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§ 1. J'etals none. — Ci.kmatis propnr. 



1 . C. ligusticifolia, Kutt. Nearly [,'labrons : stoins clnngatod (soiiiptiinos 30 foot 

 long): leaves 5-fulit)latc ; loaflots bioatlly ovate to lanco,nlato, 1 ^ to 3 indies long, 

 acute or acuniiiiato, 3-lol)e(l and coarsely toothed, rarely entire or 3-parteil : flowers 

 di(voious, panieulate : sejtals thin, silky, white, 4 to G lines long : akenes pubescent; 

 tails 1 tn L' incjies Imig. — Torr. i^: dray, Fl. i. !). 



Var. Californica, Watson. Leaves silky-tomentosc beneath, often small. 

 Tlio tyjiii'iil lonii iiiiigps from Oiogim to tlio S.iskntcli^wnii niid Ncnv Mcxicn, ciilciiiij,' Cnli- 

 foriiia on tlio iiorflii'iist ■ tlio vnrioty Ironi Sun Diego to tlio Suc-iiinirntr), iiml to Aiizoiiu. 



2. C. lasiantha, Nutt. 1. c. .Silky tomentosc : stems elongated, stout : leafleU 

 3, ovate, ^ to U inches long, acute, coarsely toothed or 3 1ohcd or llic terminal 

 3-parted : llowers dicecious, solitary, on rather stout 1 - 2-bractcd jicduncles : sepals 

 obtuse, tbickish, 6 to 10 lines long: akenes pubescent. 



Santa Biirbara to Napa Co., and-in the Sierra Nevada to 1'hima.s Co., ^frs. M. E. Pttlsiftr Ames. 



3. C. pauciflora, Nutt. 1. c. Somewhat silky-pubescent : stems more slender, 

 short-jointed : leaves short and fascicled ; leaflets 3 to f), only 3 to i) lines long, 

 cuncnte-obovato to cordate, mostly 3-toothed or -lobed : flowei-s solitary or few ancl 

 panicled, on slender pedicels : sepals thin, 4 to G lines long : akenes glabrous. 



San Diego, Nuttnll, Cooper, Clcvrhrnd. 



C. DnUMMONnil, Torr. k, Craj', a similar s])orips, hut with long-potiolcd and not fa.s<'irlod leaves, 

 — leaflets lanceolate to ovate, loiig-aeuminate and .3-lobe<l ; akenes pubescent, with tails 2 to 4 

 inches long, — probably entei's S. E. California from Arizona and Sonora. 



§ 2. Some of tJie outer fildvienls enl(tr<finif to sma/f njxitnlote prlah. — ArnMiKNK, 1)( '. 



4. C. verticillaris, DC. A slender clinilier, almost glabrous : Icnves ternate ; 

 leaflets ovate o'r snbcordate, pointeil : flowers solitary, bluish-purple, 2 or 3 inches 

 across : the outer stamens enlarging to narrow petids. 



Shaded rocky places in mountains, Cape jMendocino {Douijlnn) ; east to Maine, and north to 

 British America. Ijeaflcts 2 inches long, commonly entire ; but .sometimes those on sterile stems 

 me 1 - .3-toothed or lobed. Peduncles 3 to 6 inches long, the flower commonly nodding. 



2. ANEMONE, Linn. 



iSepala 4 to 20, colored niul petal-like, imbricated in (he bud. Petals none. 



Pistils numerous : style short : stigma lateral. Ovule susiiended. Akenes in a head, 



compressed, pointed, or ending in long feathery awns. — Ki-ect perennial herbs with 



lobed or divided leaves, which are all radical e.xcei^t those which form an involuci-e, 



usually some di-stance below the flower. 



Species about 70, mostly belonging to the mountains of the north temnemte and arctic zones. 

 Of the 15 North Aineiican species half a dozen are also found cither in tlio Old World or in the 

 Andes of South Ainericii. 



* Stt/lex lonq miil hnirii, iit /en;/t/i forininff f>/ii7nnse tni/.i. — I'ii.satii.I.A, Touru. 



1. A. OCCidentalis, Watson. More or less silky-villous, alpine: stems stout, 

 ^ to 1 ^ feet high, 1 llowered : ra<lical leavers large, long-])etioled, biternate and pin- 

 nate, the lateral primary divisions nearly sessile, the segments pinnatilid with nar- 

 row laciniat(dy toothed lobes : involncral leaves similar, nearly sessile about tlio 

 )iiiddle of the stem : sepals G or 7, G to lines huig, wliit<3 or pur|>Iish nt ba.'^e : 

 receptacle conical, becoming much elongated, sometimes \h inches long: akenes 

 linear-oblong, the tails at length H inches long, reflexed. — I'roc. Am. Acad.. \i. 121. 

 A. nipina, Hook. FI. i. 5, not Linn. 



Mt. Shasta {Brcri'i-r) ; T,a.s.spn'8 Peak (lyrmvwu) ; and northw.ird to the Britisli boundmy. 

 IVrhsps it is also the /f. nipinn of nrr\\r collprtnr^ from Ivotrobnr .'>oun'i Rnd tho Onlf of St. 



