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ANEMONE PRATENSIS (@.) OBSOLETA. Pa.r- 
FLOWERED MEapow PAsQuE-FLOWER. 
Class and Order. 
PoLyANDRIA POoLYGYNIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 0. Petala 6—9. Sem. plura. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. | 
** Pulsatille, pedunculo involucrato, seminibus caudatis. 
Anemone pratensis ; petalis apice reflexis, foliis bipinnatis. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1274. Hort. Kew. ed, alt. 3. p. 337. 
(«.) flore nigricante, foliis tenuiter dissectis. : 
Anemone pratensis. Flor. Dan. t. 611. 
Pusatitxa flore minore nigricante. Bauh. Pin. 177. Helw. 
Pulsat. p. 66. t. 17. | 
(G.) flore majore pallido, pinnularum lobis latioribus aristatis. 
Putsatiita flore clauso obsoleto, petalis reflexis. Helwing 
Pulsat. p. 65. t. 11. : ; 
Anemone Pulsatilla, the Common Pulsatilla, or Pasque- 
flower, varies considerably in size and in colour. ANEMONE 
pratensis is distinguished by having smaller flowers, of a veg 
deep purple colour approaching to black, the petals of whi 
never fully expand, but are reflected at the tips only, The 
leaves of the latter kind are described as a more finely 
cut. There isa figure of this in Hetwine’s Monograph on 
the Pulsatilla, which appears to us to be better than that in 
the Flora Danica. 
_ Our plant resembles the above in the form but not in the 
colour of the flower, which is likewise larger. The segment, 
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