4 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Anemone. 



3. Anemone, Linn. 



Perennial herbs. Leaves radical, more or less cut or lobed. 

 Flowers single or several together on simple or branched scapes ; 

 involucre 3-partite ; bracts free or connate. Sepals 4-20, petaloid, 

 imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens numerous, outer sometimes 

 petaloid. Carpels many, 1-ovuled ; ovules pendulous. Fruit a 

 head of sessile achenes, with short or long, hooked or straight, 

 naked or bearded, styles. 



ANEMONE RIVULAEIS, Ham. ; F. B. I. i. 9. A. dubia, Wall. ; 

 W. & A. 3. A. Wiglitiana, Wall. ; W. & A. 3 ; Wt. Ic. t. 936. 



A strong perennial herb with rootstock sheathed in fibres. 



Leaves radical, long-petioled, 3-partite. Flowers about 1 in. 



in diam., sepals white within, blue outside or sometimes pink 



or yellow. Achenes glabrous with hooked styles. 



Hills of the W. Ghats, especially in the Nilgiris, Anarnalais 



and Pulneys, usually above 6,000 ft. 



4. Thalictrum, Linn. 



Erect, stiff, perennial herbs. Leaves compound ; petioles sheath- 

 ing, often auricled or stipuled. Floivers in panicles or racemes, 

 often polygamous, not involucrate. Sepals 4-5, petaloid, imbri- 

 cate in bud. Petals 0. Stamens many. Carpels few or numerous ; 

 ovule 1, pendulous. Fruit a head of small sessile or stalked 

 achenes ; style persistent or deciduous. 



Leaves more than three times ternately divided, leaflets mostly cuneate,. 

 obtuse at base ; flowers white; achenes *2 in. long (with style) forming a 

 loose head : 



Beak of achene ^ of seed-bearing part 1. javanicum. 



Beak of achene equal to seed-bearing part 2. saniculaeforme. 



Leaves once or twice ternately divided ; leaflets mostly orbicular, cor- 

 date; flowers white ; achenes - 1 in. (with style) forming a small compact 

 globe 3. Dalzellii. 



1. THALICTRUM JAVANICUM, Bl. ; F. B. I. i. 13. T. glyphocarpum, 

 W. & A. 2 ; Wt. Ic. t. 48. 



Mahendragiri Hill in Ganjam ; W. Ghat Eange, usually 

 at over 6,000 ft. 



2. THALICTRUM SANICULAEFORME, DC. ; F. B. I. i. 13. 



Hills of W. Ghats n Mysore and Nilgiris, scarce. 



