The buttercup plant family of the order RANUNCULALES, class MAGNOLIOPSIDA. The leaves are usually alternate and stalkless. The flowers usually have two to five free sepals and may be radially symmetrical or irregular.
    

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A flowering plant, possibly an Aquilegia species, with two small segments of other plant stems. Watercolour.

An anemone (Anemone alba): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1820, after J. Curtis.

A Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), a poppy (Papaver species) and borage (Borago officinalis): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): flowering plant. Colour process print, c. 1924.

Six cut Ranunculus flowers: double-flowered varieties with leaves. Watercolour by Mrs. Montgomery.

Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

A clematis plant (Clematis cirrhosa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

A plant (Clematis species): trailing stem with large white flower. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

A clematis plant (Clematis cirrhosa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

A plant (Clematis species): trailing stem with large white flower. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.