ANEMONE. 



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The InJlo7^escence is solitary. The one large flower 

 is near of kin to the foregoing. It is apetalous. Its 4 — 7 

 sepals are oval in out- 

 line, white and more or 

 less tinged with pur- 

 ple. The stamens and 

 pistils will also be iden- 

 tified and defined by 

 the student. AVhy are 

 they indefinite? Which 

 hypogynous ? 



The I'ruU, Is it 

 compound, or simple ? 

 Of what kind? How 

 many seeds in each 

 little fruit or carpel? 



The 1^2imQ.—Ane- 

 monej^ the generic ti- 

 tle, comes from the Gr. 

 animos, wind. It was 

 adopted by Linnaeus 

 from the idea then 

 prevalent that its flow- 

 ers open only when the 

 wind is blowing. The 

 specific name of the 

 Kue Anemone is A. thalictro^tdes, so called for its resem- 

 blance to Thalictrum, the Meadow Rucf Of the Wood 



Pig. XTI.— AnemSnc nemordsa : 1, a head 

 of ripe carpels; ; 2, a (<iiigle carpel— achenium. 



* So accented according to the Latin prosody; but as an English word it is 

 Anemone, 



+ This plant has long hung trembling between the two genera Anemone and Tha- 

 lictrum. Its involucre and flowors are those of Anemone ; its leaflets and ach-niia like 

 those of Thalictrum. Linnaeus named it as above. Michaux called it Thalictmm 

 ftnemonoidcs. 



