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RANUNCULACEjE. (crowfoot family.) 
Subclass I. ANGIOSPER1VLE. 
Pistil consisting of a closed ovary, which contains the 
ovules and forms the fruit. Pollen applied to a stigma. 
Cotyledons only two. 
Division I. POLYP^TALOUS EXdGENOUS PLANTS. 
Floral envelopes consisting of both calyx and corolla; 
the petals separate (occasionally absent). 
Order 1. RANUJVCUL.ACE^E. (Crowfoot Family.) 
Herbs (or woody vines) with a colorless acrid juice, poty 
petalous , or apetalous with the calyx colored like a cofol m 
la, hypogynous ; the sepals , petals , numerous stamens , end 
many or few (rarely single) pistils all distinct and unco* 
nected. — Flowers regular or irregular. Sepals 5 — 3-15. 
Petals 3—15, or wanting. Stamens indefinite, rarely few- 
anthers short. Fruits either dry pods, or seed-like (ache 
nia), or berries, 1 - several-seeded. Seeds anatropous, with 
fleshy albumen and a minute embryo. — Stipules none- 
Leaves mostly dissected, their stalks dilated at the base. 
Synopsis of the Genera. 
Tribe 1. CLEMATIDEiE. Sepals valvate in the bud, or with d* 
edges bent inwards. Petals none, or small and stamen-like 
Achenia numerous, tailed with the feathery or hairy styles. 
Seed solitary, suspended. — Vines : leaves all opposite. 
1. Atragene. Petals several, like sterile stamens. 
2. Clematis. Petals none. 
Tribe 2. ANEMONE^E. Sepals imbricated in the bud. Pet^- 
none, or very small and stamen-like. Achenia numerous or 
several. Seed solitary, suspended. — Stem-leaves often °PP°* 
site or whorled, forming an involucre. 
3. Pulsatilla. Achenia bearing long plumose tails. ^ 
4. Anemone. Achenia merely pointed, numerous, not ribbed 
inflated. Involucre remote from the flower, and lik e 1 e 
other leaves. 
5. Hepatica. Achenia several, not ribbed. Involucre like a calf*- 
