each beaked by its short style ; 

 in a hd. or spike on the gynophore. Lvs. ent. or cut. Fls. yellow, 

 white, red, sol. or panicled. Q|., Q, 6'-2° high, rarely taller. 160 spec, 

 almost cosmopolitan. R. repens. Buttercup, Crowfoot. Lvs. 3-.5- 

 cleft, or divided ; gynophore globular. Fls. yellow. 0|., creeping. 

 Moist places, TJ. S., Eur. R. asidticus, tuberous, QJ., 9' high, fls. 2' 

 wide, yellow, various other colors ; Levant. R. bulbbsus, King-cup, 

 tuberous, QJ., 1° high ; fls. large, yellow. Eur. ; introduced in U. S. 

 R. aebniiifblius, 18' high, fls. white ; Alps. Full double, cultivated, 

 called Fair Maids of France. R. daris, Gold-cup ; fls. golden-vellow. 

 %; stem l°-3° high; Eur. ; introduced in TJ. S. Fl., fr., Fig. 9. 

 Cultivated, full double, called Bachelor's Buttons. R. salsuginbsus, 

 Q|., 12° high, fls. yellow; Siberia. R. Lingua, Greater Spbarwort, 

 f2|., 2°-4° high, fls. large, yellow; lvs. ent., lanceolate. Moist places, 

 Gt. Brit; R. Fldmmula, Lesser S., similar, 18' high; Gt. Brit.; 

 also in N. Atlantic U. S. R. aqudtilis, 'J\., st. filiform, l°-2° long, 

 submergpd lvs. circular in outline; submerged lvs. finely dissected; 

 upper plane, floating ; not developed in swift streams ; fls. long- 

 peduncled, white. Young cells, Pig. 215. Swift or slow streams, Eur. ; 

 Greenland ; Arctic Am. to Cal. and Fla. R. multifidus {Purskii), 

 similar, but larger, and fls. large, bright yellow. Slow streams, 

 Can., tr. S. R. i<'icdria. Lesser Celandine. Pet. 9. Q|., tuberous ; 

 lvs. glossy green ; fls. golden-yellow. 6' high, Gt. Brit. R. (Cera- 

 tocephalus) /aZca^MS. Pet. 5. 0, small, cottony; lvs. rad., dissected; 

 fls. small, yellow ; scape 1-flowered. Akaines gibbous at base, and 

 produced at apex into long falcate horns. S. Eur. R. orthoceras, 

 similar, horn straight. Caucasus. 4. Trautvetteria palmdta, mono- 

 typic. Sep. 4, sometimes 3-5, concave, caduc. Pet. 0. Akaines 



