IRRITANT POISONS 63 



CLEMATIS FLORIDA. 

 CLEMATIS HYBRIDES {Cultivated in Britain). 114. 



LARGE-FLOWERED CLEMATIS — JACKMAN'S CLEMATIS. 



Eanunculacece. — Hardy climber. — Flowers pale white, pink, 

 etc., spreading; sepals 6-8; lanceolate; peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 longer than the leaves; double or single; April-September. — 

 Leaves ternately decompound; leaflets ovate-acute, entire. 



Many other varieties are also cultivated. 



Toxic Principle.— CLEMATmE, 



AtC my oan fine Jackmari's i' purple 

 A-rohin'' the ^ouse like a Queean. 



Tennyson: " The Spinster's Sweet- Arts.'' 



ANEMONE NEMOROSA (British). 115. 



WOOD ANEMONE — WOOD WIND FLOWER. 



Eanunculacece. — Flowers solitary, with involucrum of 3 

 stalked, deeply-cut leaves. — Petals 6. — Woods and thickets; 

 6-8 ins.; perennial; April; white, purplish underneath. 



Toxic Principles.— A^EMOlsim, OIL OF ANEMONE. 



The coy anemone that ne'er uncloses 



Her lips until they're blown on by the wind. 



H. Smith. 



ANEMONE APENNINA {British). 



BLUE ANEMONE — APENNINE WIND FLOWER. 



Eanunculacece. — Petals numerous. — Leaves triternate; in- 

 volucrum of 3 deeply-cut, ternate leaves. — Woods; a doubtful 

 native; 6 ins. ; perennial; April; blue. 



Toxic Principles.— ANE-mOiam, OIL OF ANEMONE. 



blood-begotten frail anemone. 



J. Hicks: " Questions." 



