RANUNCULACE^. Anemone. 



2. Anemone cyli.ndrica, Gray. Cylindrical-headed Wind-Jlower. 

 Silky-pubescent ; leaves lernatcly divided ; lateral segmenU 2-parted, the intermediate one 



2-cleft ; lobes linear-lanceolate, with the apex incisely toothed , those of the involucre similar 

 and petioled ; peduncles 2-6, rarely solitarj' ; sepals 5, obovate, obtuse ; carpels densely 

 woolly, in a long cyhndrical head, pointed with a short somewhat curved beak. — Gray in 

 ann. lye. N. York, 3. p. 221 ; Torr. ^ Gr.fl. N. Am. 1. p. 13 ; Pritz. 1. c. p. 668. 



Plant 1-3 feet high, the stem and peduncles slender and usually of a purpUsh color. 

 Radical leaves on petioles, which are 2 - 6 inches long ; lamina 2-3 inches in diameter, 

 the ultimate segments only 2-3 hues wide. Peduncles commonly umbellate, very erect ; 

 those of the flowers about 6 inches long ; of the fruit, twice or more that length. Leaves of 

 the involucre 2-3 times the number of the peduncles. Flowers scarcely more than half an 

 inch in diameter, all expanding nearly at the same time. Sepals somewhat coriaceous, hairy 

 externally, pale yellowish green within. Style very short. Heads of carpels an inch or more 

 in length, and one-third of an inch in diameter. 



Sandy plains near Oneida lake {Dr. Gray). Irondequoit mills, 12 miles east of Rochester 

 {Dr. Knieskern). May - June. 



This species, which was first characterized by Dr. Gray, has a general resemblance to 

 A. Virginiana, but is easily distinguished by its different inflorescence, more slender habit, 

 narrow leaf-segments, and cylindrical head of carpels. 



& 2. Akemonospermos, DC. Carpels without tails, compressed ; pedicels several from one involucre, 

 one of them leafless and one-flowered, the others bearing a 2-leaved involucel. 



3. Anemone Virginiana, Linn. Thimble-weed. 

 Leaves ternately divided ; segments 3-cleft, acuminate, incisely serrate , those of the in- 

 volucre and involucels similar, petioled ; sepals 5, somewhat coriaceous, elliptical, silky- 



. villous externally; carpels densely woolly, in an ovoid-oblong head, mucronate. — Michx. 

 Jl.l. p. 320 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 388 ; DC.prodr. 1. p. 21 ; Hook.fl. Bor.-Am. I. p. 7. t. 4. 

 /. B ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 320 ; Torr. ^ Gr. ft. N. Am. 1. p. 13 ; Pritz. I. c. p. 671. 



Rhizoma short, and somewhat ligneous. Plant 1-3 feet high. Radical leaves on long 

 petioles ; leaflets 2-4 inches long, and 1 - 1^ inch wide. Peduncles 6-12 inches long, 

 several from each involucre. Flowers about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, appearing 

 in succession, so that the flowers and fruit are found on the plant at the same time. Sepals 

 greenish white or ocliroleucous, two of them narrower than the others, with a short acuminate 

 point ; the others obtuse. Carpels ovoid, with a subulate and somewhat incurved beak, matted 

 together by the whitish dense wool which clothes them ; the heads usually about three-fourths 

 of an inch long, and half an inch in diameter. 



Dry woods, hill sides, and banks of rivers. Fl. Latter part of June. Fr. September. 

 This is one of the numerous plants supposed to possess the power of curing the bite of the 

 rattlesnake. 



