CLBMATIS. THALICTEtTM. 3 



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

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



[9. Eeanthis. Cal. of 5—8 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 

 small, tubular, -with a long claw, 2-lipped ; inner lip very 

 short. Follicles many, stalked.'] 



10. HELLEBoars. Oal. of 5 petal-like persistent sepals. Pet. 

 small, tubular, 2-lipped, clawed. Follicles 3 — 10, sessile. 



11. Aquilegia. Oal. of 5 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 5, 

 funnel-shaped, with a long horn-liJce spur. Follicles 5. 



** Flowers irregular. 



12. Delphinium. Cal. of 5 petal-like deciduous sepals, upper 

 Sep. with a long spur at its base. Pet. 4 ; 2 upper ones with 

 spurs included in the spurred sepal, or all combined into one 

 spurred petal. Follicles 1, 3, or 5. 



13. AcoNiTUM. Cal. of 5 petal-like sepals, upper sep. helmet- 

 sbaped. Two upper pet. tubular, mi long stalks, concealed in 

 the nelmet-shaped sepal. Follicles 3 — 5. 



B. Anthers introrse. {iStam. arising from a glandular disk.) 

 Tr. V. PjEONIEJS or spurious Eanunculacese. 



14. ACT.SIA. Cal. of 4 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 4, 

 very small. Carp. 1, baccate, not bursting, many-seeded. 



[15. P.a;ONiA. Cal. of 5 persistent sepals. Pet. 6 or more. 

 FoUicles 2 — 5, many-seeded, bursting imeards.'] 



Tribe I. Clematidea. 

 1. Clem'atis Linn. Traveller's Joy. 



1. C. VitaVha (L.) ; st. climbing, 1. pinnate, leaflets ovate 

 acuminate entire coarsely serrate or incise-lobate rounded or 

 cordate below, petioles twining, sep. oblong downy on both 

 sides, fr. with long feathery awns. — E. B. 612. R. iv. 64. — St. 

 woody, angular, branched, very long. Petioles acting as ten- 

 drils. — Hedges and thickets on a calcareous soU. Sh. VI. E. 



Tribe II. Anemonea. 



2. Thalic'teum Linn. Meadow-Eue. 



1. T. aipinum (L.) ; st. perfectly simple and nearly leafless, 

 raceme terminal simple, f ruitstalks reflexed, carp, shortly stalked 



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