POLYANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. Anemone. 37 



Ranuncuhis nemorosus. Lob. Ic. 673./. 



Herba sylvestris, ignoti nominis. Brunf. Herb, v. 2. 80./. 



In groves, thickets, and heathy ground, abundantly. 



Perennial. April. 



Root tuberous, horizontal, nearly cylindrical. Leaves on long foot- 

 stalks, ternate or quinate, mostly three-cleft, always irregularly 

 cut 5 the margin and ribs slightly hairy. Involucrum of 3 simi- 

 lar leaves, vi^ith shorter stalks, above half way up the Jiower- 

 stalk, which is simple and a little hairy. Flower rather droop- 

 ing, always solitary. Pet. white, often purplish at the back, each 

 above half an inch long. Germens downy. Seeds beaked with 

 the style almost their own length. 



The numerous stamens, changing, as in several of the foreign kinds, 

 into small lanceolate petals, make a pretty double^ower, more 

 lasting than the single one, and sometimes preserved in coun- 

 try gardens. It requires a very pure air. Goats only can feed 

 with safety on this acrid plant ; to sheep it is dangerous, and 

 horses and cows leave it untouched. 



3. A. apennina. Blue Mountain Anemone. 



Flower solitary. Petals numerous, lanceolate. Seeds point- 

 ed, without tails. Involucrum of three ternate, stalked, 

 deeply cut leaves. 



A. apennina. Linn. Sp. PI. 762. fVilld. v. 2. J 282. Fl. Br. 581 . 



Engl. Bot. v.l5.t.\ 062. Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. t. 35. DeCand. 



Syst.v. 1.202. 

 A. secunda. Dod. Pempt. 434./. 

 A. geranifolia. Ger. Eni.377.f. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. 405./. RaiiHist. 



u. 1.625. 

 A. tuberosa geranifolia. Lob. Ic. 280./. 



A. hortensis tenuifolia, simplici flore prima. Clus. Hist. 254./. 

 Ranunculus nemorosus, flore purpuro-cseruleo. Dill, in Raii 



Syn. 259. 

 R. nemorosus flore caeruleo, duplex, Apennini mentis. Mentz. Pu' 



gill. t. 8. 



In groves in the central part of England, but rare. 



In Wimbleton woods, (where it still grows) ; Mr. Rand. Near 

 Harrow ; Mr. DuBois ; near Luton Hoe, Bedfordshire ; Mr. T. 

 Knowlton. Dillenius. Near Berkhamstead, Herts ; Mr. Good- 

 all. Withering. It supplies the place of the last species in every 

 grove and thicket of Italy, though not found in Switzerland ; 

 and may be truly wild in the situations above mentioned, which 

 are analogous to those where it abounds. There is only a bare 

 supposition of its having escaped from gardens, though Ray says 

 the Dutch gardeners obtained the roots from Italy. 



Perennial. April. 



Root tuberous, roundish. Habit like the last, but with rather 



