6 Ranuncidacecz TJialictrum. 



varieties of this, one with purplish stems and flowers. 

 Germany. 



3. ANEMONE (including Hepdtica). 



Perennial herbs. Leaves all radical, variously lobed and 

 dissected. Flowers showy, blue, white, red, purple, or yellow. 

 Scape usually 1 -flowered, with a 3-leaved involucre distant or 

 closer under the calyx. Sepals 4 to 10, petaloid. Petals un- 

 developed. Stamens numerous, outer ones sometimes petaloid. 

 Carpels numerous, 1 -seeded ; seed pendulous. A large genus, 

 whose species are chiefly confined to the northern hemisphere. 

 A few reach South America and South Africa, and one is found in 

 Australia. The Greek name of one of the species. We may con- 

 veniently divide the cultivated species into two sections, though 

 other species not in cultivation connect these two sections, g. 



1. Involucre dose under the sepals having the appearance of 

 a true calyx^ especially as the sepals are petaloid, HEPATICA. 



1. A. Hepdtica^ syn. Hepdtica trilbba (fig. 4). This familiar 

 little plant with its glossy trilobed leaves and numerous blue 



Fig. 4. Anemone Hepatica. (J nat. size.) 



or pink or white single, and blue or pink double flowers, is an 

 almost indispensable adjunct to the flower garden. Found wild 

 in mountainous districts of Central and Southern Europe. 

 Begins to bloom in February. 



2. A. angulbsa. A distinct and handsome hardy plant. 

 Like the preceding, it grows in dense tufts, but this is a taller 



