784 ANEMONE. [CLASS xiii, ORDEa in. 



darkish green above, paler and more hairy beneath. Involucre of 

 three petiolated leaves, the petioles channeled, the central leaflet wedge- 

 shaped at the base, three cleft and serrated, the lateral ones obliquely 

 ovate at the base, bifid, and serrated. Flotver solitary, on a slender 

 round erect downy pedicle. ISepals about six, oblong, smooth, white 

 or pale pink, about half an inch long, often unequal. Stamens nume- 

 rous, with slender filaments, and ovate yellow two celled anthers. 

 Style conical, with a small simple obtuse stigma. Carpels numerous, 

 obliquely ovate, compressed, pointed with the persistent style, fur- 

 rowed and downy. 



Habitat. — Plantations, groves, woods, and shady banks ; common. 



Perennial ; flowering in April. 



The Wood Anemone is one of the earliest flowers which decks our 

 shady groves and rural banks with its delicate blooms. By culti- 

 vation the stamens expand into petals, and continue in bloom much 

 longer than the single ones. 



3. A. Apenni'na, Linn. (Fig. 890.) Blue Mountain Anemone. 

 Involucre of three petiolated ternate leaves, the leaflets lanceolate, 

 with acute lobes and teeth, similar to the radical leaves; flower erect, 

 solitary, of twelve to eighteen linear oblong smooth sepals ; carpels 

 awnless. 



English Botany, t. 1062. — English Flora, vol. iii. p. 37. — Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 217. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 9. 



Root somewhat woody, cylindrical, with fibrous radicals. Leaves 

 radical, very few, or frequently wanting, ternate, the common stalk 

 round, slender, the partial rather long, slender, leaflets three to five, 

 deeply cut into lobes and acute teeth, a cheerful green above, paler 

 l)eneath,'and smooth or somewhat hairy. Involucre of three petiolated 

 leaves, lanceolate, with narrower lobes. Flowers solitary, on an erect 

 downy pedicle, slender, from three to four inches long above the invo- 

 lucre, and mostly the stem is from four to eight inches long below it. 

 Sepals of a fine blue colour, from twelve to eighteen, linear oblong, 

 quite smooth, obtuse, sometimes notched. Stamens numerous, with 

 linear awl-shaped filaments, and yellow oblong anthers, of two cells. 

 Styles [short. Stigmas simple, obtuse. Carpels numerous, ovate, 

 compressed, collected into a head, awnless, pubescent. 



Habitat. — Wimbledon Woods; near Harrow ; near Luton Hoe, 

 Bedfordshire ; near Berkhamstead, Herts. 



Perennial ; flowering in April. 



This rare, and with us very doubtful native species, is in many 

 parts of Italy the most common species, and its abundant beautiful 

 blue flowers renders it one of the most gay and conspicuous plants, 

 especially in the hilly districts of the Appennine range. 



4. A. ranuncu'loides, Linn. (Fig. 891.) Yellotv Wood Anemone. 

 Involucre of three short petiolated ternate leaves, the leaflets lanceo- 



