Ranunculaceae 95 



name, in the Rockies where it is very abun- 

 dant, is that of crocus, to which flower it 

 does bear a superficial resemblance, in size 

 shape, and colour, and in the habit of the 

 flower appearing as soon as the snow has 

 left the ground, and before the leaves. 



Stem rather stout, silky-hairy, 

 Pulsatilla . . 



6- 1 8 inches high, simple. Leaves 



occidentals 



(S. Wats.) biternate, the lower on long 



Freyn. petioles, the divisions deeply 



Western pinnatifid into deeply cut linear, 



Anemone. 1 u , , , 



acute lobes; those of the in- 

 volucre similar but short- petioled. Flow- 

 ers. iJ-2 inches broad, peduncled, the 

 peduncles much elongated in fruit; sepals 

 spreading, 6-7, oval-obtuse, white, the 

 outside usually blue at the base; fruit of 

 long plumose tailed achenes in a globular 

 fluffy head. 



Frequent throughout the Rockies at an 

 elevation of 6000 to 10,000 feet, blossoming 

 on the edges of the snow banks as they recede, 



