RANUNCULACEjE. V. TETRACTIS. VI. ANEMONE. 



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loosely corymbose ; involucre none ; bracteas sessile. If. . H. 

 Native of Spain and the Pyrenees, in sterile stony pastures or 

 hills. Moris, hist. 2. p. 438, sect. 4. t. 28. f. 13. Mill. fig. 

 177 to 265. f. 2. Roots like those of (Endnlhe, Leaves crowded, 

 stalked, bi-tripinnate ; leaflets orbicular, S-lobed, smooth. 

 Flowers white, with 5 oval blunt sepals. Ovaries 7 to 8, elon- 

 gated, rather incurved. 



Var. ft, uniflora. Stem 1 -flowered. 3/.H. Native of Occitania. 



7u6ero,s-rooted Meadow-Rue. Fl. June. Clt. 1713. PI. 1 ft. 



56 TH. ANEMONOIDES (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 322.) root 

 grumose ; flowers umbellate ; leaves biternate ; leaflets cordate- 

 roundish, 3-lobed ; floral leaves opposite or tern, stalked, biter- 

 nate, constituting an involucre. If. . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica in woods, frequent from Canada to Carolina. Anemone 

 thalictroides, Lin. spec. 763. Juss. an. du mus. 3. p. 249. 

 t. 21. f. 2. Sims. bot. mag. t. 866. Willd. hort. berl. t. 44. 

 Roots black. Radical leaves biternate ; leaflets somewhat cor- 

 date, 3-toothed. Floral leaves 2-3, with stalked wedge-shaped 

 leaflets. Flowers white, of 5 sepals. Pericarps striated. This 

 plant has the habit of Isopyrum, flowers of Anemone, and the 

 fruit of Thalictrum. 



Var. ft uniflora (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 387.) stem one- 

 flowered. 



Var. y multiplex. Flowers double. A beautiful plant, com- 

 monly cultivated in gardens. 



Anemone-like Meadow-Rue. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1768. 

 PI. foot. 



\A doubtful species. 



57 TH. ? SINE'NSE ? (Lour. fl. cochin. 1. p. 423.) T? . ^ . G. 

 Native of China. Root a white solid round tuber. Stem round, 

 erect, suffruticose, simple, one- flowered. Flower white, termi- 

 nal ; petals 5, round, spreading. Stamens short, polyandrous. 

 Seeds many, minute. Leaves linear -lanceolate. Perhaps this 

 plant is a species of Ranunculus. 



Chinese Meadow-Rue. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. Mostly hardy perennial herbaceous free growing plants, 

 well adapted for borders, easily increased by dividing at the 

 root. The Th. anemonotdes thrives best in peat soil. Those 

 natives of warm climates require protection during winter. The 

 species belonging to the two last divisions of the last section 

 are the most ornamental. 



V. TETRA'CTIS (from rerpac, tetras, by fours ; in allusion to 

 the parts of flower.) Spreng. new entd. 3. p. 53 ; D. C. prod. 1 . 

 p. 16. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Tetragynia. Involucre none. Calyx 

 of 4 blunt sepals. Petals none. Anthers oblong, seated at the 

 base. Carpels 4, acute. A small shrub with alternate oblong 

 entire leaves. 



1 TET. CAPE'NSES (Spreng., 1. c.) fj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Peduncles capillary, crowded towards the top 

 of the branches. Flowers red. 



Cape Tetractis. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. This plant will grow well in a mixture of sand, loam, 

 and peat, and young cuttings planted in a pot of sand, and placed 

 under a bell glass, will strike root. 



VI. ANEMO'NE (from avepos, anemos, wind ; because the 

 greater part of the species grow in elevated places, much exposed 

 to the wind.) C. Bauh. pin. 173 and 177. Tourn. inst. 275 and 

 284. t. 147 and 148. Lin. gen. 694. Lam. ill. t. 496. Gsert. 

 fruct. 1. p. 357. t. 74. D. C. syst. 1. p. 188. prod. 1 p. 16. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Polygynia. Involucre of 3-cut leaves 

 distant from the flower, (f. 6. a.) Calyx of 5 to 15 petal-like 

 coloured sepals, (f. 6. b.) Petals wanting. Perennial herbs 

 with more or less divided leaves, (f. 6.) The recent herb is acrid, 



applied externally it occasions blisters, taken internally it is poi- 

 sonous ; but nevertheless some of the species are proposed for 

 chronic, ophthalmic and venereal diseases. 



SECT. I. PULSATLLAI, (from pulso to beat ; in allusion to the 

 species growing in elevated situations much exposed to the wind.) 

