* BRITISH BOTANY. 



ing. Carpels fusiform, 8-ribbed, subcompressed, ventricose below 

 externally. — T. minus, Koch, Fries. T. majus, Reich. 



T. flexuosum, Reich. Stem as above ; leafless to the base ; 

 stipules with reflexed auricles. Leaves 2-3-pinnate, with 3-5- 

 cleft leaflets, paler beneath; petioles with patent, divaricate 

 branches. Panicle leafy, elongate, with patent, often reclinate 

 branches. Flowers drooping. Carpels narrowly oblong, sub- 

 compressed, sub-lO-ribbed, gibbous within upwards. — T. majus. 

 Smith, E. 5. 611. E. F. iii. 42. 



T. saxatile, DC. Stem rather zigzag, smooth, but striated 

 below, the striated sheaths branched, hollow, leafy to the base ; 

 stipules with horizontal auricles. Leaves 2-3-pinnate; leaflets 

 3-5-cleft, paler beneath. Petioles subterete, with patent, not 

 divaricate branches. Panicle leafless, erect, pyramidal, with pa- 

 tent, straight branches and drooping flowers. Carpels regularly 

 oval. — T. Kochii, Fries. T. collinum, Wallr.^ 



T. flavum, Lin. Common Meadow Rue. — E. B. 367. L. B. 

 S. H. 4. 



A. 15. C. 50. Lat. 50-57°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 51-47°. 



Root with elongated horizontal rhizomes. Stems 3-6 feet high, 

 erect, furrowed. Leaves 2-3-pinnate, with obovate or oblong or 

 cuneate segments, which have pointed or blunt lobes ; the upper 

 leaves have narrow linear or lanceolate lobes. Stipules adnate. 

 Panicle usually compact, with numerous erect branches. Flowers 

 yellow, erect. Stamens erect. 



Moist meadows and riversides. Per. ; June, July. 



Anemone, Lin. — Herbaceous, more or less hairy plants, with 

 simple one- or two-flowered stems. Radical leaves palmate, in 

 3-5 segments ; stem-leaves ternate, forming an involucre usually 

 distant from the flower. Flowers terminal. Sepals 5-15, co- 

 loured and petaloid. Corolla none. Carpels numerous, on a 

 hemispherical receptacle, terminated by a persistent style, which 

 is sometimes elongated and feathery. Seed suspended. 



A. nemorosa, Lin. Wood Anemone. — E. B. 355. L. B. S. H. 6. 

 A. 17. C. 80. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-950 yds. Tern. 52-38°. 



Root slender, horizontal, branching, with very long rhizomes. 



* For these descriptions we are indebted to Mr. Babington. See ' Phytologist,' 

 1853-4. The range is not given. T. minus probably is confounded with both the 

 other aUied species. 



