THE 
FLORA OF JAMAICA. 
CLASS I. DICOTYLEDONEAE. 
T II ALAMIFLO II /E. 
ORDER I. ranunculacea:. 
Calycine sepals 3-0, hypogynous, deciduous. 
Petals 5-15, hypogynous, in one or more rows, dis- 
tinct. Stamens oo, hypogynous : anthers adnate, in 
the true genera turned outwards. Pistils numerous, 
seated on the disk : ovary 1- or many-seeded : style 
one to each ovary, short, simple. Carpels 1 -celled, 
1- co-seeded: seeds albuminous: embryo minute: 
albumen horny. 
Herbaceous or rarely shrubby plants. Leaves alternate, or 
opposite, generally divided, with the petiole dilated and form- 
ing a sheath half clasping the stem. Hairs 0, or simple. — The 
general properties of this Order are acridity and causticity. 
Several powerful medicinal principles have been obtained from 
some of the members : such as Aconitine from the roots of the 
Aconitum napellus, and Delphinine or Delphine from the 
seeds of the Delphinium Stavisagria. 
I. Clematis. Traveller's Joy. 
Involucre 0, or calyciform, under the flower. Sepals 
4-8, coloured. Petals 0, or shorter than the sepals. 
Carpels oo, terminated by a long mostly barbato-plu- 
mose tail. — De Cand. 
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