NATURAL ORDER RANUNCULACE. 
Tribe—ANEMONES. Section of genus Anemone, having carpels without 
tails, and bracts of the involucre sessile. 
Puate Il.—Anemone Stellata Lamarck. A. hortensis Woods. 
A. hortensis var. a. of Grenier and Godron. 
Generic.—Petals 0. Calyx petaloid, generally of from 5 to 15 sepals. 
Involucre three-leaved, distant from flower. 
Sreciric.—Carpels woolly. Sepals definite in number ; either linear- 
acute or lanceolate obtuse in form ; varying in colour from bright lilac 
to pure white. When fairly expanded, the flower has a diameter about 
equal that of a half-crown. Jnvolucre of three sessile bracts, generally 
but little divided. Leaves small, and often but little divided, forming 
three wedge-shaped lobes. 
EXPLANATION OF Puatse II.—This represents the common form of 
A. stellata, near Mentone, with leaves of variable form, but approaching 
those of A. pavonina. 
Remarks.—I have never seen any Anemone which could be confused 
with this, and I believe that, if Mentone was its only habitat, it might 
certainly be reckoned a good species. Unfortunately, between 20 and 
30 miles off (at Grasse), there exists a hot-bed of varieties, which, as we 
have seen, (page 1, Remarks,) prevents our so considering it. The 
specimens figured came from the olive grounds near Cap Martin, where 
the plant abounds throughout March and the early part of April. 
This Anemone is not exclusively found in cultivated places, and may 
be seen in a very wild and rocky situation underneath the ramparts of 
Monaco. 
