XLVIII. 



PULSATILLA NIGRICANS 



(anemone* pratensis.) 

 Meadow Anemone, Pasque Flower or Wind/lower. 



Synonyms.— Anemone pratensis, Flor. Dan., 611. Pulsatilla nigricans, Pharm. 

 Fdinb. Pulsatilla flore minore nigricante, Bank. Uiv., p. 177. Pulsatilla flore 

 minore, Ger. Em., p. 386. Herba venti, Trag. Pulsatilla vulgaris, saturatiore 

 flore, CI**. Hist., p. 246. Pulsatilla flore clauso obsoleto petalis reflexis, Melw. 

 Pnls., t. ii. p. 65. Pulsatilla foliis decompositis pinnatis, flore pendulo, limbo 

 retlexo, Hort* Cliff., 223. Pulsatilla secunda, Boerhaave. Anemone pedunculo 

 involucrato petalis apice reflexis, foliis bipmnatis, Linn. Pulsatilla pratensis, 



Miller. 



Foreign Names.— Fr. : Pulsatille noiratre, Anemone de Pres, Coquelourde 

 noiratre. Germ. : Wiesen pulsatilla, Schwartzliches Kiichenschille, Schwartzliche 

 Windblume. 



Nat Order, Ranunctjlaceje, Juss.— Polyandria, Polygynia. 



Gen. Char. — Involucrum of three divided leaves, which are more or less 

 distant from the flower. Petals from five to fifteen, inferior, regular, 

 in one or more rows, imbricated in the bud, deciduous. Filaments 

 numerous, hair-like, about half the length of the corolla. Anthers ter- 

 minal, of two round lobes, which burst outwardly. Germans superior, 

 numerous, collected into a round or oblong head. Styles tapering, short. 

 Stiff mas simple, bluntish. Seeds numerous, pointed, tipped with per- 

 manent styles, which in some species become feathery tails. 



Spec. Chab.— -Peduncles involucred. Petals reflexed at their apex. 

 Leaves bipinnate. 



History. — Dioscorides (lib. ii. p. 172) describes three species 



Fig. 1. The Anemone pratensis. 2. Anemone pulsatilla ; a figure of each being 

 given to show the distinctive characters of the species. 3. An enlarged section 

 of the flower. 4. The style and stigma. 



* From the Greek avefxos, the wind, because many of the species grow in ex- 

 posed situations. Pulsatilla is from pulso, to beat, from its being perpetually 

 agitated by the air. 



