202 Ordeb 1.— EANUNOULAOB^. 



XO C. ov^ta Ph. Leaves broadly ovate, glabrous, glaucous arid veiny beneath. 

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

 Leaves entire, simple, on short petioles, the lower suboordate. The stem termi- 

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

 ■with long plumous tails. 



11 C Bald-winii T. & G. Leaves varying from oUong io lance-linear, the lower 

 S-lobed or cleft. — Tampa Bay, Fla. (Baldwin.) Slender, 1 — 2f high. Lvs. acute 

 at base, about J' by 2', petiolate. Flower oyhndrioal-campanulate, purplish, on a 

 long terminal peduncle. Plumous tails 2' long. 



12 C. Pldmmula L. Flowers paniculate ; lvs. pinnate ; If Is. oblong, acute 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, 

 extremely fragrant flowers. Lfts. very variable. Fruit tipped with long shaggy, . 

 tails. Jl., Oot.t 



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

 — From Japan. Tine 12f long. Lvs. ternate and decompound; lfts. entire. 

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

 Jn., Sept.f 



14 C VitioellaL. Flower solitary ; sqials 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. — Septf 



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

 lets ; sepals oblong-cuneate, spreading, villous on both sides ; lvs. ternate, 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-purple fl. IJ' broad.-|- Eocky Mts. 



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

 species grow in elevated or windy places.) Involucre remote from tlie 

 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. — if Lvs. radical, stem lvs. 2 or 3 

 opposite or whorled, forming the involucre. 



§ PuLSATiLLi. Oavpels many (."SO — 75) with long, plumous tails No. 1 



§ Anemone proper. Carpels not pi-oduceil into tails. (") 



* Pistils many (50 — 70) in a head, densely woolly in fruit, (a) 



a Involuci'ate leaves sessile, with a sinj^le flower Nos. 2 — I 



a Invoiuer.ate leaves petiolate, with 2—3 flowers Nos. 5—7 



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



* Pistils few (10 — 15), glabi'ous. Flowers umbeled Nos. 10, 11 



Exotic, cultivated species Nos. 12, 13 



1 A. Nuttallidna DC. Pasqub-floweb. Plant clothed witli silky hairs. St. in 

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

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

 Bubulately dissected, concave or cup-shaped in position. Sep. of the single 

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

 leaves, in Apr. Tails of the carpels li' long.— Dry hills. Wise, III, "W. to E. 

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



2 A. Carolinidua 'Walt. Lvs. S-parted into cuneaie-linear, twice trifid segments ; 

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

 cyJindraceous-oblong. — A delicately beautiful plant. Oar. to Ark. and Nebr. 

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

 high, bearing the 2 or 3-leaved involucre 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 pe^ 

 sistent. 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. 

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

 Macon, Mettauer) to La. (Hale) and Ark. Rhizome tuberous. Radical lvs. one or 



