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to 680, in Tv-et mossy ground. Dr. Richardson, Drummond. Unalaschka, and throughout all Siberia. {Dr, 

 Fischer.) — Numerous specimens of this very pretty species of Anemone, gathered during the second Arctic 

 Journey, both by Dr. Richardson and Mr. Drummond, have confirmed the opinion I had formerly expressed, 

 that it is totally distinct from any previously described. Dr. Richardson's description is very excellent, but 

 he had not, during the first journey, seen the ripe fruit, which is highly curious. The numerous long 

 slender styles, all bent downwards, have the appearance of a very coarse and shaggy head of liair. If the 

 extremities of these styles be examined with a microscope, they will be found to be rolled upwards at their 

 very points, and thus uncinated in a dry state. When moist, the apex is only slightly curved, 



Tau. IV, A. Figs. 1, 2, 3, A. Richardsoni: nat. size; fig. 4, Pistil; fig, 5, Stamen; fig. 6, Pericarp: — 

 magnified, 



8. A. Virginiana; foliis ternatim partitis, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis trifidis inciso- 

 serratis, involucri involucellorumque petiolatis conformibus, sepalis 5 ellipticis subcori- 

 aceis extus sericeis, capitulo oblongo lanato. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 761, Mich. Am. v. 1. p, 

 320. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 388. Elliott, Carol v. 2. p. 54. Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 223. 

 De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 21. 



Caulis bi-tripedahs, supeme in pedunculos divisus, pilis hrevibus, sericeis, appressis, magis minusve vesti- 

 tus. Folia ampla; radicalia longe petiolata, omnia pulcherrlme reticulatim veuosa. Pedunculi elongati 

 3 vel 4 ab eodem puncto, ubi involucrum trifoUatum, foliis radicahbus conforme, petiolatum : pedunculus cen- 

 tralis nudus, laterales bifoliati. Flores parvi, Sepala acuta, subcoriacea, pallide flavo-viridia, nunc purpur- 

 ascentia, extus sericea. Capitula pericarpii oblonga, nunc fere cylindi*acea, (raro, in speciminibus ab amiciss. 

 Sootty tereti-globosa.) Cariopsides numerosissimse, densissime compactxe, subrotundae, compressae, basi 

 densissime lanatse, stylis acuminatis rectiusculis terminatae. 



Hab, Central limestone tract, and eastern prairie lands, as far north as lat. 55°, spreading more widely in 

 Canada than to the northward ; on rich banks of rivers. Dr. Richardson. Drummond. 



Tab. IV. B. Fig. 1 , Pistil ; fig. 2, Head of Pericarps : — magnified. 



9. A. multijida; pilosa, foliis ternatim divisis, segmentis cuneatis tripartitis laciniatis, 

 laciniis linearibus acutis, involucri involucellorumque breve petiolatis conformibus, se- 

 palis 5-8 subcoriaceis ellipticis extus sericeis. — Poir. in Encycl Meth. Suppl. v. I. p. 364, 

 De Less. Ic. v. 1. t 16, De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 21, — A, Hudsoniana. Herb. Banks. 

 Rick, in FrankL 1st Journ. ed. 2, App. p. 22. 



/3. caule unifloro, — A. multifidaj y. uniflora. De Cand. Prodr. v. I. p. 21. De Less. Ic. 

 V. 1. t 17. 



y. flore sanguineo. — A. sanguinea. Pursh, in Herb. Lamb. — A. Hudsoniana, /3. san- 

 guinea. Rich, in FrankL 1st. Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 22. 



Hab, Gulf of the St. La^vrence. Goldie. From the shores of Hudson's Bay to the western declivity of 

 the Rocky Mountains, and from the United States to near the shores of the Arctic Sea : common. Dr. Rich- 

 ardson. Drummond. West side of the Rocky Mountains, near the sources of the Columbia. Douglas. — 

 Variable in size and in the number of peduncles arising from each stem, from 1 to 3, and agreeing with the 

 figures of De Lessert (from plants gathered in the Straits of Magellan) in every particular, except that in 

 those the segments of the leaves are shorter in proportion to the breadth ; so that their single-flowered variety 

 has very much the appearance of a large state of A. Baldmsis. Heads of pericarps, as in that species, 

 roundish-oval, woolly. Flower white, yellow, purple, and deep red. 



The species has a very extended range, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the sources of the Colum- 

 bia, west of the Rocky Mountains, It was found at Conception in Chili, during Capt. Beechey*s Expedition, 

 at the Straits of Magellan, and Dr. Gillies has gathered it on the Andes of Chili. * 



