Ranunculaceae 93 



Anemone Sparingly pubescent, with long 

 Drummondu whitish hairs, especially at the 

 S. Wats. involucre, 4-6 inches high. 

 Alpine Root-leaves, slender-petioled, 3- 



Anemone. parted, the divisions cut into 

 linear, oblong obtuse lobes; leaves of the 

 involucre similar on short petioles, their 

 lobes slightly broader. Flowers usually soli- 

 tary, half an inch or more broad on long 

 peduncles; sepals 5, ovate or oval, obtuse, 

 white, finely appressed-hairy and blue out- 

 side. 



Throughout the region in alpine meadows 

 and slopes near the snow, flowering in June 

 and July as the snows disappear. 



Anemone Stems 3-i5 inches high, close, 

 globosa silky-hairy. Root leaves long 



Nutt. Wind- petioled, nearly semicircular in 

 flower. outline, 3- parted, the sessile 



divisions deeply lobed, with cleft, linear 

 segments, involucral leaves similar, short 

 petioled. Sepals 5-8, red, bluish or nearly 

 pure white, half an inch or less long, soft, 



