8 Ran u ncn lacea A nemone. 



4. A. hortensis, syn. A. stellata. To this species belong the 

 varieties called Star Anemones. In this the sepals are more 

 distinctly spreading, and the wild form is distinguished by 

 having the centre or eye of the flower of a distinct colour. The 

 flowers are usually of a bright red with a white eye ; but the 

 cultivated forms are numerous, and it is supposed that some 

 are hybrids of this and the preceding. In the typical plant, 

 too, the leaves are more coriaceous, with broader lobes than in 

 the foregoing. From the South of Europe, and, like the last, 

 a valuable Spring-flowering plant. 



5. A. fulgens. This is probably no other than a variety of 

 the last, though sufficiently distinct to be kept separate here. 

 It has larger deep crimson flowers with obovate sepals. A. 

 pavonlna is an abnormal variety of the same plant, in which 

 the sepals are very narrow and numerous, of a bright scarlet 

 or rosy pink colour. A native of the South of Europe, blooming 

 in April and May. 



6. A. Japonica. A very beautiful plant, as the name de- 

 notes, from Japan, and much taller than any of the preceding 

 species. It grows from 2 to 3 feet high, with simple stems 

 and large bluntly-lobed leaves. The flowers are large, rose or 

 white, produced towards the end of Summer. A very desirable 

 and effective species. The plant called Honorine Jaubert is a 

 form of this. 



7. A. elegans (fig. 6), syn. A. hj/brida. Differing from the 

 preceding in its greater stature, larger leaves, and less brightly 

 coloured flowers. Also an Autumn-flowering plant. Possibly 

 the result of a cross between No. 6 and the Himalayan A. 

 vitifolia, or simply a variety of Japonica. 



8. A. Pidsatilla (fig. 7). Pasque-flower. A very pretty in- 

 digenous species with dull purple flowers and long feathery 

 styles. Under cultivation it grows about a foot high, with 

 flowers 2 inches in diameter, sepals usually 6, outer stamens 

 reduced to glands. May. 



9. A. sylvestris. A beautiful pure white-flowered species 

 from Central Europe and Siberia. It has something the habit 

 of No. 6, but is not more than half its size. The flowers are 

 over an inch in diameter, and very profuse in a shady habitat. 



10. A. ranunculoldes. Leaves ternately compound. Sepals 

 5, bright yellow, hairy outside. Styles not bearded. A hand- 

 some plant, allied to the common Wood Anemone. South of 

 Europe. April. 



