1. RANUNCULACE2E. [1. Clkmatis. 



FAM. 1. RANUNCULACESl. 



Herbs or shrubs with alternate or (Tribe Clematideie) opposite, 



usually .'xstipuhit!' often • - -loathing petioles. 



Flowers regular or irregular. Sepals often petaloid. Petals hypo- 

 gynous, variable, sometimes or reduced or modified into nectaries. 



Stamens mam . I, v p. >gy mm-, anthers a 



laterally. Ovary apocarpous (very rarely synearpous, e. g. Nigella), 



1. CLEMATIS, L. 



A climbing shrub with angled silkv pubesr.-ut hranchlets and 1-2- 

 pinnate leaves with coar>eK : . ■ i . 



L ^" cream-, !, ,„,,! || r's en .xill n 1-afs branches, long 



peduncled. 



