94 Ranunculaceae 



hairy outside, receptacle oblong, in fruit 

 densely woolly. 



The most abundant anemone through 

 the Rockies in the low open valleys, and, 

 occasionally on the slopes, presenting the 

 greatest variety of colouring from deep 

 rosy pink to pure white and occasionally 

 blue; flowering in early June. 



Villous, 6-1 8 inches high. Leaves 

 Pulsatilla . .. . . v 



much divided into narrow, linear, 

 hirsutissima 



(Pursh.) acute lobes, the basal on slender 



Britton. petioles, those of the involucre 



Pasque sessile and erect or ascending. 



Flower. 11-1 1 



Flowers bluish purple, some- 

 times nearly white inside; sepals 5-7 ovate- 

 oblong i-ij inches long, forming a cup; 

 fruit a head of long silky achenes 2 inches 

 or more in diameter. 



This is one of the earliest and most beauti- 

 ful of all the spring flowers, in the open 

 meadows and mountain sides, blossoming 

 through May and June according to the 

 situation. Probably its most common local 



