RANUNCULACE^ 3 



Anemone apennina, L. This native of the south of 

 Europe has long been a favourite garden flower, and 

 in England, as in other parts of Northern Europe, 

 not infrequently occurs in a more or less naturalised 

 state. 



Anemone Hepatica, L. A native of Central and 

 Southern Europe which, like the last, owes its intro- 

 duction into this country to horticulture. A large patch 

 of it in a coppice on the North Downs, in Surrey, 

 indicates its tendency to become naturalised under 

 favourable conditions. 



[Anemone ranunculoides, L. This is a plant which 

 grows very readily in Britain, and persists for a long time 

 where once planted. It is thus found in an apparently 

 naturalised state in parks and in the neighbourhood of 

 gardens in various parts of the country. Its presence, 

 ho^^ever, in Scandinavia, Denmark, and Northern France 

 in an undoubtedly indigenous state necessitates a careful 

 examination of the supposed non-native records in this 

 country. There are several stations for the species in 

 the eastern counties {e.g.y the wood at Abbots Langley 

 in which Hodgson in 1839 recorded it as common) that 

 remain open to doubt, and may be taken, in conjunction 

 with the geographical range, to warrant its acceptance as 

 a native of Britain,] 



Delphinium Ajacis, L. A common weed in Central 

 and Southern Europe which is occasionally found among 

 crops grown in England from imported seed. It is, 

 however, more frequently seen in the neighbourhood 

 of gardens from which it has escaped. It is common 

 in cultivation. To judge from Fritsch's record ^^ inter 



