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ANEM0NE. I 



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Herbac. Caulcs simplices, scapiformes, apicc di-aut triplvylli, uni-aut 

 multillori; floribus pedunculatis, nudis. Folia radicalia petiolata, intcgra, 

 ssepissime varic lobata, incisa, partita, ternata aut supradecomposita. 



i. AKEMONE mexicana. f 



A. caulibus 2-5-fIoris; foliis radicalibus longe petiolaiis, tunalis; foliolis rliomboidco- 

 ovatis, trifidis, crenato-seiratis, supra pubcsccnlibus, subtus lcnuitcr lanuginosis; calycibus 

 pcntaphyllis. 



Aneinonc Mexicana. Decartd. Syst. nat. i. p, 210. 



Crescit prope S. Jiosa Mexicanorum . alt. i/po hex. ffc Floret Septembri. 



Herha crocta, 9-12-poIlicaris. Cacles complures, erccti, simplices, tcretes, tenuiter lamiginosi. apicc di- 

 aut triphvlli ct 2-5-ilori (ex Bonpl. ). Folia radicalia longc pctiolala, triphylla; foliola brcvissimepetiolata" 

 rhomboidco-ovata,trifida, basi cuneata, margine irregulariter crenato-serrata, rcticulato-venosa,suprapubcs^ 

 centia, subtus tenuiter lanuginosa, crassiuscula, subtus pallidiora; latcralia 12-14 lineas longa; intcrmedium 

 scsquipollicarc et longius; juniora subtus violacea. Pctiolus 5-6-pollicaris, tenuitcr lanuginosus, basi mcm- 

 branaceus ct vaginans. Folia caulina ( involucrum ) duo opposita aut tcrna, subscssilia, foliolis foliorum 

 radicalium simillima. Pedunculi subumbcllati, 1- 1 4-p»Uicares, teretes, tenuiter lanuginosi, nudi. Flohe^ 

 magnitudine fioris Ranunculi Flammulce, erecti, nudi. Calyx pcntapbyllus, albus aut purpurcus, extcrne 

 tenuitcr lanuginosus; foliola subrotundo-ovata, obtusa, multinervia, subxqualia, pateatia. Corolla nulla 

 Stamina creberrima , calyce breviora, hypogyna. Filamenta glabra. Antherj: basi aflixir, ovato-ellipticcc, 

 obtusic, biloculares, glabra:, utroque laterc longitudinaliter dchisccntes. Ovaria complura ( circitcr 10 ex 

 Bonpl. ), minuta, scssilia, obliquc obovata, comprcssiuscula. basi subcuncata, pubesccntia. Stylis tcrmi- 

 nalis,capillaceus,glabcr, ercctus, ovarioduplotriplovclongior. Stigma simplex. CArsuL^oblongx, subtcretcs. 

 pubcsccntcs, stylo pcrsistcnte infiexo coronata>, sesquilineam longaj; in spcciminc nostro nondum matur.-n. 



RANUNCULUS. Linn. 



Calyx pentaplvyllus, coloratus, deciduus. Petala 5, rarius plura, hvpo- 

 gyna, intus supra unguem instructa foveola nectarifera sacpissime sqtia- 

 mula tecta. Stamina creberrima, lvypogyna. Pistilla creberrima. Capsvljb 

 monospcrmsc, indeliiscentes, receptaculo globoso aut cylindraceo impo- 

 sitae, arctissimc congestac, mucronatae aut rostratae, loeves, striatee aut 

 UibercuIaUe, monospermac. 



Herbac, nonnulhe aquaticse. Caules crecti, procumbentes, interdum 

 radicantes. Folia integra aut sscpius varie lobata, fissa, partita vel com- 



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