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GENUS IX. 
TROLLIUS Lin. THE GLOBE-FLOWER. 
Lin.Syst. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Generic CuiRACTEH. — Calyx of five, ten, or fifteen coloured petal- I flattened, unilabiate. Stamens and ovaries numerous. Capsules 
like sepals. Petals from five to twenty in number, small, linear, | numerous, sessile, columnar, many-seeded. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — Both the English and Latin names of this genus, are derived from tlie globular shape of 
the flower of the common British species T. europwus. The other species differ in the shape of their flowers ; 
but they all agree in having the sepals more ornamental than the petab, which have rather the appearance of 
being abortive stamens, than of forming a corolla. They have all numerous stamens, and numerous carpels 
which are many-seeded. The leaves, like those of most of the plants belonging to the order Ranunculacea, are 
deeply cut, and with dilated petioles which partly sheathe the stem, which is hollow, and yields, when wounded, 
a slightly acrid juice. The roots differ from those of the genus Ranunculus, in being always fibrous and never 
grumose. All the species are hardy, and would grow in the open air in British gardens, but only three or four 
are in cultivation. The word Trollius is derived from the old German word Trol or Trolhen, signifying round. 
None of the species yet known appear to be at all improved by cultivation. 
1,— TROLLIUS EDROP.SUS Lin. THE EUROPEAN OR COMMON GLOBE-FLOWER. 
SYNoNVME.^Lucken gowans. 
ENGaiviNos. — Eng. Bot. t. 28 ; 2nd edit. t. 797 ; and our fig. 5, 
Plate 7. 
Specific Chaiucteii, — Sepals fifteen, converging so as to form a 
globe, and so as to conceal the petals, which are equal in length to the 
stamens. 
Description, &c. — This flower, notwithstanding its somewhat formal appearance, has long been a favourite 
in gardens. The flower-stem is erect and branched, each branch terminating in a single flower. The flowers 
are at first small, but they gradually become larger though without opening, the sepals, which are numerous, 
preserving their globe-like form till they fall oflF, which they do, long before the seed is ripe. The petals, which 
are entirely hidden by the converging sepals, are about the same length as the stamens ; and indeed they look 
more like abortive filaments a little flattened, than petals. The stamens are very numerous, as are the carpels. 
The leaves appear palmate, they are so deeply cleft into five distinct lobes. This plant never improves by 
cultivation ; and those species, which have been propagated from others kept in gardens for a great many years, 
produce flowers exactly similar to those which are found wild in the meadows. In gardens, the globe-flower 
will grow in any soil or situation, but it prefers one that is somewhat moist and shady. It is readily propagated 
either by seeds or by division of the root. There is a dwarf variety with the stem not branched. 
2 — TROLLIUS ASIATICUS Lin. THE ASIATIC GLOBE-FLOWER. 
Synonvme. — Helleborus aconitifoUus Ruth. 1 Specific Character. — Sepals from ten to fifteen, somewhat spread- 
Engbaving. — Bot. Mag. t. 235. | ing. Petals ten, longer than the stamens. 
• Description, &c.— -This species has large flowers, the sepals of which are of a rich dark orange, and some- 
what more open than those of the common globe-flower ; and the petals are longer than the stamens. The stem 
is seldom branched, and the flowers are produced singly ; they appear in May and June. This species is » 
