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3. A. PeNNSYLVa'NICA. L. a. aconitifolia. Mx. 



5iem dichotomous; rarficaZ leaves palmate ; cmdiiic hnvcs sess'i\e, clasping, 

 3-cleft, the lower ones ternate, with acute, lanceolate, incisely serrate lobes; 

 peduncles solitary, 1-flowered ; fruit in globose heads, subulate-beaked. Stem 

 about 15 inches high, divided above the middle into 2 shortish branches with 

 a flower-stalk between them, and a whorl (involucre) of 3 leaves at their base. 

 Flowers large, white, appearing in June. Penmylvauian Jlnemone. 



4. A. CYLl'NDRICA. Gray. 



" Silky pubescent; leaves ternately divided ; lateral segments 2-parted, the 

 intermediate one 3-cIeft; lobes linear- knceolate, with the apex incisely tootlied; 

 those of the involucre petioled ; peduncles 2 — C, rarely 1 ; sepals 5, obovate, 

 obtuse ; car^>e/s woolly in a long cylindrical head.'" N. Y. Vt. Lebanon, N H. 

 Plant 2 feet high, the diverging, subumbelled peduncles a thiid as long. Flow- 

 ers pale yellow, large, solitary. Heads of carpels an inch in length. May. Jn. 



5. A. MULTi'fiDA. Do. a. Hudsoniana. Rich. 



Hairy; /ear cs ternately divided; segments cuneiform, 3 cleft, gashed, the 

 lobes linear acute, those of the involucre and involucels similar, on short pe- 

 tioles ; sepals — 8, oval-obtuse. About a foot high. Flowers white, yellow, 

 red or purple. Sepals covered witii a silky pubescence outside. In the val- 

 leys of the Hudson and Ct. 



6. A. CORONA'RIA. 



Leaves ternate, with multifid segments and linear, mucronate lobes ; senals 

 6, oval, close. From Levant. A hardy flowering plant, with large, single or 

 double variegated flowers. May. Puppy Anemone. 



8. A. horte'nsis. 



Leaves 3-parted, with crenate, cut-dentate lobes ; invnl. sessile, of oblong, 

 entire or cut leaflets; sepals 10 — 12, oblong. From Italy. A fine garden 

 species, with double and semidouble varieties of red, white and blue flowers. 

 May. Star .'humonc. 



Anemonies prefer a fresh, loamy soil. The root is commonly planted in 

 October, but if planted every month they flower every month. 



7. HEPA'TICA. 



Involucre of 3 bracts, entire, resembling a calvx: calyx of 6 

 — 9 petaloid leaves, disposed in 2 or 3 rows: achenia awnless. 



Gr. 'riTfo.'ciy.oi, of the liver; the three lobes of the leaf have been compared 

 lo the three lobes of the liver. Invol. of 3, ovate obtuse, hairy leaflets, situ- 

 ated on the scape a short distance below the colored calv-x. A small genus of 

 .small perennial herbs. 



H. TRI LOBA. Chaiz. Anemone Hepatica. L. 



Leaves trilobate, the lobes entire; scape one-flowered, hairy. This little 

 plant is one of the earliest harbingers of spring, often putting forth its neat and 

 elegant flowers in the neighborhood of some lingering snow-bank. The root con- 

 sists of numerous and strong fibres. Leaves all radical, on long, hairy petioles, 

 smooth, evergreen, coriaceous, divided into 3-lobes which suggestall its names. 

 Flowers on scapes 3 or 4 inches long, solitary, numerous, generally blue, but 



