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I. KANUNCULACE^. 



[^Adonis, 



awned.— Named from apsjxojvr}^ and that from avsfxoQ^ the wind- 

 because the flowers are easily moved by the wind. ' 



LA. Pulsatilla L. {Pasque-flower A.) ; leaves as well as the 

 involucre with doubly pinnatifid linear segments, flower inclined 

 sepals 6, achenes with long feathery awns. JS. B.t. 51. ' 



Dry chalky pastures, in several parts of England, 1^. 4, 5,_ 

 Flowers purple, externally silky, very handsome. 



V-2. A.nemorosa'L. {Wood A.)-, leaves ternate, leaflets Ian- 

 ceolate lobed and cut, involucre similar to them petiolate, stem 

 single-flowered, sepals 6 elliptical, point of achenes not feathery, 

 E. B. t. 355. 



Moist woods and pastures, and on high mountains. %. 3 g. 



Flowers white, tinged with purple outside. 



3. A. 



* Apennina L. {Blue Mountains A.) ; leaves triternate 

 segments lanceolate cut and toothed, involucres petiolate ternatq 

 and cut, sepals 12 - ' • ■ -* - - - 



t. 1062. 



Wimbledon woods, Surrey ; near Harrow ; Luton Hoe, Bedford 

 shire; near Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire; and Cullen, Banff. 



14, point of achenes not feathery. E. B. 



4. 



Flowers light and bright blue. 



If 



4. A. 



* 



{yellow Wood 



quinate, leaflets subtrifid cut and toothed, involucres shortly 

 stalked ternate cut and toothed, sepals 5—6 elliptical, point of 

 achenes not feathery. E. B. t. 1484. 



Woods, rare; King's Langley, Herts; and Wrotham, Kent. 

 4. — Flowers brightish-yellow. 



4. Adonis Linn. Pheasant's Eye. 



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Cal.o?5 sepals. Pet. 5—\0, without a nectary. Stamens 

 and Styles numerous. Achenes without awns. — Name : its 

 deep red colour suggested the idea of its being stained by the 

 blood of Adonis. 



1. A. 



) 



scarcely longer than the glabrous calyx, achenes reticulated 

 collected into an ovate head, stem branched. E. B. t. 308. 



Amongst corn, about London, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Gloucester- 

 shire, Glasgovv, and Dublin, ©. 5—7, and partially till autumn. 



— Leaves thrice compound, with linear segments. Fetals bright 

 scarlet. 



5. Myosurus Linn. Mouse-tail. 



^ Cat of 5 sepals, prolonged at the base, imbricated in sestiva- 

 tion. Pet 3, their claws tubular (nectariferous). Stamens 5. 

 Achenes numerous, collected upon a very long columnar recep- 





