164 Ranunculaceae 
B. Leaf-blades wider than long, reniform-orbicular; sepals lanceolate, acute. W. 
‘C.E. (C. rotundifolia.) C. leptosepala DC. . 
BB. Leaf-blades longer than wide, roundish to oblong-cordate; sepals oblong to 
spatulate, obtuse. W. C. C, biflora DC. 4 
TROLLIUS ~ GLOBE-FLOWER 
Herbs, perennial, glabrous, erect or ascending. Leaves palmately-lobed or -dis- 
sected. Flowers solitary or few, lilac or yellow (ours). Sepals 5——many (ours 5==7)}, 
petal-like, regular, deciduous. Petals 5—-many (ours 15—25), small, 1-lipped, tubular 
at base, linear, shorter than the stamens. Stamens many.  Pistils 5—many. Follicles 
sessile, somewhat cylindric, about 3 mm. long (ours). Seeds many, oblong, smooth. 
(German trel=something round; referring to the form of the flowers.) W.C. E. 
T. laxus Salisb. (Spreading Globe-flower) 
ISOPYRUM FALSH-RUE 
Herbs, perennial, low, smooth. Leaves mostly alternate (so in ours), ternately 
2—3-compound. Flowers white, solitary or in lax terminal racemes or panicles or 
cymes. Sepals 56, petal-like, regular, deciduous. Petals none or very small, nec- 
tariferous.. Stamens 10—40> Follicles 2—20. Seed 2—several, smooth or slightly _ 
rugcse. (Gk. isopyron==the name of some Fumaria.) 
A. Stem 0.5—1 dm. high, 1-flowered; sepals oblong, 6 mm. long; follicles short- 
stalked. W. 1, stipitatum Gray (Small False-rue) 
AA. Stem 3—9 dm. high, several-flowered; sepals obovate, 8 mm. long; follicles ses- 
sile. W, I. Wallij Gray (Tall False-rue) 
COPTIS GOLD-THREAD 
Herbs, perennial, low, glabrous: rootstalks slender, creeping, yellow, bitter. Leaves 
all basal, ternately-compound (ours) or -divided, lasting over winter. Flowers white, 
solitary or few, on naked scapes. Sepals 5-7, petal-like, deciduous, white or green- 
ish. Petals 5—6, small, linear, cucullate. Stamens 10—25. Carpels stipitate, 3—1 2. 
Follicles 3—12, stalked, in umbels. . Seeds several, smooth, shining. (Gk. kopto=to. 
cut; from the divided leaves. ) 
A. Leaflets obscurely 3-lobed; scape 1-flowered; sepals oval or oblong, obtuse; petals 
erlarged at the summit. W. C. E. 
C. trifolia, Salish. 
AA. Leaflets rather deeply lobed or yet more deeply segmented; scape 1—-3-flowered; 
sepals linear or ligulate, attenuate; petals enlarged near the middle. 
B. Leaves. ternate. 
C. All 3 leaflets long-petioluled; leaf-divisions obtuse, obtusely dentate; seed ob- 
long. C.E. (C. venosa.) . 
C. occidentalis T. & G. ; 
CC. Middle leaflet long-petioluled, lateral short-petioluled; leaf-divisions acute, 
acutely dentate; seed oval. W. C. 
C. laciniata Gray 
. BB. Leaves pinnately 5-foliolate. W. 
C. asplenifolia Salish. 
ACTAEA BANEBERRY 
Herbs, perennial, tall. Leaves alternate, ternately 3-compound. Flowers small, 
white, in short terminal racemes. Sepals 5-—6, nearly equal, petal-like. Petals 4—10, 

