52 SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



deeply cut segments. Involucral bracts ternate, shortly stalked, 

 and resembling the root-leaves. Flowers solitary, white, often 

 tinged with blue below, large, but variable in size, and blossoming 

 before the leaves are fully developed. Sepals usually 6. Carpels, 

 as well as the very long awn or beard, villous. The heads of feathery 

 seeds of this and A. sulphur ea form conspicuous objects in late 

 summer. The seeds are at first reddish brown, and arranged spirally, 

 and they all turn upwards stiffly ; then they gradually bend hori- 

 zontal and downwards, and the colour becomes a dull mauve. 



Pastures and rough ground on steep slopes in the Alps and sub- 

 Alps, especially on calcareous soil. May to July, remaining till 

 August in the higher situations. 



Distribution. Carpathians, Eastern, Central and Western Alps, 

 Vosges, Jura, Auvergne, Erzgebirge, Pyrenees, Corsica, Caucasus, 

 North America. 



Anemone sulphur ea L. (Plate V.) 



Probably only a variety of A. alpina, but usually growing on 

 'the older siliceous and granite rocks. The flowers are a pale, clear 

 yellow colour and often larger than those of the white one. 



The habitat and distribution, except as to geological formation, 

 are fairly similar to the last. The seeds, collected in August usually, 

 are difficult to germinate, but sometimes come up the second year 

 when sown in the autumn in good, peaty soil, watered with a fine 

 spray, and screened from the sun in a greenhouse or cold frame. 



As suggested in the Gardeners' Chronicle in 1910, and in Alpine 

 Plants of Europe, we again recommend that this Anemone be tried 

 in flower beds, and also in turf and rough pastures in parks, etc., 

 for clumps of these beautiful flowers would look remarkably well. 

 But the plant dislikes lime, and probably for that reason it does 

 not appear to be found in the Jura mountains. Specimens with 

 double flowers were recorded many years ago from between Saas 

 and Monte Moro, having been found by the Rev. T. Butler near the 

 Mattmark See. 



Anemone vernalis L. 



Stem 3-5 inches high, silky. Leaves pinnate, shaggy ; leaflets 

 broadly wedge-shaped, in 2-3 pairs, 3-cleft, the divisions ovate, 

 entire, or 2-3 toothed. Involucre of 3 sessile, multipinnate bracts, 

 villous, with yellowish red hairs. Flowers large, nearly erect. 

 Sepals connivent, white within, reddish, and finally bluish on the 

 outside, villous, with yellowish red hairs. Carpels oblong, villous, 

 with long plumose beak. It opens its flowers immediately after 

 the snow has melted, but when fertilised they are usually closed 

 again. 



Dry Alpine and sub-alpine pastures, 3500-9000 feet. April to 

 July. Rather local and preferring siliceous soil. 



