6. 



ANEMONE PULSATILLA. 



Pasque-flower Anemone. 



POLYANDRIA. PoLYGYNIA. 



Class 13. Order 7. 



Anemone. AvSjOtwvij, Hippocrates, Theophrastus, and Dioscorides : 

 from Avf/xo;, the wind ,- because the flower is supposed not to open 

 unless the wind blows, or rather because it grows in situations 

 much exposed to the wind. 



Linn. gen. n. 694. Linn. .ipcc. 759. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. none. Cor. Petals in two or three rows. Stam. Filaments nu- 

 merous, capillary, half the length of the corolla. Fist. Germs nu- 

 merous, in a head. Styles acuminate. Stigmas obtuse. Per. none. 

 Receptacle globular. Seeds numerous, acuminate, retaining the 

 style. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Peduncle involucred. Petals straight. Leaves bipinnate. 



Peduncles erect, round, from six to eight inches high, villose, 

 one-flowered. Invohicre inultifid, with the divisions linear 

 and villose. Corolla purple. Petals lanceolate, villose with- 

 out. Seeds ovate, tailed, hairy. Leaves rough, finely cut. 



