PLATE CLXXII. 
ANEMONE 
PAL MAT A. 
Cyclamen-leaved Portugal Anemone. 
CLASS XIil. 
ORDER VIL. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx nullus. 
Corotra. Petala duorum triumve ordinum, 
in fingula {erie tria, oblongiufcula. 
Sramina. Filamenta numerofa, capillaria, co- 
rolla dimidio breviora. Anthere didyme, 
erecte, 
Pistitta. Germina numerofa, in capitulum 
colleéta. Styli acuminati. Stigmata ob- 
tufa, 
Pericarrium nullum, Receptaculum globo- 
fum, five oblongum, excavato-punétatum. 
SemiNa plurima, acuminata, ftylum retinentia. 
SPECIFIC 
Anemone foliis reniformibus, fub-lobatis, cre- 
natis; involucro multifido; petalis exteri- 
. Oribus villofis, majoribus. . — : 
EMPALEMENT none, 
Biossom. Petals in two or three rows, three 
in a row, rather oblon 
Cuives. Threads numerous, hair-like, half the 
length of the bloffom. Tips doubled, ereét. 
PoinTats. Seed-buds numerous, collected into 
a fmall head. Shafts tapered. Summits 
blunt. 
SEED-VEssEL none. Receptacle globular or ob- 
long, hollowed and dotted. 
Szeps many, tapered, retaining the thaft. 
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CHARACTER. 
Anemone with kidney-fhaped leaves, a little 
lobed, fcolloped; fence many-cleft; the 
outer petals hairy and larger. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. An outer Petal of the Bloffom, fhewn from the infide. 
_2. The Chives, as they ftand on the receptacle. . 
3. The fmall Head, as formed by the pointals. : 
4. A Seed-bud and its appendages, a little magnified. 
ne, 
‘Tats fpecies of Anemone, isa native of Portugal, having been brought from thence about the year 1788, 
- and firft cultivated at the Hammerfmith Nurfery; the fpecitic title of Lufitanica obtained for a time, 
but little doubt refts now of its being the A. palmata of Linnzeus’s Sp. Pl. p. 758, and of Vahl, Desfon- 
taines, &c. How the plant could firft acquire the name of palmata, is certainly a myftery; unlefs it 
might be, from the appearance of the fence, which neverthelefs but ill accords with that charater. 
Bauhin’s affination, as Cyclamen-leaved, is certainly the moft appropriate, as the leaves both in fhape, 
and the colour of the upper and under part, are exaé with C. coum. It is rather too delicate for our 
winters, if expofed in the open borders; but, makes a pretty appearance, in {pring, if kept in a pot, 
in light, rich earth. Like moft Anemonies, it propagates beft by dividing the roots, which are long 
and cylindrical; but, care muft be taken not to water the pots, for.fome time after planting, as they 
~ are apt to rot, where they are broken, a 
