BUTTERCUP FAMILY 3 



13. Aconitum. — Flower monosymmetric ; sepals 5, petaloid, 

 deciduous, the posterior one hooded ; petals 2 — 5, 2 tubular, with 

 long claws, enclosed in hood ; fruit of 3 — 5 follicles. 



14. Actma.— Sepals 3 — 5, petaloid, caducous; petals 4, 

 minute, or absent ; fruit berry-like, black, many-seeded. 



15. P^onia. — Sepals 5, persistent; petals 5 — 10 ; fruitof 2 — 5 

 follicles. 



1. Clematis (Traveller's Joy). — A shrub with woody stem; 

 leaves opposite, compound, exstipulate, some of them climbing by 



Clematis VitAlba {Traveller's Joy). 



