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flower cream-coloured. Sims. bot. mag. 1994. 
Eastern parts of Russia. (Fisch.) 
Spreading Pasque-flower. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1752. Pl. 1 ft. 
5 Aw. Pusatitva (Lin, spe. 759.) leaves pinnate ; segments 
many-parted; lobes linear; flowers rather nodding ; sepals 6, 
spreading. Y%.H. Native of uncultivated fields and dry hills, 
in exposed situations throughout Europe and Siberia, in England 
in dry open chalky pastures. Smith, eng. bot. 51. Fl. dan. 
153.—Clus. hist. 1. p. 246. f. 1. Pusatilla vulgaris, Mill. dict. 
no. 1. An. praténsis, With. brit. 498. An. collina, Sal. prod. 371. 
Var. B, rùbra (Lam. dict. 1. p. 163.) plant dwarf; flower 
erect; sepals blunter. 2. H. Pulsatilla rubra, Dalech. lug. 
850, f. 1.—Lob. icon. 282, f. 1. 
Var. y, lilacina (D. C. syst. 1. p. 192.) flowers lilac. Y. H. 
Native of Switzerland. An. intermèdia, Schult. obs. 101. An. 
longipetala, Schleich. pl. ex. helv. 
Var. 6, Dahirica (D. C. syst. 1. p. 192. prod. 1. p. 17.) 
plant dwarf, very villous; flower erect ; sepals oblong. Y.H. 
Native of Dahuria. 
Variations. Flower purple, blue, red, lilac, greenish and 
white, single or double from the stamens being sometimes 
changed into petals, and sometimes the ovaries are converted 
into green leaflets, Stature, from a hand to a foot high. Sepals 
acute, but in var. 6, obtuse. Var. p, is distinguished by its 
dwarfer stature, erect very spreading red flowers, and blunter 
sepals. Var. y, by the peduncle and involucre being villous, 
flowers pale lilac with the outside very pilose. Var. è is dwarf 
and very villous, with the lobes of leaves short and very acute, 
flower erect, sepals oblong. Perhaps the two following species 
belong to one or other of the preceding varieties. 4. Pisciénsis 
and punicea of Sism. agr. tose. 223. 
The plant is acrid, and will easily raise blisters; the distilled 
water will vomit, it cannot therefore be given with safety in dis- 
orders of the lungs. The juice of the petals stain paper green. 
Goats and sheep will eat it, but horses, cows, and swine will 
refuse it, 
Pulsatilla or common Pasque-flower. 
PI. 4 to 1 foot. 
6 AN. pratensis (Lin. spe. 760.) leaves pinnate; many- 
parted; lobes linear; flower pendulous ; sepals 6, erect, re- 
flexed at top. X4. H. Native of Denmark, Scania, Russia at 
the river Courba, France, Germany ; in dry exposed fields and 
meadows. Fl. dan. t. 611. Schk. hand. t. 150. Pulsatilla nì- 
gricans, Storck. lib. puls. witha figure. An. Pulsatilla 8, Lam. 
fl. fran. 3. p. 320. An, sylvéstris, Vill. daup. 4. p. 726. exclu- 
sive of the synonymes of Gerard and Lin. An. Pusatilla, Sturm. 
deutsch, fl, icone? Differing from An. Pulsatilla in the flower 
being smaller, pendulous not suberect, and of a deeper colour ; 
sepals narrower, and more acute, connivent at base, reflexed at 
apex. M. Storck recommends an extract or infusion of this 
plant in chronic affections of the eyes, and also in long standing 
siphilitic sores. In its recent state the plant has scarcely any 
smell, but its taste is extremely acrid, and when chewed corrodes 
the tongue and fauces. The liquor obtained by distilling the plant 
with water is strongly impregnated with its virtues, and the re- 
maining extract is considerably active. It also appears from some 
experiments to contain a camphoraceous matter, which was ob- 
tained in the form of crystals, of an acrid taste, and very in- 
flammable. 
Var. P, obsoleta ; flower larger, pale ; lobes of pinnula broader, 
awned, Sims, bot. mag. t, 186. Helw. puls. p, 65. t. 11. D.C. 
prod. 1. p.17. 
Meadow Pasque-flower. Fl. May. Clt. 1731. Pl. 3 to 1 ft. 
_7 Aw. ALBANA (Stev. mem. soc. nat. mose. 3. p 264.) leaves 
pinnate; segments many-parted; lobes oblong-linear; flower 
nodding; pedicels scarcely longer than the involucre; sepals 
Native of the 
Fl. Ap. May. Britain. 
RANUNCULACEÆ. VI. Anemone. 
