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1. RASTJNCULACEJE. 
A. Anthers extronfe. 
t Fruits (aclienfc.s) luany, 1-seeded, short. 
t Sepals ralvate in the hiul . 
Tribe I. C LEMATIDE.K. Aclienes witL featlieiy persistent 
styles. Seed pendulous. Leaves opposite. 
1. Clematis. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Carp, not 
bursting, awned. Stam. and styles many. (St. woody.) 
X\. Sepals imbricate in the hwl. 
Tr. II. ANEMONE^?:. Seed pendulous. Leaves radical or 
alternate. 
2. Thalicteum. Cal. of 4 or b sepals. Pet. o. Carp, not 
bursting, without awns. Stam. and styles many. 
.3. Anemone. Cal. petal-like, sep. 5—9. Pet. 0. (Jar}>. 
not bursting, tijrjied mitk the persistent sometimes feathery 
sti/les, placed upon a thickened hemispherical or conical 
receptacle. Stam. and styles many. (Fl. inrol ufrate.) 
4. Adonis. Cal. of 5 sepals, /'et. 5 — 10, without a honey- 
bearing pore. Carp, not bursting, vitliout atmis. Stam. 
and styles many. 
Tr. III. RANUNCULE.K. Seed erect (except in Myosvrns). 
Pet. with a honey-bearing pore at their V)ase. 
5. Myosukus. Cal. of 5 sepals, prolonged into a spur at 
the base. Pet. 5, with a filiform tubular claw. Stam. 5. 
Styles many. Cavfi. not bursting, closely Imbricate upon, 
a loiui Jiliform receptacle. Seed pendulous. 
6. Eanunculus. Cal. of .j, rarely ."5, sepals. Pet. 5, rarely 
many, with a honey-bearing pore naked or covered by a 
scale. Carp, not bursting, colUcted into a ijlohvlar or 
ohlo'iKj mass. Stam. and styles many. 
tf Fruits (follicles) many-seeded, bursting, long. 
Tr. IV. UELLEBOHEJi. Stam. many. (Pet. small, often 
abnormal or wanting.) 
^' Flowers regular. 
7. Caltha. Cal. of 'y petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 0. 
Follicles 5—10. 
