4 1. RANUNCULACEjE. 



branches, fl. in a branched divaricate leafless panicle drooping, 

 carp, fusiform 8-ribbed subeompressed ventricose below exter- 

 nally.— i;. B. 11. R. iii. 27.— St. 1—2 ft. high, usually solid; 

 sheaths at its base rather lax.— (3. T. pubescens (Schreb.); St. 

 petioles and Its. beneath or on both sides clothed with stalked 

 glands. — Stony pastures and sand hiUs. P. VI. VII. 



3. T. flexuosum (R., Fries) ; St. zigzag striated branched leafy 

 to the base, stip. with reflexed auricles, 1. 2 — 3-pinnate, Its. 

 3— 5-cleft paler beneath, petioles with patent divaricate branches, 

 fl. drooping in an elongated leafy panicle with patent or reclinate 

 branches, carp, narrowly oblong gibbous above within below 

 without. — R. iii. 28. T. majus Sm. E. B. till, not Jacq. — St. 

 often 3 feet high, solid. Lower 1. with rather close sheaths and 

 broad Its. with blunt cuspidate lobes ; upper narrower and more 

 acutely lobed. — Bushy and stony places. P. VII. 



4. T. saxatile (DC); St. rather zigzag smooth but striated below 

 the sheaths leafy to the base, " stip. with horizontal auricles," 

 1. 2— 3-pinnate, Its. temate 3 — 5-cIeft paler beneath, petioles 

 subterete with patent not divaricate branches, fl. drooping in a 

 branched leafless erect pyramidal panicle with patent straight 

 branches, carp, regularly oval. — R. iii. 34. T. Kochii Fries. — 

 St. often 4 feet high, hollow. L. broad, lobes blunt or on the 

 upper 1. acute. — Damp places in the Lake District. E. 



5. T.flavum (L.) ; st. erect furrowed, 1. bipinnate. Its. broadly 

 obovate or wedge-shaped trifid, panicle compact corymbose, fi. 

 erect, carp, short oval. — E. B. 367. R- iii- 44. — L. rather paler 

 beneath. Root creeping. — In wet fields. P. VI. VII. Common 

 Meadow Rue. 



3. Anemone Linn. 



1. A. Pulsatilla (L.); fl. solitary erect, invohiere sessile in 

 deep linear segments, 1. doubly pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, lobes 

 linear, carp, with feathery tails. — E. B. 51. — Fl. violet-purple, 

 externally silky. Involucre silky, close to the flower, but, by the 

 elongation of the stalk, distant from the fruit. — Open calcareous 

 pastures. P. IV. V. Pasqueflower. E. 



2. A. nemorosa (L.); fl. solitary, sep. 6 elliptical, involucre of 

 3 temate or quinate stalked leaves with lobed and cut leaflets, 

 1. similar, carp, pubescent keeled. — E. B. 356. R. iv. 47.-^Fl. 

 white or purplish. Beak about as long as the carp., not tailed. 

 Root (rhizome) horizontal. Sep. glabrous on both sides. — Groves 

 and thickets ; common. P. III. — V. Wood Anemone. 



[*3. A. apennina (L.) ; fl. solitary, sep. many lanceolate, in- 

 volucre of 3 ternate stalked deeply cut leaves, 1. similar/" " carp. 



