34 OEOWFQ'oq; fAmilx, 



I. RANUNCULACEJ1, CEOWFOOT FAMILY. 



' ''Not perfectly (iistin^ished by any one or two particular 



marks, but may be known,, on the whole^ by bavin g numerous 



stamens, and. usually more than one pistil, all the parts of the 



flower distinct, and inserted on the receptacle. The calyx is 



often colored like a corolla, .when the latter is wanting. The 



bulk of the seed is hard albumen, the embryo being very small. 



The plants are herbs with an acrid watery juice (not milky or 



colored), or a few barely shrubby. Many are cultivated for 



ornament. , , -, Ti 



if ■ ' - - \' 



§ 1. Sepals valvate, or with, their edges turned inward in the bud. Petals none, o\ 



minute. Leaves opposite, tkeplqnls mostly climbing by their leaf -stalks. • 

 1. CLEMATIS. Sepals commonly 4, sometimes several, petal-like. 



§2. Sepals imbricated in the bud. Not climbing, rtor vjoody except in 22 and one of 21. 



* Pistils several or many in a head, ripening into 1- seeded alcenes. 



+-' Petals' none; sepals petal-like. 



++ All butlower leaves opposite or whorled, often simulating an involucre. . Peduncles 



2. ANEMONE. Involucre of 2 or more leaves much'belowthe flower. Pistils very many 



In a close head (or fewer In one species), forming pointed or tailed akenes. 

 8. HEPATICA. Involucre close to the flower, exactly Imitating a 3-leaved calyx. 



Pistils 12-20. _, '-*■<■.„, r, 



i. ANEMONELLA. Involucre at the base of an umbelof ilowers. Pistils 4-16. ' 



++++ Leaves alternate. Flowers in panicles or corymbs. 

 [ S. THALlftTlSUM. Leaves 2-8-ternately compound (Lessons, rig;161*)i ';; ' """ 

 6. TEA^JTjVETTEELA. . Leaves simple. Flowers perfeo^. J - --.-.. ,[ , ,. ( J 



■ . . ■> . ^~ **"" P^ote an $ sepals both conspicuous, 5 or more. _ t 

 T. ADONIS. ' Petals and sepals with no pit or appendage at the base. Akenes in a head 

 \_ or short spike. : ' > ■ ,.< '< ■ i ill , f .,{;*- 



8. MTOSHE1J8. Sepals with a spur at, fhe base underneath. Petals on a slender claw, 



which H hollow at its apex. Akenes In a long, tall-shaped spite. '■ 



9. EAHTWCULTJS. Sepals naked. Petals with a little pit on a scale on the short claw. 



Akenes In a head. ..•->.. 



• • Pistils few, rarely single, ripening into few- to many-seeded pods or berries. 



+- Ovules, and comtnohly seeds/more than 2. Herbs. ' 



■h- Flowers regular, not racemose; sepals petal-like. 



— Petals Q in pur species. 



10. ISOPYETTM. Sepals 5, broad, white. Leaves compound. 



11. OALTHA. Sepals 5-9, broad, yellow. Leaves simple. 



** — Petals 1 5 or more inconspicuous nectar-bearing bodies, usually very mitok smaller 

 ';• ' n'!' than the sepals. , , r; - ,■ ] 



l, ' , I Leaves palmately parted or divided. 



12. -TEOLLIUS. Petals.with a little depression near^theTjaBe. " 

 fe-.'HELLESO-'BlJS. Petals hollow and 2-llpped. '-' & OVi 1 

 .,. 1 1 Leaves distinctly 6aji<j>ound. ,. 



