CLEMATIS. THAlICTEtril. 3 



8. Tbolliits. Oal. of 5 or many petal-like deciduous sepals. 

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



[9. Eeanthis. Cal. of5 — 8 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 

 small, tubular, with a long claw, 2-Kpped; inner lip verj' 

 short. Follicles many, stalked.'] 



10. Helleboktts. Cal. of 5 petal-like persistent sepals. Pet. 

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



11. Aqtjilbgia. Cal. of 5 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 5, 

 funnelnshaped, with a long horn-like spur. FoUicles 5. 



** Flowers irregular. 



12. Delphinium. Oal. of 5 petal-like deciduous sepals, «jjper 

 Sep. with a long spur at its hase. 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. AcoNiTiTM. Cal. of 5 petal-like sepals, upper sep. helmet- 

 shaped. Two tipper pet. tubular, on long stalks, coticealed in 

 the helmet-shaped sepal. Follicles 8 — 5. 



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



Tr. V. P^ONIJEJE or spurious Ranunculacese. 



14. AcTJEA. CaL of 4 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 4, 

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



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

 Follicles 2 — 5, many-seeded, bursting inwards.^ 



Tribe I. ClematidetB. 

 I. Clem'atis lAnn. Traveller's Joy. 



1. C Vital'ba (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. &\2. JR. iv. 64.— St. 

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

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



Tribe II. Anemonea. 

 2. Thalic'tetjm Linn. Meadow-Eue. 



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

 raceme terminal simple, fruitstalks reflexed, carp, shortly stalked 



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