RANUNCULACE/E 



neath; panicle pyramidal: T. majus* to be distinguished 

 from the above by its angular stem, with large, fine leaf- 

 segments, and its somewhat umbellate panicle : T. minus* by 

 its leafless stem and smaller leaf-segments. 



Anemone 



Eng. : Windflower; Fr. ; Anemone; Ger. : Windroschen. 



This genus is easily distinguished by the regular flower, 

 whose envelope is a coloured perianth composed of at 

 least 6 petal oid sepals; petals wanting; inflorescence soli- 

 tary or umbellate; the seed-vessels are globular-headed 

 carpels, terminated by a short beak, a plumose beard, or 

 in some cases enclosed in a woolly envelope. It falls into 

 three natural groups: (a) Anemone proper, including 

 baldensis and narcissifiora, whose non-plumose seeds germ- 

 inate well; propagation by division may also be employed; 

 (b) Pulsatilla, including alpina, sulfurea, Jialleri, montana 

 and vernalis, with woody rootstocks, not matted and 

 fibrous as in the first section, and consequently most im- 

 patient, when mature, of removal. Seedlings however 

 bear transplanting, and the plumose seeds germinate read- 

 ily, if sown as soon as ripe; (c) Hepatica, also easily 

 raised from the smooth seeds, except the double varieties. 



Jl. alpina (PI. II). Stem villous with silky hairs, length- 

 ening sometimes after florescence to nearly 20 in., and 

 bearing half-way up a whorl of bracts very similar to 

 the radical leaves; flower large, internally pure white, 

 externally bluish. May-June. Pastures and debris in the 

 limestone Alps and Jura. 



In soil destitute of chalk the flower takes a pure yellow 

 tone, the leaf becomes less foliated, the stem more glistening 

 and browner. This variant is called Jl. sulfurea (PI. II). 



The two species are widely spread over the whole alpine 

 chain and are among its most brilliant ornaments. Unfortu- 



