6 Ranunenulacce—Thalictrun. 
varicties of this, one with purplish stems and flowers. 
Germany. 
3. ANEMONE (including Hepdtica). 
Perennial herbs. Leaves all radical, variously lobed and 
dissected. Flowers showy, blue, white, red, purple, or yellow. 
Scape usually l-flowered, with a 3-leaved involucre distant or 
closer under the calyx. Sepals 4 to 10, petaloid. Petals un- 
developed. Stamens numerous, outer ones sometimes petaloid. 
Carpels numerous, 1-seeded ; seed pendulous. A large genus, 
whose species are chiefly confined to the northern hemisphere. 
A few reach South America and South Africa, and one is found in 
Australia. The Greek name of one of the species. We may con- 
veniently divide the cultivated species into two sections, though 
other species not in cultivation connect these two sections. 
§ 1. Lnvolucre close under the sepals having the appearance of 
a true calyr, especially as the sepals ave petaluid. Hepatica, 
1. A. Hepiticu, syn. Hepdtica triloba (fig. 4).—This familiar 
little plant with its glossy trilobed leaves and numerous blue 
Fig. 4. Anemone Hupatica. (4 uat, size.) 
or pink or white single, and blue or pink double flowers, is an 
almost indispensable adjunct to the flower garden. Found wild 
in mountainous districts of Central and Southern Europe. 
Begins to bloom in Februiry. 
2. A. angulosa. A distinct and handsome hardy plant. 
Like the preceding, it grows in dense tufts, but this is a taller 
