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3. Anem6ne (Wind-flower). — Perennial herbs with under- 

 ground stems ; leaves radical, deeply lobed \ flowers solitary, with an 

 involucre of three leafy, lobed bracts some distance below each ; 

 sepals 4 — 20, petaloid, imbricate ; /(^/(^/y o; stamens many; carpels 

 many, i-ovuled ; fruit an etserio of achenes. (Name from the 

 Greek dnemos, the wind, from the exposed situations in which 

 they grow.) 



ANEMONE PULSATILLA {Pasquc-JIower). 



I. A. Pulsatilla (Pasque-flower). — Silky, 4 — 10 in. high ; leaves 

 tripinnate, with linear segments, increasing after flowering; 

 involucre sessile, with hnear segments ; flowers drooping in bud, 

 1 1 in. across; sepals violet, silky outside, slightly reflexed ; 

 sta77iens yellow , achenes with feathery awns ; peduncle lengthening 

 after flowering. — In high pastures ; rare. Its beautiful flowers 

 appear about Easter-tide {Fd^ues), from which the plant derives its 

 popular name. — Fl. March — June. 



