2 1. RANUNCULACES. 
* Anthers extrorse. 
Tribe I. CLEMATIDE.Z. Fruit short, 1-seeded with a feathery 
awn. Seed pendulous. éstivation valvate or duplicate. 
Leaves opposite. 
1. Cuematis. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Carp. not burst- 
ing, awned. Stam. and styles numerous. 
Tr. Il. ANEMONE. Fy. short, 1-seeded. Seed pendulous. 
Estivation imbricate. Leaves radical or alternate. 
2. THALIcTRUM. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Carp. not 
bursting, without awns. Stam. and styles numerous. 
3. ANEMONE. Cal. petaloid, sep. 5—9. Pet.0. Carp. not 
bursting, tipped with the persistent sometimes feathery styles, 
inserted upon a thickened hemispherical or conical recep- 
tacle. Stam. and styles numerous. 
4. Aponis. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. 5—10, without a nec- 
tary. Carp. not bursting, without awns. Stam. and styles 
numerous. 
Tr. Il. RANUNCULE. Fy. short, 1-seeded. Seed erect 
(except in Myosurus). stivation imbricate. Pet. with a 
nectariferous pore at their base. 
5. Myosurus. Cal. of 5 sepals, prolonged into a spur at the 
qbase. Pet. 5, with a filiform tubular claw. Stam. 5. Styles 
numerous. Carp. not bursting, closely imbricated upon a 
long filiform receptacle. Seed pendulous. Embryo inverted, 
with the radicle superior. 
6. Ranuncutus. Cal. of 5, rarely 3, sepals. Pet. 5, rarely 
numerous ; nectariferous pore naked or covered by a scale. 
Carp. not bursting, collected into a globular or elliptical 
head. Stam. and styles numerous. 
Tr. IV. HELLEBOREA. Fr. long, many-seeded, bursting. 
/Estivation imbricate. Stam. numerous. 
7. CautHa. Cal. of 5 petaloid deciduous sepals. Pet. 0. 
Caps. 5—10, many-seeded. 
8. Trouuius. Cal. of 5 or many petaloid deciduous sepals. 
Pet. smail, linear, flat, clawed. Caps. numerous, sessile. 
[9. Erantuis. Cal. of 5—8 petaloid deciduous sepals. Pet. 
small, tubular, with a long claw, 2-lipped, inner lip very 
short. Caps. numerous, stadked.] 
10. Hetieporus. Cal. of 5 petaloid persistent sepals. Pet. 
small, tubular, 2-lipped, clawed. Caps. 3—10 sessile. 
