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filiform and the length of the stamina ; the 

 stigmas are two and reflex; the pericarpiuin 

 none ; the calyx converging and globose ; the 

 seeds solitary and ovate ; the down capillary, the 

 length of the calyx and sessile ; the receptaelum 

 villose and flattish, alveolate and hairy. 



The species of most importance arc: 1. A. 

 /jilrgriju/iiiylloary Andryala ; 2. A.cheiranthiju- 

 lia, Various-leaved Andryala; 3. A. ragusi/ia, 

 Downy Andryala ; 4. A. lanata, Woolly An- 

 dryala. 



The first rises to near a foot and half in height, 

 with woolly branching stems, having the leaves 

 scattering!)' set on, which are oblongand downy. 

 The flowers, which are produced in small clus- 

 ters at the top of the stalks, are of a yellow 

 colour. It flowers in July, and the seeds ripen 

 in September. It is annual, and a native of 

 the south of France. 



The second species rises three feet in height: 

 the stem is erect, herbaceous, simple, branch- 

 panicled, at top round, size of the finger, 

 shaggy, marked with the scars of the leaves. 

 The branches alternate, loose, and they and the 

 whole plant covered with a down, glanduliferous 

 at the tips : the glands tawny, and somewhat 

 viscid : the leaves alternate, close, sessile, or 

 half stem-clasping ; the upper ones lanceolate, 

 entire, gradually less: the panicle terminal, 

 branching, leafy, and very loose : the flowers 

 yellow, scarcely nodding : the peduncles stiff, 

 one-flowered, round, longer than the opposite 

 leaf : the braete linear or~subulate, sessile, de- 

 ciduous, with other leafy bractes permanent. 

 It is perennial, and a native of the island of 

 Madeira. 



In the third species the lower leaves are about 

 four inches long, but little more than half an 

 inch broad, and very hoary. The stems weak, 

 nine inches in height, dividing towards the top 

 into two or three smaller branches, and at each 

 joint a small leaf almost entire ; one yellow 

 flower terminates every branch in June and July. 

 It has been received from the Cape and Algiers. 

 In the fourth the root is thick and fibrous : 

 the leaves broader, longer, and more downy : 

 the flower-stems near two feet in height, with 

 a single leaf at each joint, whence arise pedun- 

 cles, eaeli sustaining one large yellow flower. 

 The whole plant is white. It is biennial, and 

 flowers in June ; the seeds ripen in August. 



Culture. — All these plants are capable of 

 being raised from seeds. In the first sort they 

 should be sown in the spring, in situations in 

 which the plants are to remain, nothing further 

 being required but the proper thinning of them, 

 and the keeping of them perfectly free from 

 weeds. 



In the second and third species the seeds 

 should be sown in pots of good earth in the 

 spring, and plunged into a mild hot-bed, in 

 order to be brought gently forward. The for- 

 mer is likewise capable of being propagated by 

 its creeping roots, which may be taken off either 

 in the early autumn or spring seasons. When 

 protected by means of a green-house, they flower 

 the whole of the summer after perfecting their 

 seeds. 



The third species, from its hoary appearance, 

 has a fine effect when intermixed with others 

 that have green leaves. When placed abroad, 

 it requires a dry soil and very warm situation. 



ANEMONE, a genus comprehending several 

 plants of the tubrous-rooted flowery ornamental 

 kind ; being perennial in their roots, but annual 

 in their stems and flowers. 



It belongs to the class and order Poly anuria 

 Polygijnia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Mnltis'diquee. 



The characters are : that it has no calyx ; that 

 the corolla has petals in two or three rows, three 

 in a row, somewhat oblong : the stamina have 

 numerous filaments, capillary, half the length 

 of the corolla : the anthers twin and erect : the 

 pistillum has numerous germs in a head, the 

 styles acuminate, and the stigmas obtuse : no peri - 

 carpium : the receptacle globular or oblong, hol- 

 lowed, and dotted : the seeds very many, acu- 

 minate, retaining the style. 



The species are very numerous ; but those that 

 most deserve the cultivator's attention in the 

 Anemone kind are : 1 . A. coronaria, Narrow- 

 leaved Garden Anemone; 2. A. hortensh, Broad- 

 leaved Garden Anemone; 3. A. nemorosa, Wood 

 Anemone; 4. A. apeti/iina, Moimtaiw-blue 

 Wood Anemone; 5. A.ranunculoides, Yellow- 

 wood Anemone. 



In the first species the flower-stems rise be- 

 tween the leaves immediately from the roots, 

 two, three, or more from the same root, to 

 the height of eight, ten, or twelve inches, 

 having a leafy appendage or involucrum a little 

 above the middle. The radical leaves are deeply 

 divided into numerous segments, which are sub- 

 divided by threes into many narrow divisions. 

 At the top each stem is adorned with a flower, 

 which in the double sorts is large and very or- 

 namental. It is a native of the Levant, where 

 it grows single, but has been rendered double 

 by cultivation. 



The varieties are very numerous : in the single 

 sorts, theWatchet or Pale Blue ; the Common 

 Purple; the Scarlet, and liiany intermediate va- 

 rieties. In the double kinds, the Common 

 Double Red and Scarlet; the Parti-coloured 

 Crimson; the Crimson Velvet; the Great 



