62 RANUNCULACEAE. [Vor. II. 
14. ANEMONE L. Sp. Pl. 538. 1753- 
Erect perennial herbs, Basal leaves lobed, divided or dissected, those of the stem 
forming an involucre near to or remote from the flower. Sepals 4-20, petaloid. Petals none. 
Stamens , shorter than the sepals. Carpels «©. Achenes compressed, I-seeded. [From 
the Greek, a flower shaken by the wind. ] 
About ppececiss, widely distributed through the temperate and subarctic regions of both hemi- 
spheres. About 16 species are natives of North America. 
% Achenes densely woolly. 
Stem simple, slender, 1-flowered. 
Root tuberous; sepals 6-20, narrow. 1. A. Caroliniana, 
Rootstock slender; sepals 5-6, oval. 2. A. parviflora. 
Stem commonly branching above, tall, generally 2-several-flowered. 
Leaves of the involucre sessile or short-petioled; sepals red; head of fruit globose or saa. 
3. A. multifida. 
Leaves of the involucre slender-petioled; sepals white or green; head cylindric, oval, or oblong. 
Head of fruit cylindric; divisions of the leaves wedge-shaped, narrow. 4. A. cylindrica. 
Head of fruit oblong or oval; divisions of the leaves ovate, broad. 5. A. Virginiana. 
% % Achenes pubescent, or nearly glabrous. 
Leaves of the involucre sessile. Y 
Stout, 1°-2° high, branching and bearing several flowers; carpels nearly orbicular. 
6. A. Canadensis. 
Slender, 2'-12' high, 1-flowered; carpels narrow. 7. A. Richardsonii. 
Leaves of the involucre petioled. 
Involucral leaf-divisions lobed and incised; plant 4’-9' high. 8. A. guinguefolia. 
Involucral leaf-divisions dentate; plant 10'-16' high. 9. A. trifolia. 
zr. Anemone Caroliniana Walt. Carolina 
Anemone. (Fig. 1569.) 
Anemone Caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 157. 1788. 
Sparsely hairy, 4/-10’ high, arising from a tuber 3//—4// 
in diameter. Basal leaves slender-petioled, 3-divided, the 
divisions variously lobed and parted, those of the involu- 
cre sessile and 3-cleft; flower erect, 9’’-18’’ broad; sepals 
6-20, linear-oblong, purple, varying to white; head of 
fruit oblong; achenes densely woolly. 
Open places, Illinois to Wisconsin and Nebraska, south to 
Georgia and Texas. April-May. 
2. Anemone parvifldra Michx. Northern 
Anemone. (Fig. 1570.) 
Anemone parviflora Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 319. 1803. 
Sparingly hairy, 4’-12’ high from slender rootstocks. 
Basal leaves long-petioled, 3-parted, the broadly wedge- 
shaped divisions obtusely lobed or crenate, those of the 
involucre nearly sessile, similarly lobed; flower I’ in 
diameter or less; sepals oval, very obtuse, white; head of 
fruit short-oval or globose; achenes densely woolly. 
Anticosti, Labrador, Newfoundland and Quebec to Wis- 
consin, Minnesota, and in arctic America, south in the 
Rocky Mountains to Colorado, Also in northern Asia. 
May-June. 
