Ranunculacee—Clemats. 5 
the apex. Flowers fragrant, white, about 6 inches across, con- 
sisting of about a hundred oblong-lanceolate stalked sepals. 
This is quite hardy. . 
Amongst the earlier hybrid varieties raised by Mr. G. Jackman, 
of Woking, who was, we believe, the first to institute experi- 
ments in crossing the species of this genus, we may mention 
rubro-violdcea, with broadly oval or almost orbicular sepals of a 
reddish purple; and Jackmdnit, of a rich violet purple. Owing 
to the remarkable success of this gentleman, several other hor- 
ticulturists have followed his example, and the result is that 
many new varieties are offered every year. 
Tripz Il.—ANEMONEA. 
Sepals imbricate. Carpels 1-seeded, indehiscent ; seed pen- 
dulous, raphe dorsal. Herbs with radical or alternate leaves. 
2, THALICTRUM. 
Erect graceful perennials. Leaves compound. Flowers 
small, numerous, in panicles or racemes. Sepals 4 or 5, 
petaloid. Petals absent. Stamens numerous, with long 
usually yellow conspicuous anthers projecting beyond the 
calyx. Carpels several, with one pendulous seed. A classical 
name of obscure derivation. Species numerous, widely spread. 
1. Th. flavum. Meadow Rue.—About 3 feet high. Leaves 
dark green, much divided, with cuneate segments. A showy 
plant with bright yellow flowers. A British plant, flowering at 
Midsummer. 
2. Th. minus.—The typical form of this species is a very 
elegant little plant, producing its graceful foliage in dense tufts. 
The flower-stem rises about a foot high, and the flowers are 
small and greenish white, sometimes tinged with red. Native 
of North Europe and Asia, including Britain. 
3. Th. anemonordes, syn. Anemone thalictroides.—aA pretty 
dwarf species, resembling an Anemone, but destitute of an 
involucre. In this species the petaloid sepals are more con- 
spicuous than the stamens. The flowers are white, umbellate ; 
stems about a foot high, with a whorl of leaves at the base of 
the umbel. There is a double variety. North America. 
4, Th. aquilegifolium.—A handsome tall-growing species 
with much-divided glaucous leaves resembling those of the 
Columbine, and large stem-clasping stipules. There are two 
