. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 25. ADONIS [Dill.] L. Sp. PL 547. 1753. Erect, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnately dissected into numerous linear segments. Flowers yellow or red, solitary, terminal. Petals 5-16, conspicuous. Car- pels 00, i-ovuled. Achenes capitate or spicate, rugose-reticulated, tipped with the persistent styles. [Mythological name for a favorite of Venus,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 25. ADONIS [Dill.] L. Sp. PL 547. 1753. Erect, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnately dissected into numerous linear segments. Flowers yellow or red, solitary, terminal. Petals 5-16, conspicuous. Car- pels 00, i-ovuled. Achenes capitate or spicate, rugose-reticulated, tipped with the persistent styles. [Mythological name for a favorite of Venus, changed into a flower.] A genus of showy-flowered plants, natives of the north temperate regions of Europe and Asia, consisting of the following and about five other species. Type species: Adonis annua L. I. Adonis annua L. Pheasant's or Bird's Eye. Fig. 1941. Adonis annua L. Sp. PI. 547. 1753. Adonis autumnalis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 771. 1763. Annual, erect, i°-2° high, branched, gla- brous. Leaves finally dissected, the lower petioled, the upper sessile, the segments acute; sepals smooth, deciduous; flowers 9"-i8" broad, nearly globular, orange or red, the petals obovate, and darker colored at the base; achenes spicate. Commonly cultivated for ornament; sponta- neous in gardens and occasionally escaped into waste places, especially southward. Fugitive from Europe. Summer. Adonis'-flower. Red- morocco. 26. CLEMATIS L. Sp. PI. 543. 1753. Climbing vines, more or less woody. Leaves opposite, slender-petioled, pinnately com- pound. Flowers cymose-paniculate, our species dioecious, or nearly so. Sepals 4 or S, valvate in the bud, spreading, petaloid. Petals none. Stamens numerous, spreading; fila- ments mostly glabrous; anthers short, blunt. Pistils numerous. Achenes i-seeded. Style long, persistent, plumose. [Greek name for some climbing plant.] About 25 species of very wide geographic distribution. Besides the following, several others occur in the southern an
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