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I. EANUNCULACE^. 



liabit of TrolUus. Leaves cauline, palmatilobed or dissected. Flowers yellow, solitary. 

 Eastern Himalaya. 



15. Glaacidinm. — Sepals 4, regular, deciduous. Petals 0. Carpels I or few, sessile, slightly 

 coherent at the base ; ovules numerous, many-seriate along the ventral suture. Follicles 

 square, with dorsal dehiscence. Seeds numerous, oblong, depressed ; testa finely crustaceous ; 

 raphe very prominent, alnxost winged. ■ — ^A perennial upright herb. Leaves palmatilobed. 

 Flowers solitary, ample, lilac or pink. Japan. 



16. Hydrastis. — Sepals 3, regular, petaloid, caducous. Petals 0. Carpels numerous, sessile 

 distinct, 2-ovuled, fleshy when ripe, and forming a head, as in Rubus. — A perennial erect herb. 

 Leaves palmatilobed, or dissected. Flowers solitary, small, white. S-tamens a little lono-er 

 than the sepals. North America. 



17. *TrolIius. — Sepals 5-oo , regular, petaloid, de- 

 ciduous. Petals 5-8, small, clawed, rarely oo , long-hnear ; 

 blade entire, with a nectai-iferous pit at the base. Carpels 

 many, free, sessile, many-ovuled, follicular when ripe. 

 Trottiuseuropa^us. g^g^g oblong, usually angular; testa crustaceous, rather 



smooth. — Erect herbs ; rootsfcock perennial. Leaves palmati-lobed or -sect. Flowers solitary 

 or few, large, yellow or lilac. Burope, Asia, North America. 



