I. EANUNCULACE^. 



18c 



Flowers rather large, in a loose raceme or panicle, blue, purplish, pink or white, rarely 

 yellow. Filaments sometimes dilated at the base. Ewo^e, Asia, North America. 



25. ^Acomtum. — Sepals 5, petaloid, unequal ; posterior large, helmet-shaped, covering the 

 corolla ; 2 lateral larger than the 2 ^terior. Petals 2-8, small, very unequal, the two upper 

 with long claws, cncuUate at the top, hidden under the helmet ; the lower minute, filiform, 

 often 0. Carpels 3-5, sessile, distinct, many-ovuled, follicular when ripe. Seeds with spongy 

 testa, deeply wrinkled. — Erect herbs ; rootstock perennial. Leaves palmati-lobed or -sect. 

 Flowers racemed or panicled, blue, purplish, yellow or white j pedicels bracteolate. Filaments 

 usually dilated at the base. Europe, Asia. 



Aconite. (Aconitum Napellus). 



Aconite. 

 Seed, entire and cut vertically (mag.). 



Aconite 

 Stamen (mag.)- 



Aconite. 

 Flower .depri-ped of its calyx, 

 -petals in a hood , pedic&lled. 



Aconite. 

 Pistil with, one stamen (mag.). 



Aconite. Diagram. 



Aconite. 

 Flower cut vertically (mng.)- 



26 *Act8ea.— Sepals 3-5, subequal, petaloid, deciduous. Petals 4-10, small, clawed, 

 spathulate, flat. Carpel solitary, inai.y-ovuled, berried when ripe. Seeds depressed; tes a 

 crastaceous, smooth.-Herbs ; rootstock perennial, fusiform; stem erect. Leaves ternately 



