BUTTERCUP FAMILY 



2. ,-/. nemorosa (^^'ood Anemone). — 4 — S in. high : haves 

 radical, petiolate, bi-ternatel_v lobed ; involucre stalked, leaves 

 resembling the radical ones ; floivers drooping, i — li in. across ; 

 Si'/'a/s 6, petaloid, white, or tinged with pink, very rarely blue, 

 glabrous, spreading; ac/ienes without awns, downy. One of our 



most beautiful, though also one of the corarrionest. spring flowers. 

 — Fl. IMarch— -May. 



3.* A. ranurtciiIoiJes (Yellow AnemoneV with temate or 

 quinate leaves, sub-sessile involucre and yellow sepals, and 



4.* A. apenn'ina (Apennine AnemoneV with numerous narrow 

 blue sepals and erect flowers, both flowering in April, are 

 occasionallv met with as escapes from cultivation. 



*4. Adonis ^Pheasant■s-eye). — An annual herb, with much- 



