Thalictrum.] RANUNGULACEjE. 3 



Dry places from Orkney southd. ; ascends to 1,800 ft. in the Lake District ; 

 Ireland ; fl. July-Aug. — Stem %-4 ft., stout, rigid, often zigzag, striate 

 throughout or towards the nodes only, usually furrowed when dry. Leaves 

 triangular, 3-4-pinnate; leaflets variable, \-\ in., acutely or obtusely lobed, 

 sometimes stipellate ; stipules adnate to the petiole, auricles spreading or 

 reflexed. Sepals 4, yellow-green. Achenes 3-5, sessile, elliptic-oblong, 

 straight or gibbous. 8-10-ribbed. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, 

 N. and W. Asia to the Himalaya, Greenland. 



T. mi'nus proper ; often glaucous and glandular ; stem 6-18 in., usually naked 

 at the base. — Var. dunense, Dumort. (maritimum, Ed. 2) ; branches of broad 

 panicle spreading. Sandy coasts, Orkney to Norfolk and S. Wales. — Var. 

 T. monta'num, Wallr. (calca'reum, Jord.) ; branches of deltoid panicle 

 erecto-patent. Dry hills, Argyll to Somerset. — The Cambridge var. saxa'tile, 

 Bab. of ma' jus seems rather referable here. 



Sub-sp. ma'jus, Sm. (not Jacq.) ; stem 2-4 ft., more leafy below, leaflets usually 

 much larger. From Perth southd. ; most common in the north, in copses, 

 &c. ; Ireland. The vars. T. Ko'chii, Fries, with spreading stipules and 

 ovoid achenes, and T. Jlexuo'sum, Reichb. (? of Bernhardi), with reflexed 

 stipules and larger gibbous achenes, are with difficulty distinguishable. 



3. T. fla'vum, L. ; stem furrowed, panicle compound, flowers erect 

 crowded, anthers not apiculate. 

 Wet places, from Fife and Argyll southd., rare in Scotland; local in 



Ireland ; fl. July-Aug. — Rootstock yellow, creeping, stoloniferous. Stem 



2-4 ft., stout. Leaves 3-nately 2-3-pinnate; leaflets 1-1^ in., 3-lobed. 



Panicle sub-corymbose or pyramidal ; flowers pale yellow, often umbelled. 



Sepals small. Anthers bright yellow. Achenes 6-10, small, dark, 8-ribbed. 



— Distrib, Europe (Arctic), N. Asia. 

 Var. sphcerocar'pum, Lej.; panicle usually contracted, achenes broadly oblong. 



— Var. ripa'rium, Jord.; panicle usually lax, achenes oblong. — Var. T. 



Moriso'nii, Gmel. ; panicle usually interrupted, fascicles of flowers small, 



achenes narrow oblong. 



3. ANEMONE, L. 



Perennial very acrid herbs. Leaves radical, lobed or divided. Flowers 

 on 1- or more-fid. scapes, rarely yellow ; invol. leaves 3-partite. Sepals 

 4-20, petaloid, imbricate in bud. Petals 0. Stamens many, outer some- 

 times imperfect or petaloid. Carpels many ; ovule 1, pendulous. Fruit a 

 head of sessile achenes, with naked or bearded styles. — Distrib. Cold 

 and temp, regions ; species 70. — Etym. &ve/ji.os, the wind, of obscure 

 application. 



1. A. Pulsatilla, L. ; sepals 6 erect silky, outer stamens reduced to 

 glands, achenes with long feathery styles. Pasque-flower. 

 Chalk downs and limestone pastures ; York to Norfolk, Essex, and Gloucester ; 

 fl. May-June. — Silky, 4-10 in. Rootstock stout, woody. Leaves maturing 

 after flowering, 3-pinnatifid, segments linear ; involucral sessile, divided to 

 the base into long linear segments. Flower lg in., solitary, proterandrous, 

 inclined in bud, dull purple ; peduncle lengthening after flowering. Im- 

 perfect stamens honeyed. Styles of silky achenes \\ in. — Distrib. Europe 

 N. Asia to Dahuria. 



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