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2. A. nemorosa. Wood Anemone. 



Flower solitary. Petals six, elliptical. Seeds pointed, with- 

 out tails. Involucruni of three ternate or quinate, stalked, 

 lobed and cut, leaves. 



A. nemorosa. Linn. Sp. PI. 762. Willd. v. 2. 1281. Fl. Br. .581 . 



Engl. Bot. V.5. /.35.5. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 38. Hook. Scot. 171 . 



DeCand. Syst. v. 1 . 203. FL Dan. t. 549. Bull. Fr. t. 3. Ehrh. 



PI. Off. 145. 

 A. n. 1154. Hall. Hist. V. 2. QA. 

 A. nemorum alba. Raii Syn. 259. Ger. Eiu.SSS.f. 

 A. quinta, Dod. Pempt. 435./. 

 Ranunculi quarta species, lactea. Fuchs. Hist. 161./. 

 Ranunculus nemorosus. Lob.Ic. 673./. 

 Herba sylvestvis, ignoti nominis. Brunf. Herb. v. 2. 80./ 



In groves, thickets, and heathy ground, abundantly. 



Perennial. April. 



Root tuberous, horizontal, nearly cylindrical. Leaves on long foot- 

 stalks, ternate or quinate, mostly three-clefl, always irregularly 

 cut ; the margin and ribs slightly hairy. Involucrum of 3 simi- 

 lar leaves, with shorter stalks, above half way up the Jioiver- 

 stalk, which is simple and a little hairy. Flower rather droop- 

 ing, always solitary. Pet. white, often purplish at the back, each 

 above half an inch long. Germens downy. Seeds beaked with 

 the style almost their own length. 



The numerous stamens, changing, as in several of the foreign kinds, 

 into small lanceolate petals, make a pretty double Jlower, more 

 lasting than the single one, and sometimes preserved in coun- 

 try gardens. It requires a very pure air. Goats only can feed 

 with safety on this acrid plant ; to sheep it is dangerous, and 

 horses and cows leave it untouched. 



3. A. apennina. Blue Mountain Anemone. 



Flower solitary. Petals numerous, lanceolate. Seeds point- 

 ed, without tails. Involucrum of three ternate, stalked, 

 deeply cut leaves. 



A. apennina. Linn. Sp. PL 762. Willd. v. 2. 1282. FL Br. 581. 

 EngL Bot. V. 15. 1. 1062. Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. t. 35. DeCand. 

 SysLv. 1.202. 



A. secunda. Dod. Pempt. 434./ 



A. geranifolia. Ger. Em. 377. f. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. 405./ Raii Hist. 

 V. 1.625. 



A. tube.rosa geranifolia. Lob. Ic. 280./ 



A. hortensis tenuifolia, simplici flore prima, Clus.Hist. 254./. 



Ranunculus nemorosus, flore purpuro-cseruleo. DHL iii Raii 

 Syn. 259. 



