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KNOWLTONIA vesicatoria. 
Blistering Knowltonia. ee 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Ranuncutacex: tribus Anemones. Dec. regn. veg. 1.129. 
KNOWLTONIA Salisb. (Thebesia Neck? Anamenia Vent.) Calya 
5-sepalus. Petala 5-15, ungue nudo. Stamina 00. Ovaria 00 recep- 
taculo globoso imposita. Cariopsides 00 monosperme baccate, stylo deci- 
duo muticee. Dec. 1. c. p. 218. 
K. vesicatoria ; foliis biternatim sectis, segmentis subcordatis rigidis glabri- 
usculis, lateralibus basi oblique truncatis, umbella subsimplici pauciflora. 
Dec, lc. 
Ranunculus perelegans D. Franqueville foliis aculeatis. Lob. st. all. 135. 
Astrantia africana laserpitii foliis latioribus rigidis et spinosis. Morison hist. 
3 p. 279. Fee 
Imperatoria ranunculoides africana enneaphyllos laserpitii lobatis foliis 
rigidis margine spinosis. . Pluk. alm. 198. t. 95. f. 2. 
Adonis vesicatoria. Linn. suppl. 272. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. 2.264. Willd. 
sp. pl. 2.1307. . ; 
Adonis capensis. Lam. dict.1.p.46. 
Knowltonia vesicatoria. Bot. mag. t.'775. Ait. Kew, ed. 2. 3.351. 
Anamenia laserpitiifolia. Vet. malm. 1. p. 22.in obs. Willd. enum. 586. 
Anamenia vesicatoria. Dum. cours. bot. cult. 4.438. 
Adonis laserpitiifolia. Pers. suppl. 1.147. 
M. De Candolle remarks, that this genus is just inter- 
mediate between Hydrastis and Adonis, with the former 
of which it agrees in fruit, and with the latter in flowers. 
It was named after Mr. Thomas Knowlton, formerly cura- 
tor of Sherard’s famous garden at Eltham. 
It is curious that this, which has altogether the appear- 
ance of an umbelliferous plant, should have been referred 
by Lobel to Ranunculus, a nearly allied genus, but to 
which it bears little resemblance, at a time when the 
affinities of plants had scarcely been considered. Morison 
