Ranunculacese. 
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2. Young carps diverging (soon after flowering). The hood, 
supported on an arched filament, horizontal, with a very 
short spur ........ 3 
— Young carps parallel-connivent (casque distinctly higher 
than broad) ........ 4 
3. Upper part of the stem gen. simple, straight, glabr. or, 
like the peduncles, covered with small crisp hairs. 
Racemes dense (rarely loose or branched). L.-segments 
linear or linear-lanceolate. Casque not quite or about 
as high as broad, bent down over the lower seps.— 
Alp., subalp. and Jura; descending to the valleys. 6, 7 
Napellus L. 76. 
— Upper part of the stem branched, often flexible, covered, 
like the spreading peduncles, with jointed hairs. Racemes 
paniculate, loose. L.-segments lanceolate or oblong. 
Casque as in the last or (v. hebegynum Dec.) distinctly 
higher.—Alp. and subalp., rare in the Jura. 7 
paniculatum Lam. 77. 
4. Hoods obliquely supported on filaments which are arched 
at the top. Stas gen. hairy. A. intermedium Dec. Napellus- 
paniculatum ?—Alp., rare, G. O.; also cultivated (barren!) 7 
Stoerkianum Rchb. 78. 
— Hoods vertical or slightly and obliquely inclined for¬ 
wards, on filaments which are straight or only slightly 
curved towards the top. Stas gen. glabr. Casque high! 
Inflorescence gen. glabr., often leafy at the base. L.-seg- 
ments broader than in A. Napellus; carps gen. 4—5. 
A. rostratum Gaud. Cammarum Jacq.—Alp. and subalp.; 
not common. 7 variegatum L. 79. 
5(1). Ls palmatifid; segments rhomboidal-cuneiform, 3-fid 
and inciso-dentate. Casque almost 3 times as high as 
broad.—Mountain woods; distrib. 7 Lycoctonum L. 80. 
— Ls palmatipartite; divisions multifid with linear lobes. 
Casque about as high as broad.—Jura (Dole and Mont 
d’Or). 8. Anthora L. 81. 
19. Actaea. Baneberry. Herb Christopher. XIII, 8. 
1. Ls 2—3-ternatisect. FIs in short racemes, white. Berries 
black.—Woods; distrib. 5 spicata L. 82. 
20. Paeonia. Paeony. XIII, 26. 
1. Ls 2-ternatisect. Underside of leaflets whitish-glaucous. 
FIs large, red. ( P . officinalis of gardens has the underside 
of the leaflets paler green and rather shining).— M. 
Generoso in Tess. 6 peregrina Mill. 83. 