6, erect, somewhat reflexed at apex. 2%. H. _Native on the 
highest mountains in Eastern Caucasus. Very like An. pratén- 
sis, but differing from it in the flower being white or cream- 
coloured, not purple. 
White Pasque-flower. Fl. May. Clt. 1821. Pl. 3 foot. 
8 An. Daunu‘rica (Fisch. in lit. D. C. prod. 1. p. 17.) leaves 
ternate with the two lateral segments sessile, unequal, 3-lobed, 
terminal one-stalked, 3-parted ; lobes 2—8-cleft, all linear and 
acute ; sepals 6, erect, connivent. %. H. Native of Dahuria, 
at the river Ingoda. Flower flesh-coloured, size of those of A. 
praténsis, but pale, and with the fruit of 4. Pulsatilla. 
Dahurian Pasque-flower. Fl.? Clt. 1823. Pl. $ foot. 
9 An. Nurrauia'xa (D. C. syst. 1. p. 193.) leaves 3-parted 
or ternate, segments cuneate, trifid, cut; lobes linear-lanceolate, 
elongated ; leaves of the involucre parted into linear lobes; 
flower erect; sepals 5-6, erect, connivent. 4. H. Native of 
North America, in Louisiana, banks of the Mackenzie river, and 
valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Clématis hirsutíssima. Ph. 
fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 885. An. Ludoviciàna. Nutt. gen. am. 2, 
p- 20. in Journ. acad. sc. phil. vol. 5. p. 158. t. 8. A. patens 
Hook fl. bor. amer. p. 4. A very distinct species, with the 
habit almost of 4n. Pulsatilla. Radical leaves ternate, not pin- 
nate. Flower purple, sometimes cream-coloured, erect, villous 
outside as well as the base of scapes and the leaves of the invo- 
lucre. Fruit like those of An. Pulsatilla. The young flower- 
buds are eaten by the marmots. Hooker considers this identical 
with dn. patens, but they are evidently very distinct plants. 
Nuttall’s Pasque-flower. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1826. Pl. 1 ft. 
10 A. Fuave'scens (Zucc. in fl. d. Gaz. bot. ratisb. 1826. p. 
369.) leaves rising after the flower, ternate, segments many-part- 
ed, lobes cut, linear; flower erectly-spreading. Y.H. Native 
of Siberia, frequent about Omsk. Flowers yellowish. 
Yellonish-flowered Pasque-flower. PI. 4 foot. 
Sect. II. preona’ntHvs, (from zpnov, preon, the top of a 
mountain; avSoc, anthos, a flower; habitat.) D. C. syst. 1. p. 193. 
prod. 1. p. 17. Cariopsides ending in long bearded tails (f. 6. f.) 
Leaves of involucre ternate, stalked. - Flowers yellow or white. 
11 An. Axrina (Lin. spe. 760.) leaves biternate ; segments 
pinnate and deeply serrated ; involucre of the same form ; flower 
erect ; sepals 6, spreading. Y. H. Native of sloping pastures and 
stony places of mountains in Middle Europe, Pyrenees, Cevennes, 
Auvergne, and Switzerland ; North America, on the eastern decli- 
vities of the Rocky Mountains, &c. Crantz. aust. 2. p. 105. t. 3. 
f. 2. A very variable species, as will be seen by the following 
varieties. The transition between the extreme varieties are 
scarcely discernible, not less so in the gardens than in the moun- 
tains where they are gathered. Flowers sometimes the size 0 
A. coronària, but seldom so small as A. nemerdsa. Colour 
sometimes white, sometimes white with the back purple, some- 
times cream, yellowish or yellow with their backs paler. Sepals 
elliptical, rarely ovate. Leaves sometimes smooth, sometimes 
sparingly pilose, sometimes clothed with long crowded silky hairs; 
rising before or with the flowers, rarely afterwards. Stature 
variable, 1 to 2 feet, but when growing on the tops of the Alps; 
scarcely a hand high. 
Var. a, major (Lam. dict. 1. p. 165.) flowers large, white; 
rather purplish on the outside ; sepals elliptical ; leaves smoothish 
or a little villous, expanding before the flower. Sims. bot. mag: 
t. 2007. An, alpina, Vill. daup. 4. p 726. An. apiifolia, 
Hop. herb. val. D.C. 4. pan. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 881. Flore 
pléno, double-flowered variety. An. alpina. var. y, Lap. abr. 
pyr. 208. 
Var. B, millefoliata (D. C. prod. 1. p. 17. Bert. amoen. 374+) 
flowers large, white, purplish outside ; sepals elliptical ; leaves 
rising before the flowers; segments lanceolate acute. 
