■i. BUTTERCUP ORDER 



Aconitum Linne 1753 Aconite, Monkshood 



(Gr. akoniton, monkshood, perhaps from its mountain habit.) 



PI. 1, fig. 1. 



Sepals 5, petal-like, blue to yellowish-white, the upper larger, helmet- 

 or hood-shaped; petals 2-5, small or minute when 2, hidden in the helmet; 

 stamens many, usually about 30. pistils 1-5, usually 3. fruit a several-seeded 

 follicle ; Mowers irregular, in a raceme or panicle ; leaves 3-7-cleft or divided : 

 poisonous perennials. 



Flowers 2.5-3.5 cm. long; sepals of 3 kinds; petals 2, 

 hidden A. columbianum 



Actaea Linne 1753 Baneberry 



(Gr. aktea, elder, perhaps from resemblance of the leaves) 



Sepals 4-5, petal-like, white, falling as the flower opens, petals 4-10, 

 small, white, spatulate, stamens many, pistil 1, the ovary 1 -celled with sessile 

 stigma, fruit a poisonous berry ; flowers regular, in a spike-like raceme ; 

 leaves thrice compound, leaflets coarsely toothed or lobed ; perennial. 

 Berries red, white or purple-black A. spicdta 



Anemone Linne 1753 Anemone, Windflower 



(Gr. anemone, shaken by the wind, hence windflower) 



PI. 3, fig. 1. 



Sepals 4-20, petal-like, white, pink, red or purple, separate, petals none, 

 stamens many, pistils many, fruits 1-seeded usually hairy achenes in a dense 

 header spike ; flowers regular, single or few in a cluster ; leaves usually 3-5- 

 divided, the upper usually sessile and forming an involucre below the flower; 

 perennial. 



1. Fruits many, woolly 



a. Stem branched ; flowers 2-several 



(1) Head of fruit cylindric A. cylindrica 



(2) Head of fruit round or nearly so A. mnltifida 



b. Stem not branched ; flowers single 



(1) Sepals usually 10 or more A. decapetala 



(2) Sepals 5-6 A. parviUdra 



2. Fruits usually less than 25, somewhat hairy, or 



smooth 

 a. Fruits somewhat hairy; flowers white or pink- 

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