xlii CLASS XIII. 



PAQ8. 



3. Hepatica.— Involucre 3-leaved, resembling a calyx. Petals 5 to 0. disposed 



in 2 or 3 rows. Carpels many, without awns. — Leaves all radical, 3- 

 U bed. Flowers blue or whitish, sih, \ 3 



4. Tuai.:ctrum.— Sepals 4 or more, petal-like. Achenia 4 to 15. dry. tipped by 



the Rtigma or ptyle.— ^ferfts, with 2 or 3 Urnately compound leaves, and 

 white or greenish flowers. 3 



■ 6. Ka Ni NCCtr/g-.— Sppals 5.-di cidnbus. "Petals ■>■ pr rarely more, -with a little 

 scale at il.e 1 ;i< inwde. Car] els numerous, in a giol ose or cylindrical 

 bead. — Herbs, with mostly radical leaves^ and yellow flowers. 4 



C IIyt«U8TI8.— Sepals 3, ovate. Carpels berry-like, numerous, in a globose 

 bead.— A low herb, with a single radical Inf. a simple hairy stem 'lleaxtd 

 mar the summit, and a single greenish-white flower. 1 



• T. «.Ci&THAy*-Caly:i colored, with 5'to 10 roumli'h sepals'. Pistils 5 to 10. — 

 Smooth herbs, with round heart-shaped or kidney-form Laves, and yellow 

 flowers. 



"8. raoiiios.— Sepals 5 to 15. petaloid. Petals 5 to 25, small, linear. Pistils 



many. — Leaves palmately parted, flowers large, solitary and terminal. S 



9. Coptis— Sepals ■> to 7. Petals 5 to 7. email, hooded. Pf'stils 3 to 7 on slen- 



der stalks. — Low smooth herbs, with radical haves, a long yellow rhizoma 

 and white /lowers. i 



10. A quilegia. — Petals 5, longer than the 5derodiaous sepals, spurred, tubular. 



Pistils 5; with slender styles. —Iifr!,s, with 2 or 3-tcrnaUly compound leaves, 

 end large, showy, nodding flowers. 8 



11. DELP:rrm-M.— Upper sepals Fpurred. Petals 4. irregular, tie upper pair 

 •terminating in a tubular spur, enclosed m the ealyx-6pur.— Flower's blut, 



white, red or purple. 9 



"12. Aconitum.—- Upper Bepalfl hood.d, reeieving the 2 long-clawed petals — 



Leaves palmate or digitate. 10 



<:3. AcwBA and 14 Cimiciitga in Older I. Zanthoriza in "Class T, Order T. 



>10. II u.iT.Eor.t:?.— Sepals 5, persistent, mostly green i*h. Petals S to 10, very 

 short, tubular, 2-lipp<d. Stigmas 3 to 10. Follicles 3 to 10. — Flowers 

 large ; nodding, greenish. 12 



* Cultivated exotics, 



'17- r.roxn. — Sepals 5. Unequal. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, mostly chan- 

 ged to petais. Stigmas double. Ovaries 2 to 5. — Flowers large and showy, 

 terminal: '12 



IS, Adonis. — Sepa Is 5. nppressed. Petals 5 to 15, with nnkrd elaw?. Achenia 

 in a spike, pointed with the persistent style. — Leaves finely divided. 

 Flowers mostly red. ■ 12 



10. Nigslla.— Calyx of 5 colored sepals. Petals 5, 3-cleft. Styles 5.— Leaves in 



many linear subulate segments. 13 



ft Styles 2 to b.—Hrbs, or shrubs. 



••Hypericum.— Sepals 5, mere or less united. Petals 5. Capsule membranace- 

 ous. — Leaves opposite, entit c, punctate with pellucid dds. Flowers yellow. 44 



Asctrum.— Sepals 4, the 2 inner Cues'mileh smaller. Petals 4.— Lew plants, 



with pule black-dotted haves ondpuhyellcw fliwers. 45 



Asimina. — Sepals 3, united at the base. Petals 6. in 2 rows, inner ones smal- 

 lest. Pistils few forming large oblong pulpy fruit. — Shrubs, with dull- 

 colored axillary and solitary flowers. 15 



Reseda. — Sepals many. Petals 4 to 7, often cleft, unequal. Stamens turned 



to one 6ide. — Herbs, with very smatl Jloxocrs. 36 



Iff Styles numerous. 



"Magnolia. — Sepals 3, deciduous. Petals 6 to 12, in concentric series. Stamens 

 distinct, with short filaments and long anthers, — Trees or shrubs, with 

 large frayrant flowers. ->I3 



