RANCNCULACK.^. 



19 ANEMONE. 



lute at the end. Flower-stalk axillary, shorter than the leaf. Fruit with a 

 naked cauda. Jl. Curl-fioioered Clematis. 



4. C. Fla'mmula. 



Lenvrs pinnate, sejrments smooth, entire, round-oval, oblong or linear, acute 

 From France. A fine climber for arbors, &c. very ornamental and sweet 

 scented. Flowers white. Jl.— Oct. ^iceet Virgins Bower 



5. C. FLO'RIDA. 



Leaves lernate, decompound ; serrments ovate, acute, entire ; sepals acumin- 

 ate, naked. From Japan. Vine 12 feet long, with large, white and yellow 

 flowers. Jn.— Sept. Largc-fiowered Virgins Bower. 



G. C. vitice'lla. 



Leaves entire, ternate, decompound ; lobes or segments entire ; se-paJs oho- 

 vate. From Spain. Tliis, as well as the preceding species, is oilen double- 

 flowered. Vine 20 feet long. Flowers purple. 



7. C. VER,TICILLa'riS. Dc- Atragene Americana. Sm. 



Leaves verticillate, in 4s, ternate; hnfiets cordate, nearly entire ; pednneJes 

 1 -flowered; petals acute. A beautiful climbing vine, in highland woods, at 

 Windsor, Vt. Stem ascending trees ]5 feet by means of its clasping leaf- 

 stalks. At each node is a whorl of 4 ternate leaves and 2 large, purple, oppo- 

 site flowers. May. Jn. Whorl-leaved Virgin's Bower. 



All the species'are ornamental and of easy culture. They require only a 

 common soil, and are propagated by layers, cuttings, or from the seed. 



6 . A N E M O' N E . 

 Calyx 5— 9-sepalecl: corolla : achenia numerous. 



Gr. a.vif^ni', wind ; because most of the species grow in elevated, windy 

 places. A rather large crenus of perennial herbs. Sep. 5—15, regular, colored. 

 Fil. .numerous, much shorter than sep. Ova. sup., collected into a roundish, 

 or oval head. Sty. numerous, short. 



1. A. NEMORO'SA. 



Leaves ternate ; /cfl/7rf.';5-parted, with incisely dentate, lanceolate and acute 

 segments; iwro/wcram similar (to the leaves.) petiolate; stem l-Ro\vered. A 

 common and interesting little plant, found in old woods, hedges, and sometimes 

 in open fields. Root creeping. Stem 6—10 inches high, erect. The involu- 

 cre consists of 3 petiolate leaves placed in a whorl near the top of the stem. 

 Leaflets or bracts cut-toothed and lobed, the lateral segments cleft, sometnnes 

 quite to the base, so as to render the leaf quinate. At the top of the stem is a 

 single flower of 5 sepals, which are white, purplish outside. Apr. May. 



Wood .Inemone. Wmd-fower. 



2. A. Virginia'na. 



Leaves ternate, segments trifid, cut-toothed, acuminate ; frvi.t in an oblong 

 ovate head. A tall species of very different aspect from the Wood Anemone 

 found in dry woods, and in hilly pastures. Stem erect, 2—3 feet high, round 

 straight, hairy, branched into about 3 very long-, sraight, erect parallel pedun- 

 cles. Flowers solitary, vellowish green. ' Calyx silky outside. Fruit woolly 

 July. ' " Virginian .inemone 



