PL ex. that . 
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85. RANUNCULACE^L 
base of the perisperm. — Plants herbaceous or shrubby; 
leaves alternate, lobed, dilated at bottom, slightly sheathing; 
stipules 0. 
A. Anthers opening towards the centre of the flower. 
Sepales 4, deciduous ; petals 4 ; 
terry I-celled, many-seeded ......... Act^ea. 457. 
Sepales 5, persisting; petals 5; 
camares many-seeded Pjeonia. 458. 
B. Anthers opening outwardly ; camares many , many-seeded. 
Petals 4, 2 upper spurred ; sepales irregular, 
petaloid; upper forming a spur . .* Consolida. 459. 
Petals 5, tailed ; sepales 5, regular, 
petaloid, deciduous Aquilegia. 460. 
Pet. 8 or 10, 2-lipped; sepales 5, regular, 
coriaceous, persisting; camares sessile Helleborus. 461. 
Pet. 5 to 10, 2-lipped; sepales 5 to 10, regular, 
petaloid ; camares sessile Trqllius. 462. 
Petals 0 ; sepales regular, petaloid, 
camares sessile . . Caltha. 463. 
C. Anthers opening outwardly ; cariopsides many , on the 
receptacle. 
Petals 9, base scaled ; sepales 3, 
base not produced; cariopsides blunt Ficaria. 464. 
Petals 5, base scaled ; sepales 5, 
base not produced ; cariopsides smooth Ranunculus. 465. 
Petals 5, base pitted ; sepales 5, 
base not produced; cariops ides wrinkled Batrachium. 466. 
Petals 5, base nectariferous ; sepales 5, 
base produced Myosurus. 467. 
Pet. 5 to 10, base naked ; sepales 5 ; 
involucrum 0 ; style straight, pointed, Adonis. 468. 
Pet. 0 ; sepales 5 to 10; involucrum 
3-leaved, distant; leaves cut; cariopsides 
tailless Anemonanthea. 470. 
Pel. 0; sepales 5; involucrum 3-leaved, 
distant; leaves cut; cariopsides tailed. . . Pulsatilla, 471. 
Pet. 0 ; sepales 4 ; cariopsides tailless, 
sessile, longitudinally streaked Thalictrum. 472. 
Pet. 0 ; sepales 4 ; cariopsides tailled, 
sessile, feathered Clematis. 473. 
