PLATE CLXXII. 



ANEMONE P A L M A T A. 



Cyclamen-leaved Portugal Anemone. 



CLASS XIIL ORDER VIL 

 POLYANDRIA POLVGYXIA.. :\rany Chives. IVIany Pointals. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx millus. 



Corolla. Pctala duorum triumve ordinum, 

 in fingula lerie liia, oblongiufcula. 



Stamina. Filamenta numeiola, capillaria, co- 

 rolla dimidio breviora. Antherce didymoe, 

 ereiStae. 



PiSTiLLA. Germina numerofa, in capltulum 

 coUefta. St3'li acuminati. Stigmata ob- 

 tufa. 



Pericarpium nullum. Receptaculum globo- 

 luni, five oblongum, excavato-punftatum. 



Semina phiiima, acuminata, liylum retinentia. 



Empalement none. 



Blossom. Petals in two or three rows, three 



in a row, rather oblong. 

 Chives. Threads numerous, hair-like, half the 



length of the blolibm. Tips doubled, ereiEt. 



Pointals. Seed-buds numerous, coUcfted into 

 a fmall head. Shafts tapered. Summits 

 blunt. 



Seed-vessel none. Receptacle globular or ob- 

 long, hollowed and dotted. 



Seeds many, tapered, retaining the iLaft. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Anemone foliis renifonnibus, fub-lobatis, cre- 

 natis; involucro multifido; petalis exteri- 

 oribus villofis, majoribus. 



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 BlolTom, fliewn from the infide. 



2. The Chives, as they Hand on the receptacle. 



3. The fmall Head, as formed by the pointals. 



4. A Seed-bud and \u appendages, a little magnified. 



This fpecies of Anemone, is a native of Portugal, having been brought from thence about the year 1 788, 

 and firll cultivated at tlie Hammerfmith Nurfery ; the fpecihc title of Lufitanica obtained for a time, 

 but little doubt refts now of its being the A. palmata of Linnseus's Sp. PI. p. 758, and of Vahl, Desfon- 

 taines, Sec. How the plant could firft acquire the name of palmata, is certainly a myftery; unlets it 

 might be, from the appearance of the fence, which neverthelefs but ill accords with that charafter. 

 Bauhln's affination, as Cyclamen-leaved, is certainly the moft appropriate, as the leaves both in fliape, 

 and the colour of the upper and under part, are exaft witli C. coum. It is rather too delicate for our 

 winters, if expofed in the open borders; but, makes a pretty appearance, in fpring, if kept in a pot, 

 in light, rich earth. Like molt Anemonies, it propagates bell by dividing the roots, which are lone 

 and cylindrical ; but, care muft be taken not to w.iter the pots, for fome time after planting, as they 

 ore apt to rot, where they are broken. 



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