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6 Flowers regular....7 
6 Flowers irregular....h 
7 Petals none....¢ 
7 Petals smaller than the sepals....f 
7 Petals larger than the sepals....g 
a Petals none or stamen-like. Leaves all opposite. Vérgin’s Bower. CLEMm’aTis. 
b Stem leaves opposite, remote from the flower. Anem’one. ANEMONE, 
b Leaves all radical. 8 bracts close to the flower. Liverleaf, HEPat’10a, 
ce Flowers mostly imperfect. Leaves compound. Meadow Rue. Tuatto’TRUM. 
ec Flws. perfect. Lvs. simple, palmately lobed. Prairie Rue. TRAUTVETTY’RIA. 
d Leaves all radical, linear. Torus linear. Smull plant. 
Mousetail, Myosv’Rvs. 
d Lvs. cauline. Petals with a honey-scale at base. Crowfoot, Ranun’cuLus. 
d Leaves cauline. No honey-scale. Petals red or yellow. 
Pheasant’s-eye. ADo’Nis. 
e Sepals white, 5in number, Leaves compound. False Rue. Isopy’rum. 
e Sepals yellow, 6-9. Marsh Marigold, Cav’rua. 
f Petals tubular at apex. Roots yellow. Gold-thread, Cop’t13. 
f Petals tubular at base, 1-lipped. Globe-flower. TRow’Lius. 
f Petals tubular, 2-lipped. Sepals persistent. Hellebore. HELLEB’oRUS. 
f Petals concave, 2-lobed. Flowers racemed.  Yellow-root. ZANTHoRHI’za. 
g Petals larger than the colored sepals, 8-lobed. Fennel-flower. Nigev’La, 
g Petals larger than the colored sepals, spurred alike. Columbine. AQuitE’eia. 
h Upper sepal spurred, inclosing spurred petals. Larkspur. DeLpnin’1uM. 
h Upper sepal hooded, covering 2 deformed petals. Monk’s-hood. Aconi/TuM. 
k Flowers numerous, in long, slender racemes. Bugbane. Cimicrr’tea. 
k Flowers many, in short racemes. Berries simple. Buneberry. ActH’a. 
k Flower one only. Leaves 2. Berry compound. Turmeric-root. HypRas’T1s. 
m Disk sheathing the ovaries. Very Showy. Peony. Pao’N1a. 
1. CLEMATIS. Virgin’s Bower. 
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Calyx ot 4 colored sepals, valvate-induplicate in the bud. Petals none, 
or small and stamen-like. Stamens many, shorter than the sepals. Ova- 
ries many, styles becoming long and feathery upon the seed-like achenia. 
—2f Mostly climbing vines, with twisted petioles for tendrils, and with 
opposite, compound leaves. 
§ Leaves verticillate. Outer stamens petal-like. Vine....No, 1 
§ Leaves opposite. Petals none. Calyx colored....a 
a Erect herbs near 1 foot high. Flowers solitary....10, 11, 12 
a Vines climbing....b 
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