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ANEMONE* vitifdlia. 



Vine -leaved Anemone. 



POLYANDRIA POLVGYNIA. 



Of 



Nat 



ANEMONE.—Suprd, vol. 3. fol 



A» vitifolia ; foliis rolundato-cordatis, 5-7-lobis, subtiJs cauleque adpress^ 

 lanuginosis, radicalibus longe petiolatis; involucellis subsessilibus tri- 

 fidis ; sepalis ovalibus extus sericeis ; pistilHs supernfe glabris ; caryo- 

 psidibus pedicellatis, muticis, densissime lanuginosis. — Wall. MSS. 



A. vitifolia. Buchanan apud Decand. syst. nat. 1. ^. 211. I^usd. prodr. 



\.p. 21. 





Herba erecta, parck ramosa, 1i-3-pedalis, basi suffruticosa^ dum junior 

 lanugine candidd, adpressd densk vesiita, cefate glabrior. Radix perpen- 

 -dicularis, subfusiformis^ fer^ lignosa, Jibrillosa^ vestigiis frequentibus aridis 

 basium petiolorum squamata, Caulis scepius unicuSy nunc duo tresve^ tereSj 

 bis terve subdichotome divisus, basi penuam cygneam, quin digitum minimum 

 crassuSj superne attenualiis, ramique erectiy elongatij gracileSy nudi^ villis 

 longiSy adpressiSy subdeciduis obsiti.' Folia radicalia pluruy erectay longe 

 petiolatUy palmaria, circumscriptione orbiculato-cordatay 5-7-iobay lobis in- 

 ^qualibusy acutis, nunc obtusiSy inciso- et cuspidato-denticulatiSy basis magnis 

 TotundatiSy connivenlibuSy suprd nitida^ fere glabra, saturate viridia, par&m 

 bullata, subtiis niveo-iomentosa, vel lanuginosay multinerviay grosse et pro- 

 Tninenter reticulato-venosa ; caulina infrh. divisuras subverticillata, involu- 

 crtformia, patentiay brev^ petiolatay vel subsessilia, incequaliay S-pollicaria, 

 O'5-loba, lobis ovatis, subacuminatis, Petioli canaliculati, basi dilatatd 

 ^ntplexantes ; radicates gracileSy pedales, sesqiiipedalesve. Pedunculi ter- 

 finales y tereteSy erectly cylindriciy villosi, scepius treSy aliquandh plureSy 

 quorum medii trifidiy medio involucellati, trifloriy reliqui unijloriy S-S-polli' 

 cares, fructiferi longiores. Involucellum conslans foliolis pollicaribus y 

 subsessilibus y triJidiSy serratisT^ Flores magni, patentissimiy diametro ferh 

 ^"pollicari y ex albo dilutissime JlaveicenteSy extus sericeo-villosiy pallide 

 violacei. Alabastra ^r/ofiosa, valde sericea. Sepala sex, interdum octOy ovalia, 

 obtusa, fere pollicariay patentissima y subcsqualia, bases interiorum leviter 



* Anemone, or avifcavvty literally signifies wind-flower, from anfc^^, wind. 

 Its origin, they say, was from the tears of Venus ; A^« poJo» rtjcru, ru il 

 oax^vcc rif ivs/Luivccy ; (from her blood sprung the Rose; from her tears the 

 Anemone.) The plant of the ancients was the modern Anemone coronaria. 



