BUTTERCUP FAMILY I 5 



5 — to sessile many-ovuled carpels forming follicles in the fruit. 

 (Name from the Greek kdlathos, a cup.) 



i. C. palustris (Marsh Marigold, Walter Blobs). — A handsome 

 plant, resembling a gigantic Buttercup, abundant in marshes and 

 by the sides of streams. Leaves large, kidney-shaped, and glossy, 



tr6llius europ^us (Globe-flower), 



with large membranous stipules ; flowers i — 2 in. across ; sepals 

 golden-yellow. — Fl. March — May. Perennial. 



8. Tr6llius (Globe-flower). — Erect perennial herbs ; leaves 

 palmately lobed ; sepals 5 — 15, petaloid, imbricate, concave; 

 petals 5 — 15, narrow, clawed; carpels 5 or more, forming sessile 

 follicles. (Name from the Scandinavian troll, a witch.) 



