THALICTRUM.] RANUNCULACE^E. 3 



sessile. DISTEIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. and W. Asia to the 

 Himalaya, Greenland. Various forms have sometimes stipellae to the leaflets. 



Sub-sp. MI'NUS proper ; often glaucous and glandular, stem 6-18 in., leafless 

 at the base, auricles of stipules spreading, achenes gibbous 8-ribbed. 

 VAR. 1, marit'imum ; branches of broad panicle spreading. Sandy sea- 

 coasts. VAK. 2, monta'num, Wallroth (sp.) ; branches of deltoid panicle 

 erecto-patent. T. calca'reum, Jord. 



Sub-sp. MA'JUS, Jacq. ; stem 3 ft. leafy at the base, leaflets large, auricles 

 of stipules reflexed, achenes compressed gibbous 10-ribbed. T. minus, L. 

 Herb., T. flexuo'sum, Bernh. More common in Scotland. 



Sub-sp. KOCH'II, Fries (sp.) ; stem 3-4 ft. leafy at the base, leaflets very 

 small, auricles of stipules horizontal, achenes hardly compressed not gibbous. 

 Lake District, rare. 



Sub-sp. SAXAT'ILE, Schleich. (sp.) ; stem 1-3 ft., leafy at the base, auricles 

 of stipules reflexed, flowers suberect, achenes not gibbous. Hills of 

 Cambridge and Somerset. 

 3. T. fla'vum, L.; stem furrowed, panicle compound, flowers erect 



crowded at ends of branches, anthers not apiculate. 



Wet places, from Fife and Argyle southwards, rare in Scotland ; local in Ire- 

 land; fl. July-Aug. Rootstock yellow, creeping, stoloniferous. Stem 24 ft., 

 stout. Leaves 3-nately 2-3-pinnate ; leaflets 1-1^ in., 3-lobed. Panicle sub- 

 corymbose or pyramidal ; flowers pale yellow, often umbelled. Sepals small, 

 6-10. Anthers" bright yellow. Avhenes small, dark, - 8-ribbed. DiSTRlB. 

 Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. Asia. 



VAR. 1, sphcerocar'pum, Syme ; panicle usually contracted, achenes broadly 

 oblong. VAR. 2, ripa'num, Jordan (sp.) ; panicle usually lax, achenes 

 oblong. VAR. 3, Moriso'nia, Gmel. (sp.) ; panicle usually interrupted, 

 fascicles of flowers small, achenes narrow oblong. 



3. ANEMO'NE, L. 



Perennial herbs. Leaves radical, lobed or divided. Flowers on 1- or 

 more-flowered scapes, rarely yellow ; involucre 3-partite. Sepals 420, 

 petaloid, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens many, outer sometimes deformed 

 or petaloid. Carpels many ; ovule 1, pendulous. Fruit a head of sessile 

 achenes, with naked or bearded styles. -DiSTRiB. Cold and temp, regions ; 

 species 70. ETYM. avisos, the wind of obscure application. All parts 

 very acrid. 



1. A. Pulsatil'la, L. ; calyx campanulate, sepals 6 silky, outer stamens 

 reduced to glands, awns long feathery. Pasque-flower. 



Chalk downs and limestone pastures ; Yorkshire to Berks, and Oxfordshire 

 to Suffolk ; fl. May- June. Silky, 4-10 in. Rootstock stout, woody. Leaves 

 maturing after flowering, 3-pinnatifid ; segments linear ; involucre sessile, 

 divided to the base into long linear segments. Flower 1^ in., solitary, 

 inclined in bud, dull purple ; peduncle lengthening after flowering. Styles of 

 silky achenes 1^ in. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Asia to Dahuria. 



2. A. nemoro'sa, L. ; sepals 6 (rarely 5-9) oblong glabrous spreading, 

 stamens all perfect, achenes with a straight style. Wood Anemone. 

 Woods and copses ; ascends to 2,800 ft. in the Highlands ; fl. April-May. 



Nearly glabrous, slender. Rootstock horizontal, woody. Scape 4-8 in. 



Leaves few, usually remote from the scape, petioled, 3-foliolate ; leaflets 



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