202 ORDER 1. RANUNCULACE^E. 



10 C. ovata Ph. Leaves broadly ovate, glabrous, glaucous and veiny beneath. 

 N. Car. to Fla. Stem simple, 1 2f high, glabrous as well as the whole plant. 

 Leaves entire, simple, on short petioles, the lower subcordate. The stem termi- 

 nates in a short, nodding, purple flower, with ovate-acuminate sepals. Achenia 

 with long plumous tails. 



11 C. Baldwin!! T. & G-. Leaves varying from oblong to lance-linear, the lower 

 3-lobed or cleft. Tampa Bay, Fla. (Baldwin.) Slender, 1 2f high. Lvs. acute 

 at base, about ' by 2', petiolate. Flower cylindrical-campanulate, purplish, on a 

 long terminal peduncle. Plumous tails 2' long. 



12 C. Flammula L. Flowers paniculate; Ivs. pinnate; Ifls. oblong, acute at 

 each end. S. Europe and N. Africa, often cultivated. Its long, half woody, 

 angular, climbing stems form shady masses, covered with small, white, cymous, 

 extremely fragrant flowers. Lfts. very variable. Fruit tipped with long shaggy 

 tails. JL, Oct.f 



13 C. florida L. Flowers solitary ; sepals acuminate, smooth; Ifts. ovate, acute. 

 From Japan. Vine 12f long. Lvs. ternate and decompound; Ifts. entire. 

 Peduncles longer than the leaves, bearing each a large, white-yellow flower. 

 Jn., Septf / 



14 C. ViticellaL. Flower solitary ; sepals obovate. From Spain. Vine long 

 and climbing, with ternately decompound leaves. Lfts. entire, ovate or oval. 

 Flower large, purple, the sepals broad, obtuse at end, often double. Jn. Septf 



15. C. lasiantha Nutt Fls. solitary, dioecious, on clustered 2-Ieaved branch- 

 lets; sepals oblong-cuneate, spreading, villous on both sides; Ivs. ternate, Ifts. 

 broadly ovate, incisely toothed, the terminal 3-lobed or cleft. Vine delicate, 

 climbing many feet, pubescent or villous. Lfts. about 1J' by 1'. Peduncles 3' 

 long, the pale blue-purple fl. !' broad. f Eocky Mts. 



2. ANEMONE, L. Fig. 361. (Gr. dve f w^ wind. Most of the 

 species grow in elevated or windy places.) Involucre remote from the 

 flower, of 3 divided leaves; calyx regular, of 5 15 colored sepals; 

 corolla ; stamens oo, much shorter than the sepals ; ovaries GO, free, 

 collected into a roundish or oblong head ; achenia with a short, rarely 

 lengthened beak; seeds suspended. 2f Lvs. radical, stem Ivs. 2 or 3 

 opposite or whorled, forming the involucre. 



PULSATILLA. Carpels many (5075) with long, plumous tails No. 1 



ANEMONE proper. Carpels not produced into tails. (*) 



* Pistils many (50 TO) in a head, densely woolly in fruit, (a) 



a In volucrate leaves sessile, with a single flower Nos. 2 i 



a Involucrate leaves petiolate, with 2 3 flowers Nos. 5 7 



* Pistils fewer (15 20), merely pubescent in fruit Nos. 8,9 



* Pistils few (1015), glabrous. Flowers umbeled Nos. 10, 11 



Exotic, cultivated species Nos. 12, 13 



1 A. Nuttalliana DC. PASQUE-FLOWER. Plant clothed with silky hairs. St. in 

 flower very short, in fruit 8 12' high. Lvs, long-stalked, many-cleft, segments 

 linear or cuneiform, incised. Involucre below the middle of the stem, sessile, 

 subulately dissected, concave or cup-shaped in position. Sep. of tha singlo 

 showy flower 5 or 6, 1' long, pale-purple, silky outside, appearing before tho 

 leaves, in Apr. Tails of the carpels 1J' long. Dry hills. Wise., 111., W. to R. 

 Mts. (A. patens L. Pulsatilla, Gray.) 



2 A. Caroliniana "Walt. Lvs. 3-parted into cuneate-linear, twice triftd segments: ; 

 invol. similarly cleft halfway, hand-shaped; sep. 15 20, obtuse; head of carpels 

 cylindraceous-oblong. A delicately beautiful plant, Car. to Ark. and Ncbr. 

 Rhizome tuberous, sending up many stalked, multifid leaves and a scape G 10' 

 high, bearing the 2 or 3-leaved involucre below the middle, and the single large, 

 fragrant, white or rose-colored flower at top. Scape pubescent above. Outer 

 sepals dotted with purple, oblong, the inner (or petals) narrower, all nearly per- 

 sistent. InvoL similar to, or less deeply cleft than the leaves. Apr. (A. tenella, 

 Ph.) 



3 A. heteroph^lla Nutt. Lvs. of roundish-oval, crenate segments; invol. 

 linear-cleft to the base; sep. acute, 5 13; head of carpels cylindrical. Ga. (near 

 Macon, Mettauer] to La. (Hale) and Ark. Rhizomo tuberous. Radical Ivs. one or 



