148 THE FLORA. 



' 5 E. Flarn'mula. Spear-leaved 0. Stems ascending (l-2f). Leaves all lanceolate, 

 narrow, entire, on sheathing stalks. Sum. 



6 E. pusil'lus. Tiny 0. Stems nearly erect. Leaves ovate and lanceolate. Petals 



mostly but 3, with about 10 stamens. J&y. 



7 E. rep'tans. Creeping/ G. Stems creeping and rooting (4-8'). Leaves lance-lin- 



ear, and linear. Flower 1 at a node. July. 



8 K. Cymbala'ria. Boat G. Stems creeping and rooting (1 foot). Leaves all round- 



cordate, crenate. Salt-rnafshea.' June. 



9 E. aborti'vus. Abortive G. Plant glabrous, l-2f. high. Root leaves, round- 



cordate. Petals smaller than the sepals. Spring.' c. 



10 E. rhomboi'deus. Uliomhic G. Plant hairy, bushy, 4-10' high. Eoot 



leaves rhombic-ovate. Sepals spreading. N. W. 



11 E. palma'tns. Patm C. Stem hairy. Seeds with a straight beak in a round head. 



Leaves palntately 3-5-c;Jeft, with sinus closed. South. 



12 E. reourva'tus. Hook-seed G. Stem hairy. Seeds with a recurved beak in around 



head. Leaves all similarly 8-parted. Flowers small. Spring. 

 18 R. scelera'tus. Villainous Q. Stem glabrous. Seeds not beaked, in an oblong' 

 head. Flowers small. Leaves palmately 3-5-parted. June^ July. 



14 E. bulbo'sns. Bulbous G. Erect (6-12') from a solid bulb. Petals large. 



Head of fruit round. Eoot leaves ternate. Spring. 



15 E. Pennsylvan'icus. Bristly G. Erect (l-3f.), very hairy. Head of fruit ob- 



long. Loaves ternate. Surmner. 



16 E. repens. Large creeping G. Stems first ascending, then creeping. Flower- 



stalks furrowed. Petals obovate, large. "Wet places. June. 



17 E. fascicula'ris. ^a/rly G. Stem erect. Eoot fibres thickened. Flower-stalks 



terete. Petals narrow. Leaves appear pinnate. May. 



18 E. acris. Tall Buttercup. Stem erect (2-Sf.). Leaves palmately divided, and 



cleft. Petals roundish. Flower-stalk terete, calyx spreading. Summer, c. 

 In the gardens, it becomes double-flowered. 



5. ADO'NIS. Pheasant's-eye. 



Sepals 5, colored. Petals 5-15, with no scale on tlie claws. Achenia 

 in a spike, egg-shaped, and pointed with the hardened, persistent style. 

 Leaves numerously cleft into linear and very narrow segments. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary, red or yellow. 



1 A. antumna'lis. Late Ph. A fine, hard annual, from Europe, cultivated in gardens, 



and naturalized in some places. Stem rather thick for its height,' branched. 

 Leaves pinnately parted, with very numerous segments. Petals 5-8, of a 

 bright crimson color, U' across. 



2 A. vema'lis. Early Ph. Petals 10-12, oblong, yellow, dentate. Upper leaves 



sessile, all much divided. Flowers large. Spring. 



