2 1. BANUNCUlACB-a;. 



* Anthers extrorse. 



t Fruits (achenes) many, 1-seeded, short. 



Tribe I. CLEMATIBEJE. Achenes yith feathery persistent 

 styles. Seed pendulous. Sep. vallate in the bud. Leaves 

 opposite. 



1., Clematis. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Carp, not burst- 

 ing/awned. Stam. and styles many. (St. woody.) 



Tr. II. jLNBMONEjE. Seed pendulous. Sep. and pet. im- 

 bricate in the bud. Leaves radical or alternate. 



2. Thamctkum. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Carp, not 

 bursting, without awns. Stam. and styles many. 



3. Anemone. Cal. petal-like, sep. 5 — 0. Pet. 0. Carp, not 

 bursting, tipped with the persistent soxas&mBS ientheTj styles, 

 placed upon a thickened hemispherical or conical receptacle. 

 Stam. and styles.many. (PL mvolucrate.) 



4. Adonis. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. 5 — 10, without a honey- 

 bearing pore. Catp, not bursting, withcmt aums. Stam. 

 and styles many. 



Tr. III. RANUNCULBJE. Seed erect (except in Myosurus). 

 Sep. and pet. imbricate in the bud. Pet. with a honey- 

 bearing pore at their base. 



5. Myostjhus. Cal. of 6 sepals, prolonged into a spur at the 

 base. Pet. 5, with a filiform tubular claw. Stam. 5. Styles 

 many. Carp, not bursting, closely, imbricate upon a long 

 Jiliform receptacle. Seed pendulous. 



6. EANUNCtrLUS. Cal. of 5, rarely 3, sepals. Pet. 5, rarely 

 many, with a honey-bearing pore naked or covered by a 

 scale. Carp, not bursting, collected into a globular or oblong 

 mass. Stam. and styles many. 



tt Fruits (follicles) many-seeded, bursting, long. 



Tr. IV. HELLEBORES. Sepals imbricate in the bud. Stam. 

 many. (Pet. small, often abnormal or wanting.) 



7. Oaltha. Cal. of 6 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 0. 

 Follicles 5—10. 



8. Tbolhus. Cal. of 5 or many petal-like deciduous sepals. 

 Pet. small, linear, flat, clawed. Follicles many, sessile. 



