FAM. 88, 69, 70. 55 



ribbed; petals round or notched at the apex, purplish; stamens 10; the whole 

 plant pubescent with long appressed hairs. In fields. Early Summer. 



2 Flowers 5-parted. in cymes; petals with long claws and notched blades 



with an appendage at the base. ----- Saponaria 



S. officinalis. Hedgt-pink, Bouncing Bet. A stout herb with lanceolate to ellip- 

 tic, leathery, often connate leaves; flowers in corymbed clusters; calyx-lobes 

 white-margined; petals spatulate. white or rose, often double; stamens 

 exserted. Waste places. Summer. 



2. Flowers 5-parted; petals deeply colored, with long claws and toothed 

 or eroded blades. Cultivated under the names of Pinks and 

 Carnations. -------- Dianthus 



68. Ceratophyllaceae, Hornwort Famiy. 



Submerged aquatic herbs with filiform, jointed, branch- 

 ing stems and finely dissected whorled leaves; flowers 

 monoecious, axillary, sessile, inconspicuous; an involucre 

 of 6-12 linear bracts takes the place of a perianth; sterile 

 flowers with 12-24 very short stamens, the anthers with 

 a 2-3 toothed connective; ovary 1-celled with 1 ovule, 

 style 1; fruit an achene. 



Ceratophyllum demersum, Horn-wort. Leaves rigid, 6-9 in a whorl. 2-cleft with 

 spine-toothed segments; achene compressed, tipped with the style and armed 

 near the base with a slender spine on each side. 



69. Ranunculaceae, Crowfoot Family. 



Herbs or climbing shrubs with an acrid sap; leaves 

 simple or compound without stipules, but the base of the 

 petiole often clasping or sheathing; flowers regular or irre- 

 gular; sepals 3-15, distinct, often colored, generally cadu- 

 cous; petals of about the same number, or wanting; stamens 

 hypogynous, indefinite; ovaries 1-celled, distinct, numerous, 

 rarely solitary; fruit an achene, follicle or berry. 



1. Vines with opposite, 3-several foliate leaves; flowers mostly in dioe- 

 cious paniculate cymes; sepals petaloid, petals wanting, stamen* 

 spreading, pistils several, ------- Clematis 



Few species cultivated, as C paniculata, white. 

 1. Erect plants with sepals and petals each 5, ovaries 3-5; flowers soli- 

 tary, large, white, red or purplish, single or double. Cultivated. 



Paeonia, Peony. 



70. Anonaceae, Custard-apple Family. 



Shrubs (the A Nona glabra of South Florida is a tree) 

 usually with strong-scented bark and alternate entire 

 leaves; flowers perfect; sepals 3; petals in two series, 