 Bauh. prin. 177. D. C. syst. 1. p. 188. prod. 1. p. 16. Ca- 

 riopsides ending in a long bearded tail (f. 6. f.). Leaves of 

 involucre sessile, palmately-parted into linear lobes. Flowers 

 generally purple. 



1 AN. VERNA'LIS (Lin. sp. 759.) leaves pinnate; segments 

 cuneate-lanceolate, triiid, smoothish ; flower erect ; invo- 

 lucre very villous ; sepals 6, straight, elliptical-oblong. If. . H. 

 Native of Europe, on rocks and in meadows, on the highest moun- 

 tains in the Alps, near the limits of perpetual snow, Pyrenees, 

 Avergne, Germany, Sweden, Norway, &c. Fl. dan. t. 29. Sweet, 

 fl. gard. 205. Hall. helv. no. 1147. t. 21. Pulsatflla vernalis, 

 Mill, dict.no. 3. An. sulphurea, All.ped.no. 1921. but not of 

 Lin. Radical leaves somewhat villous or smooth. Involucre 

 very pilose. Leaves clothed with white, sometimes yellowish 

 hairs, especially when dry. Flower subsessile or on pedicels; 

 sepals oblong or oboval, acute or obtuse, purple or white. 



Var. ft, luteus ; flowers yellow. Pulsatilla alpina, II, Dalech. 

 lug. 851. f. 1. Pulsatilla lutea apii hortensis folio. C. Bauh. 

 pin. 177. 



Var. S, autumnalis ; flowering in autumn, leaves like parsley 

 Pulsatilla apii folia autumnalis. C. Bauh. prod. 94. 



Spring Pasque-flower. Fl. Ap. or S. Aug. Clt. 1752. PI. | ft. 



2 AN. HAHE v Ri(All. ped. no. 1922. t. 80. f. 2.) leaves pin- 

 nate, very villous ; segments 3-parted ; lobes lobate ; lobules 

 lanceolate-linear, acuminated ; flower erect ; sepals 6, oval-lan- 

 ceolate. If. . H. Native of Switzerland, Alps of Valais, Pied- 

 mont, 'Savoy, Dauphiny, and in the Eastern Pyrenees, near the 

 limits of perpetual snow. Lodd. bot. cab. 940. The whole 

 plant is covered with long silky hairs. Flowers large, erect, 

 purplish inside. 



Holler's Pasque-flower. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1816. Pl.|ft. 



3 AN. CE'RNUA (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 238.) leaves pinnate, villous 

 underneath ; segments pinnatifid ; lobes cut, oblong ; flower 

 somewhat drooping ; sepals 6, spreading, elliptical-oblong. 

 Tf. . H. tkitive of Japan near Jedo and Nagasaki. Scapes, pe- 

 tioles an^Beduncles clothed with downy hairs. Radical leaves 

 from 2 VK, one half shorter than the scape. An intermediate 

 plant between An. pulsatilla and vernalis. Flowers smaller than 

 in An. pulsatilla, of a dark purple color. Sepals villous outside, 

 smooth inside. Stamens 3 times shorter than the sepals. Ovaries 

 and styles villous. Stigmas smooth, purple. 



Z)roo/HW-flowered Pasque-flower. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1806. 

 PI. i foot. 



4 AN. PA'TENS (Lin. spe. 759.) leaves pinnate, rising after the 

 flower; segments 3-parted; lobes toothed at the top; flowers 

 erect, spreading ; sepals 5-6. If. . H. Native of Siberia, in 

 uncultivated fields of Tobolsk, and in pine-groves about Bar- 

 naoul, Lower Lusace, and Poland, also in Silesia, and Swit- 

 zerland. Ker. bot. reg. t. 61. Breyn. icon. t. 61. cent. 132. t. 

 134. Helw. puls. 52. t. 2, 3. Pulsatilla patens, Mill. diet. 

 No. 4. This is a very distinct species with the flowers rising 

 before the leaves ; but nevertheless it is found about Barnaoul 

 flowering in the month of May, with the almost dried leaves of 

 the preceding year. Flower in the involucre almost sessile. 

 Fruit in the involucre on a very long peduncle. There are evi- 

 dently several varieties of this plant, or perhaps distinct species, 

 one with the flower composed of 6 or 8 sepals. The Siberian 

 plant has yellow flowers ; the Swiss and German have purplish 

 flowers ; the Polish one has them white. 



Var. ft, orchroleuca (D. C. prod. 1. p. 17.) leaves yellowish ; 



