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140 I. RANUNCULACE. ANEMONE. 
head; achenia 00, mucronate-—% Lvs. radical. Scapes with leaf- 
like mvolucres. 
1. A. NEMorOsa (and quinquefolia. Linn.). Wood Anemone. — 
Lvs. ternate; fts. undivided, or with the middle one 3-cleft, and lateral ones 
2-parted, incisely dentate ; invol. similar to the leaves, petiolate; st. 1-flowered. 
—A common and interesting little plant, found in old woods, hedges, and some- 
times in open fields. Root creeping. Stem 6—9’ high, erect. ‘The involucre 
consists of 3 petiolate leaves, placed in a whorl near the top of the stem, its 
bracts eut-toothed and lobed, the lateral segments cleft, sometimes quite to the 
base, so as to render the leaf quinate. ‘At the top of the stem is a single 
white flower, purplish outside. Apr. May. 
2. A. cyLINDRica. Gray. 4 
Whole plant pubescent ; lvs. ternate, lateral ifts.2-parted to the base, middle 
one deeply 3-cleft, segments all linear, cuneate below, cut-dentate and lobed at 
apex; lus. of invol. petiolate ; ped. 2—6, rarely 1, all naked; sep.5; ach. woolly, 
in a long, cylindric head.—Dry, hilly places, Mass. W. to la, Not common. 
Scape about 2f high. Leaves about 2—3/ wide, and similar in their divisions 
to those of Ranunculus acris. Naked flower-stalks 8—10’ long, umbellate, but 
little diverging. Flowers large, solitary. Petals pale yellow, obovate, obtuse. 
Heads of fruit 14’ long. May, Jn. 
3. A. Viramtina. Virginian Anemone. 
Las. ternate ; /fts. subpetiolate, ovate-lanceolate, cut-dentate, acuminate, 
lateral ones 2-lobed, middle ones 3-lobed ; imvol. foliaceous, petiolate; fr. in 
oblong heads.—A tall species in dry woods and hilly pastures. Can. to Car. 
Scape erect, 2—3 f. high, round, hairy, dividing above into about 3 long, 
parallel peduncles, middle one naked, lateral ones each with an involucel of 2 
bracts. Leaves 2—3/ by 3—4’, on radical petioles 6—10’ long, petioles of the 
bracts much shorter. Flowers solitary, yellowish-green. Fruit woolly, in 
heads 1/ long. July. 
B. alba. Oakes. Fis. larger; sep. white—Ledges, Vt. Dr. Robbins. 
4. A. Hupsoniina. Rich. (A. multifida, DC. and Ist edit.) 
Hairy ; lvs. 3—5-parted to the base, segments cuneate, laciniately dentate ; 
scape 1,2 or 3-flowered; invol. and involucels similar, 2-leaved, on short petioles; 
sep. 5—8, oval, obtuse.—On rocky ledges, shores of Onion River, Colchester 
and Burlington, Vt. Dr. Robbins. Watertown, N. Y. Dr. Crawe. Rare. 
Scape 6—10’ high, simple, or dividing below the middle. Leaves mostly in 5 
segments distinct to the base, about 1’ diam., each segment 3’ long, in 3 linear 
lobes, peticles 1—2/ long. Flower small, white, varying to purple. Heads of 
fruit oval or globose. Jn. 
5. A. Pennsytyanica. (A. aconitifolia. Micha. A. dichotoma. Linn.) 
St. dichotomous ; lvs. 3— 5-parted and incisely dentate ; invol. and involucels 
leaf-like, sessile, 3-parted, the lobes lanceolate, acute, incisely serrate; sep. 5; 
fr. in globose heads.—Shores and rocky places, Penn. N. to Arctic Am. Rare, 
Scape 15—20’ high, dividing above the middle into about 3 shortish peduncles, 
the middle one naked, the other 2 each with a 2-leaved involucel, the involu- 
cre at their base. Flowers white, 12—14” diam. Carpels hairy, compressed, 
as long as the curved style. Jn. Jl. 
6. A. patens. (A. Ludoviciana. Nutt.) 
Silky-villous; lvs. 3-parted or divided, segments cuneiform, 3-cleft and 
incised, lobes lance-linear; invol. subulately dissected; sep. 5—6, erect.—Dry 
hills, l.! W. to Rocky Mts. Stem 6—10’ high. Leaves smoothish above, seg- 
ments 1—3/ long, 1—2” wide. The dissected involucre concave or cup-shaped. 
Sepals 1/ long, silky outside, pale dull purple. Tail of the carpels near 2’ long. 
7. A. Coronaria. Poppy-leaved Anemone.—Lvs. ternate, with multifid seg- 
ments and linear, mucronate lobes; sep. 6, oval, close—From Levant. A 
ay, flowering plant, with large, single or double variegated flowers. May. + 
8. A. HoRTENSIS. Slar Anemone.—Lwvs. 3-parted, with erenate, cut-dentate 
lobes; invol. sessile, of oblong, entire or cut leaflets; sep. 10—12, oblong.— 
