CLEMATIS. — THALICTRUM. 3 
8. Tkollius. Cal. of 5 or nuiny petal-like deciduous sepals. 
Pet. small, linear, flat, clawed. Follicles many, sessile. 
[9. Er.vnthis. Cal. of 5 — 8 petal-like deciduous sepals. 
I Pet. small, tubular, with a long claw, 2-lipped : inner lip 
very short. Follicles many stalked.] 
10. Hellebokus. Cal. of 5 petal-like persistent sepals. Pet. 
small, tubular, 2-lipped, clawed. Follicles 3 — 10, se.S!sile. 
11. AyulLEGiA. Cal. of 5 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 
b, f)i i> nel -shaped, with a lowj horn-like spur. Follicles 5. 
** Flowers irregular. 
12. Delphinium. Cal. of 5 petal-like deciduous sepals, upper 
Sep. ivith a l<m(j spur at its base. Pet. 4 ; 2 upper ones tvith 
spurs included in the spurred sepal, a?" all combined into one 
spurred petal. Follicles 1, 3, or 5. 
13. AcoNiTUM. Cal. of 5 petal-like sepals, upper sep. helmet- 
shaped. Twoupperpet. tubidar, on long stalks, concealed in 
the helmet-shaped sepal. Follicles 3 — 5. 
B. Anthers introrse. {Stmn. arising from a glandular disk.) 
Tr. V. P^EONIE^E or spurious Ranunculaceae. 
14. AcT^A. Cal. of 4 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet. 4, 
very small. Carp. 1, baccate, not bursting, many-seeded. 
[15. P.j:onia. Cal. of 5 persistent sepals. Pet. 5 or more. 
Follicles 2 — 5, many-seeded, bursting inwards.] 
Tribe I. Clcowfidn,'. 
1. Clem'atis Linn. Traveller's Joy. 
1. C. Vital'ba (L.) ; st. climbing, I. pinnate, leaflets ovate 
acuminate entire coarsely serrate or incise-lobate rounded or 
cordate below, petioles twining, sep. oblong downy on both 
sides, fr. with long feathery awns. — E. U. 612. ■ R . iv. 64. — St. 
woody, angular, branched, very long. Petioles acting as ten- 
drils. — Hedges and thickets on a calcareous soil. Sh. VI. E. 
Tribe II. Anemonni'. 
2. Thalic'tkum Linn. Meadow-Rue. 
1. T. alpinum (L.) : st. perfectly simple and nearly leafless, 
raceme terminal simple, fruitstalks reflexed, carp, shortly stalked 
