CL. XIII.] POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 235 



cornered, six- celled, tapering at both ends. Seeds numerous, 



inversely egg-shaped. Named from stratos, an army. 270. 



1. aloides. Water -soldier. Leaves sword-shaped, channelled, 



with a prominent rib, and sharp marginal prickles. Leaves half 



a foot long or more : scape from four to six inches long, compressed, 

 two-edged: flowers white, large. Perennial: flowers in July: 

 grows in ditches and pools : Isle of Ely, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, 

 Cheshire, and Yorkshire. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 379. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 iii. p. 34. 817. 



POLYGYNIA. 



14. ANEMO'NE. ANEMONE. 



Calyx none. Petals from five to fifteen, oblong, inferior, re- 

 gular, in one or more rows. Filaments numerous, hair-like, 

 much shorter than the corolla ; anthers two-lobed. Germ ens 

 superior, numerous, collected into a roundish head. Styles 

 tapering, short; stigmas simple, bluntish. Seeds numerous, 

 pointed, tipped with the permanent styles. Name, from anemos, 

 the wind. 271. 



1. A. Pulsatilla. Pasque-flower. Leaves doubly pinnate ; petals 



six, erect; seeds with feathery tails. Stalks four or five inches 



high, with an involucre of many deep, linear segments, all united 

 at the base, and a single flower, with dull violet petals, externally 

 silky. Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows in elevated 

 open pastures, in England. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 51. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 iii. p. 36. 818. 



2. A. nemorosa. Wood Anemone. Leave sternate or quin ate; petals 



six, spreading ; seeds pointed, without tails. Stalk about a foot 



high, with an involucre of three ternate or quinate leaves, and a 

 single flower, with white petals, externally purplish. Perennial : 

 flowers in April and May : grows in woods and thickets, sometimes 

 on open heaths : common. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 355. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 36. 819. 



3. A. Appenina. Blue Mountain Anemone. Leaves thrice ternate, 



petals numerous, lance-shaped ; seeds pointed, without tails. 



Stalk about a foot high, above the involucre silky, with a single 

 flower of a bright-blue colour. Perennial : flowers in April : grows 

 in Wimbleton woods and several other places in the south of Eng- 

 land: rare, and perhaps introduced. Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1062. 

 Eng. Fl vol. iii. p. 37. 820. 



4. A. ranunculoides. Yellow Wood Anemone. Leaves ternate or 

 quinate ; petals five, lance-shaped ; seeds pointed, without tails. 

 Stalk about a foot high, with one, sometimes two flowers of a bright- 

 yellow colour. Perennial : flowers in April : found by Hudson in 

 a wood at King's Langley, Herts, and at Wrotham, Kent. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxi.pl. 1484. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 38. 821. 



15. CLE'MATIS. CLEMATIS. 



Calyx none. Petals from four to eight, inferior, regular, ob- 

 long. Filaments numerous, enlarged upwards ; anthers oblong, 

 two-lobed. Germens superior, sessile, egg-shaped, collected 



