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tains, close by the track of the old Roman road, Via Aurelia. 

 Still it seems scarcely credible that a species belonging to a 

 South African genus should be found isolated so far and in a place 

 so entirely disconnected with the station of all other Lachenalias. 

 Anemones, like Narcissi, are indigenous on the Mediterranean 

 coast. From fields and meadows they were early introduced 

 into gardens. The ProvenQal varieties of Anemone belong mainly 



FIG. 12. ANEMONE CORONARIA var. CHAPEAD DE CARDINAL. 



to A. coronaria (fig. 12). A. Jiortensis is found also in a wild 

 state, but it is scarcely, if at all, subject to cultivation. In deep, 

 rich, moist soil it is found as A. pavonina, a large scarlet flower 

 with a golden disc in the centre. On pastures and hillsides it is 

 common as A. variabilis, much smaller, and with flowers chang- 

 ing from pink to lilac, sometimes pure white. 



A good many wild forms of A. coronaria are natives of 



