202 Order 1.— BANUNCULACB^. 



10 C. ovdta Ph. Leaves troadly ovate, glabrous, glaucous and veiny beneaih. 

 — N. Car. to Fla. Stem simple, 1 — 2f high, glabrous as well as the whole plant. 

 Leavee entire, simple, on short petioles, the lower subcordate. The stem termi- 

 nates in a short, nodding, purple flower, with ovate-acuminate sepals. Achenia 

 with long plumous taila 



11 C. Baldwfnii T. & G-. Leaves varying from oblong to lance-linear, the lower 

 3-M>ed or cleft. — Tampa Bay, Fla. (Baldwin.) Slender, 1 — 2f high. Lvs. acute 

 at base, about J' by 2', petiolata. Flower cylindrical-campanulato, purplish, on a 

 long terminal peduncle. Plumous tails 2' long. 



12 C Pldmmula L. Flowers paniculate ; lvs. pinnate ; l/ls. oblong, acaie at 

 each end. — S. Europe and N. Africa, often cultivated. Its long, half woody, 

 angular, climbing stems form shady masses, covered with small, white, cymous, 

 axtremely fragrant flowers. Lfts. very variable. Frait tipped with long shaggy 

 tails. Jl., Oct.f 



13 C. florida L. Flowers solitary ; sepals acuminate, smooth ; lfts. ovate, acute. 

 — From Japan. Vino 12f long. Lvs. ternato and decompound; lfts. entire. 

 Peduncles longer than the leaves, bearing each a large, white-yellow flower. 

 Jn., Sept.-|- 



14 C. Vitioella L. Flower solitary ; sepals obovate. — From Spain. Vine long 

 and climbing, with ternately decompound leaves. Lfts. entire, ovate or ovaL 

 Flower large, purple, the sepals broad, obtuse at end, often double. Jn. — Sept.f 



15. C. lasiantha Nutt Fls. solitary, dioecious, on clustered 2-leaved branch- 

 lets; sepals oblong-cuneate, spreading, villous on both sides; lvs. temate, lfts. 

 broadly ovate, incisely toothed, the terminal 3-lobed or cleft. — Vine delicate, 

 climbing many feet, pubescent or villous. Lfts. about IJ' by 1'. Peduncles 3' 

 long, the pale blue-purpl ; fl. l-y Ijroad.j Eooky Mts. 



2. ANEMONE, L. Fig. 361. (Gr. dvefio^, wind. Most of the 

 Bpeoiea grow in elevated or windy places.) Involucre remote from the 

 flower, of 3 divided leaves; calyx regular, of 5 — 15 colored sepals; 

 corolla ; stamens oo, much shorter than the sepals ; ovaries oo, free, 

 collected into a roundish or oblong head ; achenia with a short, rarely 

 lengthened beak; seeds suspended. — y Lvs. radical, stem lvs. 2 or 3 

 opposite or whorled, forming the involucre. 



§ PuLS-VTiLLA- Carpels many (50 — 75) with long, plumous tails No. 1 



§ Anemone proper. Carpels not pi-oduce<l into tails. (") 



* I*i8tils many (50 — 70) In a bead, densely woolly in fruit, (a) 



a Involucrate It^avus sessile, with a single flower Nos. 2—4 



a Invohicrato leaves petiolato, with 2-— 3 flowers Nos. 5 7 



* Pistils fewer (15 — 20), merely pubescent in fruit Nos. 8, 9 



* Pistils few (10 — 15), glabrous. Flowers umbeled Nos. 10, 11 



Exotic, cultivated species Nos. 12, 13 



1 A. Nuttalliina DC. Pasqub-flowek. Plant clothed with silky hairs. St. in 

 flower very short, in fruit 8 — 12' high. Lvs. long-stalked, many-cleft, segments 

 linear or cuneiform, incised. Involucre below the middle of the stem, sessile, 

 subulately dissected, concave or cup-shaped in position. Sep. of Uie single 

 showy flower 5 or 6, 1' long, pale-purpla, silky outside, appearing before the 

 loaves, in Apr. Tails of the carpels IJ' long. — Dry hills, Wise, III, "W. to R. 

 Mts. (A. patens L. Pulsatilla, (Jray.) 



2 A. Carolinidna Walt. Lvs. 3-parted into cuneale-linear, twice trifid segments ,- 

 invol. similarly cleft halfway, hand-shaped; sep. 15 — 20, obtuse; head of carpels 

 cylindraceoua-oblong. — A delicately beautiful plant. Car. to Ark. and Nebr. 

 Rhizome tuberous, sending up many stalked, multifld leaves and a scape 6 — 10' 

 high, bearing the 2 or 3-leaved iuvoluore below the middle, and the single large, 

 fragrant, white or rose-colored flower at top. Scape pubescent above. Outer 

 sepals dotted with purple, oblong, the inner (or petals) narrower, all nearly por- 

 sistont. InvoL similar to, or less deeply cleft than the leaves. Apr. (A. tenella 

 Ph.) 



3 A. heteroph;^lla Nutt. Lvs. of roundish-oval, crenate segments; invol. 

 linear-cleft to the base; sep. acute, 5 — 13; head of carpels cylindrical. — Ga. (near 

 Macon, Mettcmer) to La. (Uale) and Ark. Rhizome tuberous. Radical lvs. one or 



