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1. RANUNCULACE.E. 
* Anthers extrorse. 
Tribe I. CLEMATIDEyE. Fruit 1 -seeded with a feather\- awn. 
Seed pendulous. ^Estivation valvate or iuduplicate. Leaves 
oj)])osite. 
1. Clematis. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Carp, not burst- 
ing, awned. 
Tr. II. ANEMONEjE. Fr. I-seedcd. Seed pendulous. iEsti- 
vation imbricate. Leaves radical or alternate. 
2. Thalictrum. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Carp, not 
bui’sting, without awns. 
3. Anemone. Cal. petaloid, sep. 5 — 9. Pet. 0. Carp, not 
bm’sting, tipped with the persistent sometimes feathery styles, 
inserted upon a thickened hemispherical or conical recep- 
tacle. 
4. Adonis. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. 5 — 10, without a nec- 
tary. Carp, not bursting, without awns. 
Tr. III. RAlAUNCULEyE. Fr. 1-seeded. Seed erect (except 
in Myosurus). ^Estivation imbricate. Pet. with a nectari- 
ferous pore at then- base. 
5. Myosurus. Cal. of 5 sepals, prolonged into a spur at the 
base. Pet. 5, with a filiform tubular claw. Carp, not 
bm’sting, closely imbricated upon a long filiform receptacle. 
Seed pendulous. Embiyo inverted with the radicle supe- 
rior. 
6. Ranunculus. Cal. of 5, rarely 3, sepals. Pet. 5, rarely 
numerous : nectariferous pore naked or covered by a scale. 
Carp, not bursting, collected into a globular or elliptical 
head. 
Tr. IV. HELLEBOREyE. Fr. many-seeded, bm’sting. Esti- 
vation imbricate. 
7. Caltha. Cal. of 5 petaloid deciduous sepals. Pet. 0. 
Caps. 5 — 10, many-seeded. 
8. Trollius. Cal. of 5 or many petaloid deciduous sepals. 
Pet. small, linear, fiat, clawed. Caps, numerous, sessile. 
[9. Eranthis. Cal. of 5 — 8 petaloid deciduous sepals. Pet. 
small, tubular, with a long claw, ‘2-lipped, inner lip very 
short. Caps, numerous, stalked.^ 
10. IIelleborus. Cal. of 5 petaloid persistent sepals. Pet. 
small, tubular, 2-lipped, clawed. Caps. 3 — 10 sessile. 
11. Aquilegia. Cal. of 5 petaloid deciduous sepals. Pet. 5, 
funnel-shaped, with a long hornlike spur. Caps. 5. 
