g RAXUXCULACE2E. 



with pink externally ; more rarely they are of a deli- 

 cate sky-blue, both within and without. FL March 

 May. Perennial. 



2. -A. Pulsatilla (Pasque-flower). Flower slightly 

 drooping ; sepals or petals 6 ; carpels with feathery tails. 



In high chalky pastures, not nearly so common as 



the last. The flowers are of a violet blue, and appear 

 about the season of Easter (Ptyues\ from which the 

 plant derives its name. FL April, May. Perennial. 



* Two other species of Anemone are described by 

 British botanists, A. Apennina and A. ranunculoides, 

 but they are doubtful natives, and rarely met with. 

 The former has blue flowers, of 12 or more petals or 

 sepals, and the latter has yellow flowers, 



4. ADONIS (Pheasant's Eye). 



1. A. autumndlis. The only British species. A 

 pretty herbaceous plant, with finely cut leaves and 

 bright scarlet flowers, which in shape are very like 

 buttercups. It occurs as a weed in corn-fields, but is 

 not supposed to be a native. FL Sept., Oct. Annual. 



5. KANUNCULUS (Buttercup, &c.) 

 * Flowers white. 



1. R. aqudtilis (Water Crowfoot). Stem submersed; 

 lower leaves deeply cleft into hair-like segments, upper 

 ones floating, three-lobed, variously cut. A very vari- 

 able plant : when growing in swiftly running water the 

 plant is wholly composed of hair-like leaves ; but when 

 growing in stagnant water it produces flattened leaves 

 as well, and abundance of large showy flowers. The 

 foliage of this species is destitute of the acrid proper- 

 ties which exist in the rest of the genus. FL May 

 July. Perennial. 



2. R. hederdceus (Ivy-leaved Crowfoot). Leaves all 

 rounded and lobed ; petals scarcely longer than the 

 calyx ; stamens 5 10. Smaller than the last, growing 

 either in water, or close to the water's edge. FL all 

 the summer. Perennial. 



