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TROLLlUS acaulis. 
Stemless Globeflower. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Ranunculaceaj. 
TROLLlUS. L. Calyx corollinus, penta-pendecaphyllus, foliolis sesti- 
vatione imbricatis deciduis. Corolla petala 5-20, liypogyna, minima, tubu- 
losa, unilabiata. Stamina indefinita, hypogyna. Ovaria plurima, libera, 
unilocularia, ovulis ad suturam ventralem pluribus, biseriatis. Capsules fol- 
liculares, coriacete, cylindricse, sessiles, stylo dorsali acuminatse, transversim 
nervosae, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes, polyspermae. Semina angulata. 
Herbee in prat is montanis, frigidiusculis hemispheres borealis vigentes , 
Ranunculi facie ; foliis pahnatim-multifdis, floribus terminalibus, luteis, ex- 
involucraiis. Endl. gen. 4787. 
T. acaulis ; foliis digitato-palmatis laciniis tripartitis pinnatifidis, pedunculo 
brevissimo unifloro, flore stellato, sepalis 9 lanceolatis subincisis, petalis 
lineari-cuneatis apice rotundatis. Lindl. Rot. Reg. 1842, misc. 56. 
This is among the most curious plants that have been pro- 
cured for our gardens by the liberality of the East India 
Company. It has, in many respects, the appearance of a 
little Eranthis, of which it will probably prove the summer 
rival ; for it does not flower till July. 
Whether or not the flowers will always preserve their 
dwarf stature, or whether as it becomes stronger this species 
will elevate itself a little more, cannot at present be ascer- 
tained, for we know nothing of it in a wild state. 
This is remarkable in it, that the flowers are not globose 
as in the old species of Trollius, but spread open, in a starry 
manner, like those of an Anemone. The petals are deep 
orange ; the carpels are fifteen in number. 
If Don had not compared his T.pumilus with T. Ameri- 
canus, and described its sepals as roundish oval, we should 
have thought that plant might be the same as the present. 
