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1. RANTmCITLACILSl. 
* Anthers extrorse. 
t Fruits (achenes) many, 1-seeded, short. 
Tribe I. CLEMATIDE^. Fruit ^vith a feathery awn. Seed 
pendulous. Sep. yalvate in the bud. Leaves opposite. 
1. Clematis. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Car^. not burst- 
ing, awned. Stam. and styles many. 
Tr. II. ANEMONEJE. Seed pendulous. Sep. and pet. imbri- 
cate in the bud. Leaves radical or alternate. 
2. THAiieTHTJM. Cal. of 4 or 5 sepals. Pet. 0. Carp, not 
bursting, without awns. Stam. and styles many. 
.S. Anemo>je. Cal. petal-like, sep. 5 — 9. Pet. 0. Carp, not 
bursting, tipped with the persistent sometimes feathery styles, 
S laced upon a thickened hemispherical or conical receptacle, 
tarn, and styles many. 
4. Adonis. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. 5 — 10, without a honey- 
bearing pora Carp, not bursting, unthout atcm. Stam. 
and stj'les many. 
Tr. m. RANUNCULE^. Seed erect (except in Myosiirus). 
Sep. and pet. imbricate in the bud. Pet. with a honey- 
bearing pore at their base. 
5. Myosunrs. Cal. of 5 sepals, prolonged into a spur at the 
base. Pet. 5, with a filifomi tubular claw. Stam. 5. Styles 
many. Carp, not bursting, closely imbricate upon a long 
filiform receptacle. Seed pendulous. 
(). Ranttncttlus. Cal. of 5, rarely 3, sepals. Pet. 5, rarely 
many, with a honey-bearing pore naked or covered by a 
scale. Carp, not bursting, collected into a globular or oblong 
mass. Stam. and styles many. 
tt Fruits (follicles) many-seeded, bursting, long. 
Tr. IV. HELLEBOEEjE. Sepak imbricate in the bud. Stam. 
many. 
7. Caltha. Cal. of 5 petal-like deciduous sepals. Pet 0. 
FoUicles 5—10. 
8. Teollius. CaJ. of 5 or many petal-like deciduous sepals. 
Pet. small, linear, fiat, clawed. Follicles many, sessile. 
[9. Ehanthis. Cal. of 5— 8 petal -like deciduou.s sepals. Pet. 
small, tubular, with a long claw, 2-lipped, inner lip very 
short. Follicles many, stalkea.'] 
