MOrMAlN 1"I,()\\1:N 



They arc shorl-livcd Howers ; the wind blows ihcir, <>i)cn 

 and wafts thcni awaw Rapidl) the fruit is formed ir. a thinil)lc- 

 liko head, which prcscntl)- bursts and is seen lo contain many 

 w^hite woolly seeds. The leaves arc very deeply cleft. 



ALPINE ANEMONE 



A>ic»iO}ic DiKmiiiondii. Crowfoot Familv 



Stems: slender, three to ten inches high from tufted rootstocks. 

 Leaves: on long petioles, ternate, leaflets deeply lobed. Flowers: of five 

 to seven sepals, silky-villous outside ; style slender, glabrous. Fruit : 

 achenes densely villous. 



The Alpine Anemone has a larger flower and thicker stalks 

 than A. mu/tijida ; it also grows higher up on tlie mountains, 

 and may be found close to })erpetual snow. The leaves are 

 set in a circle round the stalk, about two inclies below the 

 blossom, and also grow up from the base of the i)lant. They 

 are not so delicate or deeply cut as those of A. iiiiiltifuiii. 

 The flower is rather like a white buttercup, and is usualh' 

 shaded with pale blue on the outside. The centre is yellow 

 and green. 



FEW-FLOWERED ANEMONE 



Anetnoic par7'iJlora. Crowfoot Family 



Stems: erect, very slender. Leaves: basal ones long-petioled, three- 

 parted, the broad wedge-shaped divisions obtusely lobed or crenate, tho.se 

 of the involucre nearly sessile, similarly lobed. Flowers: small, of oval, 

 very obtuse sepals. Fruit globose: achenes densely woolly. 



The smallest and most delicate of all the mountain Anem(»- 



nes, it is usually found growing in the thick torcsts, single and 



solitary. The flowers are white, veined and shaded with blue 



at the base of the seixils. 



