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DICOTYLEDONE^; 

 [or plants having two seed lobes or cotyledons. 



THALAMIFLOR^, CANDOLLE; 



[Flowers having both a calyx and corolla, the latter consisting of 

 distinct petals. Stamens always hypogynous, or united to the 

 sides of the ovary.] 



RANUNCULACE^E, jussieu. 



Clematis microphylla — Candolle. 



Hab. Abundant around Melbourne; climbing gracefully on shrubs in its 



vicinity : Sand hummocks at Warrnambool. 

 Fl. Spring. 

 (Name — from clema, a vine branch.) 



Clematis appendiculata — Ferd. Mueller 

 Hab. Mount Disappointment. 

 Fl. 



Ranunculus pimpinellifolius — Hooker. 

 Hab. Scrubby places. 

 Fl. December. 

 Figured in "Icones Plantarum," vol. hi. tab. 260. 



Ranunculus inundatus — inundated crowfoot. 

 Hab. Swamps around Melbourne. 

 Fl. November. 



Ranunculus sessiliflorus — R. Brown. Sessile-flowered crowfoot 

 Hab. Marshy places, Melbourne, Warrnambool. 

 Fl. September 



(Name of this genus from rana, a frog — from many of the species growing in 

 swamps infested by that animal.) 



