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ANEMONE rivularis. 

 T'he Rill Anemone. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Ranunculace.^. 

 ANEMONE. Botanical Register, vol. 3, fol. 200. 



Sect. Anemonospermos. 



Caryopsides ecaudatcB subcompressce . Pedicelli ex involucro plures, 1 aphylltis 

 \-JloruSy 2-3 involucelliim bifolium g event es. DeCand. Pi'odr. 1. 21. 



A. rividaris ; foliis subvillosis 3-partitis, foliolis ovatis trifidis, lobulis incisis 

 acute dentatis, involucralibus sessilibus 3-partitis, lobis lanceolatis 

 serratis subpinnatifidis, ovariis glaberrimis, fructu liiieari acuminato 

 mucronato. 



A. rivularis. Buchanan in DC. syst. 1. 211. DC. Prodr. 1. 21. Wall. cat. 

 4692. Royle Illustr. p. 52. 



A hardy perennial, growing about eighteen inches high, 

 and requiring the same treatment as Anemone vitifolia, like 

 which it suffers in winter more from moisture than from cold. 

 It is easily increased by seeds, or by dividing the old plants ; 

 but the seedlings will not blossom before the second season. 

 It flow^ers freely from June to August. It was first raised from 

 seeds received from Dr. Falconer of Saharunpur, but it is fre- 

 quently now to be found in collections of seeds from the North 

 of India. 



By some error this has acquired in the gardens the name 

 of A. longiscapa, a species distributed by Dr. Wallich, under 

 the number 4691, but not yet introduced into systematical 

 works. That species is clearly distinguished by its kidney - 

 shaped 5-lobed leaves, having very shaggy footstalks, and its 

 umbellate flowers ; it in fact belongs to another section called 

 Omalocarpus by DeCandolle, and allied to A. narcissiflora. 

 The following character will serve to distinguish it. 



A. longiscapa (Wall Cat. no. 4691.); foliis junioribus villosis adultis gla- 

 bris radical ibus longe petiolatis reniformibus 5 -lobis, laciniis 3 -lobis 



