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11. — Anemone Virginiana, Linnœus. 



Leaves teruately divided into acuminate 3-cleft incisely serrated segments, or leaflets. 

 Pednncles several, very long, all arising from an involucre of 2 or 3 petioled ternately 

 divided leaves, the primary or terminal peduncle naked, the secondary ones with 2-leaved 

 iuvolucels, whence arise other lateral peduncles, giving the plant a branched character. 

 Sepals 5, greenish ) ellow or white. Carpels in an oval or oblong head, soft with white or 

 tawny wool. Plant 2 or 3 feet high, hairy. The large heads of carpels and stalked leaves 

 of the involucre distinguish this species from A. dicliotoma. 



ui. Virginiana, Linn. Sp. PI., p. 761. Alton, Hort. Keweusis. Michaux, Fl. B. A., I., p. 

 320. Persoon, Synops. PL, IL, p. 91. Pursh, Fl., p. 388. DC. Syst. Nat., L, p. 208. 

 Prod., L, p. 21. Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am,, L, p. t, t. 4, fig. B. Torr. & Gr., Fl. N. A., L, p. 13. 

 Torr., Fl. N. Y., I., p. 8. Chapman, Fl. S. U. S., p. 5. " PI. Bourgeau, 254." Gray, 

 Manual. Wood, CI. Bk. & Fl., p. 203. Lawson, Ranunc. Canad., p. 25. Watson., Bibl. 

 Index, I., p. 6. Macoun, Cat. No. 13. 



A. hirsida. Mcench, Meth. PI. Hort. Marburg., p. 105. (1*794.) 



Anemone Virginiana. Hermann, Paradisus Batavus, (anno lt)U8). ïonrncfort, Inst. 

 Bei Herb., I., p. 277. 



Anemone caide ramow /jftalis lanccolalis. Gronovius, Fl. Virginica. p. I(i5. (1739.) 



Anemone Curolin.iana jhre parvu oirescetUe. Plukenett, Almagestum, p. 30. (1796.) 



Jacket Rivca-, New Brunswick, 1882 ; Falls of Niagara, Out., Sept., 1858 ; Kingston, 

 9th August, 18G1; on the Humber. near Toronto, 4th June, l'è^>2.— Lawson. Common ou 

 pliiins at Castleton ; rar(î around Belleville. — Macoun. Montreal, St. Catharines and 

 Maiden.— Z)/-. P. W. Madugan. Dartmouth River, Gaspé, July 5, 18G2.— D/-. Bell. Carrol's 

 Point, East Flanib(n'o', 7th July, 1859. — Logie. Rocky woodlands near Brockville ; also 

 Prescott northward to Ottawa, rather rare. — B. Billings jr. Between Snake Hill River 

 and Pembina, August, 1860. — Dr. SchuUz. St. Joachim. — Provancher. Mr. Barnston 

 speaks of this species as, in the West, rarer than .1. dicholoma, and scarcely reaching the 

 Rocky Mountains. It extends south to South Carolina. — T. Sj- G. Central limestone tract, 

 and eastern prairie lands, as far north as lat. 55", spreading moi'e widely in Canada than 

 to the northward ; on rich banks of rivers. — Richardson, Drummoml, in Hook., Fl. B.-A. 

 Mouth of LTpsalqnitch River, Grand Falls of St. John, N.B. — Fov)ler. Madeline River, 

 Gaspé ; Fort William ; plains to Rocky Mountains. — Macoun. 



12. — Anemone dichotoma, Linnœus. 



Leaves deeply cleft or divided into from 5 to 7 leaflets, which are cuneate, incised- 

 toothed. Flowers several, primary peduncle with a general invokicre of three sessile 

 leaves, the lateral stalks with two-leaved iuvolucels, &c. Flower IJ inch broad, sepals 

 obovate, white. Carpels in a hemispherical head, flat, orbicular, hairy. A handsome 

 free-growing plant. 



Anemone dicliotoma. Linn. Amœn. Acad., I., p. 155, (1749). Sp. PI. ed. 3, I., p. 762. 

 Alton f., Hort. Kew., ed. 2, III., p. 339. Pursh, FL, p. 387. DC. Syst. Nat., I., p. 210. 



