An illustrated flora of the 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 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 ADONIS [Dill.] L. Sp. PI. 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 sty
An illustrated flora of the 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 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 ADONIS [Dill.] L. Sp. PI. 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 v- ' - species. Type species : Adonis annua L. I. Adonis annua L. Pheasant's or Bird's Eye. Fig. 1941. Adonis annua L. Sp. PI. 547. I753- 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. Camomile. 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 5, valvatc 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 distribu
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