CL. XIII.^ POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 235 



both ends. Seeds numerous, inversely egg-shaped. Named from 

 stratos, an army. 270. 



1. S. aloides. Water-soldier. Leaves sword-shaped, channelled, with 



a prominent rib, and sharp marginal prickles. Leaves half a foot long 



or more : scape from four to six inches long, compressed, two-edged : 

 flowers white, large. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in ditches and 

 pools : Isle of Ely, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cheshire, and Yorkshire. Eng, 

 Bot. vol. vi. pi. 379. Eng. Fi. vol. iii. p. 34. 817. 



POLYGYNIA. 



14. ANEMO'NE. ANEMONE. 



Calyx none. Petals from five to fifteen, oblong, inferior, regu- 

 lar, in one or more rows. Filaments numerous, hair-like, much 

 shorter than the corolla ; anthers two-lobed. Gerraens superior, 

 numerous, collected into a roundish head. Styles tapering, short ; 

 stigmas simple, bluntish. Seeds numerous, pointed, tipped with 

 the permanent styles. Name, from anemos, the wind. 271. 



1. A. Pulsatilla. Pasque-flower. Leaves doubly pinnate ; petals six, 



erect ; seeds with feathery tails. Stalks four or five inches high, with 



an involucre of many deep, linear segments, all united at the base, and a 

 single flower, with dull violet petals, externally silky. Perennial : flowers 

 in April and May : grows in elevated open pastures, in England. Eng. 

 Bot. vol.i. pi. 51. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 36. 818. 



2. A. nemorosa. Wood Anemone. Leaves ternate or quinate ; petals 



six, spreading; seeds pointed, without tails. Stalk about a foot high, 



with an involucre of three ternate or quinate leaves, and a single flower, 

 with white petals, externally purplish. Perennial : flowers in April and 

 May : grows in woods and thickets, sometimes on open heaths : common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 355. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 36. 819. 



3. A. Appenina. Blue Mountain Anemone. Leaves thrice ternate ; 



petals numerous, lance-shaped ; seeds pointed, without tails. Stalk 



about a foot high, above the involucre silky, with a single flower of a 

 bright-blue colour. Perennial : flowers in April : grows in Wimbleton 

 woods and several other places in the south of England : rare, and per- 

 haps introduced. Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1062. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 37. 



820. 



4. A. ranunculoides. Yellow Wood Anemone. Leaves ternate or qui- 

 nate ; petals five, lance-shaped ; seeds pointed, without tails. Stalk 



about a foot high, with one, sometimes two flowers of a bright-yellow 

 colour. Perennial : flowers in April : found by Hudson in a wood at 

 King's Langley, Herts, and at Wrotham, Kent. Eng. Bot, vol. xxi. 

 pi. 1484. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 38. 821. 



15. CLE'MATIS. CLEMATIS. 



Calyx none. Petals from four to eight, inferior, regular, ob- 

 long. Filaments numerous, enlarged upwards; anthers oblong, 

 two-lobed. Germens superior, sessile, egg-shaped, collected into 



