^ usually not 
W united, // 
TIE BUTTERCUP FAMILY. (ORDER i, RANUNCUL AC E/E.) 
CACiTv of usually 5 SEEALSmot united (free), often brightly coloured (petaloid), insert- 
ed below tbe seedcase (bypogynous). 
COROLLA of usually 5 PETALS, free, often wild one or more spurred at the 
base, as in the columbine, inserted below the seedcase (bypogynous), some- 
times absent. 
STAMENS numerous, inserted below the seedcase (hypogynous). 
PISTIL of many CARPELS, usually not united, each composed of a \ -celled 
seedcase (ovary) terminating in a style & stigma or in a stigma only. 
FRUIT a head of achenes, small, dry, nseeded fruits which do not open to free 
the seed but decay ( ind chi scent ), or a head of follicles, dry, many -seeded fruits 
which open down one side to free the seeds. 
FLOWERS conspicuous, solitary or in termin- 
al clusters (racemes). 
LEAVES alternate, often deeply divided. 
DISTINGUISHED BY 
the usually 5 sepals T 
& petals, the 
numerous 
[stamens inserted 
-<j below the seedcase, 
i rl 
v; & the numerous 
carpels which are 
sepals 
LESSER 
CELANDINE 
petal 
RANUNCULUS ' 
rtCARIA. 
stamens 
pisti 
