ANEMONE. 



f Species not fufficiently known ; 44 and 45. 



We have correfted fome accidental numerical errors, and 

 we take the liberty of ufmg the Linnxan terminology, as 

 to calyx or corolla, here as in Aconltum, Sec. Carpella, a 

 word ufed by our learned friend for partial fruits, feveral of 

 which belong to one flower, as in Uvaria, Unona, Sec, 

 feems to us well exprefled, in Englifh at leaft, by the 

 plural, /rw//^; the Angular, /n//V, being always ufed when 

 the pericarp is fimple, or folitary. Cariopfis is «fed by 

 Richard and De CandoUe for the naked feed of Grafles, as 

 well as of Ranunculace/c, of which we do not fee the utility. 

 A multiplication of terms, without abfolute necefiity, is 

 burthenfome to fcience, and we rather widi the learned 

 would labour to comprefs, inftead of extending, the termi- 

 nology of natural hiftory. 



Seft. I. Pulfatilla. Bauh. Pin. 177. Tourn. t. 148. 



Seeds terminating in long bearded tails. Involucral leaves 

 feffile, dilated at the bafe, divided upwards, in a palmate 

 manner, into linear fegments. Petals five or fix. Glands, 

 (abortive ftamens,) in feveral fpecies, on (hort ftalks, be- 

 tween the perfeft ftamens and petals. The radical leaves 

 are moftly divided in a pinnate manner, their fegments many- 

 cleft, with linear or wedge-fhaped lobes. Flowers in gene- 

 ral purple or crimfon. 



1. A. vernalis. Parfley-leaved Spring Anemone. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 759. Fl. Lapp. ed. 2. 189. 'De Cand. n. 1. 

 Willd. n. 4. Ait. n. 3. Fl. Dan. t. 29. (A. n. 1 147; 

 Hall. Hift. v. 2. 61. t. 21. Pulfatilla altera alpina ; Da- 

 lech. Hiil. 851. P. apii folio vernalis, fl. majore, et fl. 

 minore ; Bauh. Pin. 177. Prodr. 94. " Helw. Pulf. 63. 

 t. 9.") — Leaves pinnate; leaflets elliptic-wedgeftiaped, 

 notched or three-cleft, nearly fmooth. Flower ereft. In- 

 volucrum very hairy. Petals fix, ftraight, elliptic-oblong. 

 — Native of rocky paftures on the loftieft mountains of 

 Switzerland, the Pyrenees, Germany, Sweden, and Nor- 

 way, flowering among the melting fnow in fpring. The 

 broad leaflets, with the beautifully filky involucrum znA petals, 

 diftinguifh this fpecies. The Jlotver-Jlalk is three or four 

 inches high, hairy, much elongated above the involucrum 

 after flowering, as in all the Pulfatilla tribe. Flower white, 

 variegated with purple, extremely elegant ; we have fome 

 doubt whether the report of its being ever yellow be well 

 founded, and whether the term " golden" in Dalechamp, 

 copied by J. Bauhin, may not apply to the brilliant yellow 

 pubcfcence of the hving as well as dried flowers, noticed by 

 Haller. 



2. A. Halleri. Silvery Swifs Anemone. Allion. Pedem. 

 V. 2. 170. t. 80. f. 2. De Cand. n. 2. Willd. n. 5. Villars 

 Dauph. v. 3. 725. (A. n. 1148 ; Hall. Hift. v. 2. 62.) — 

 Leaves pinnate, deeply cut, with linear-lanceolate, pointed 

 fegments ; very hairy beneath. Flower ereft. Petals fix, 

 ftraight, elliptic-lanceolate. — Native of the alps, flowering 

 in fummer. Haller gathered it in the valley of St. Nicholas, 

 in the Upper Vallais ; Villars in Dauphiny ; Molineri on 

 the Piedmontefe mountains ; De Candolle in the eaftem 

 Pyrenees. The leaflets and their fegments are much longer 

 and narrov/er than in the foregoing ; pubefcence of the 



Jlower and involucrum filvery, not yellow. Petals dull pur- 

 ple, converging, not fpreading. 



3. A. cerr.ua. Drooping Japanefe Anemone. Thunb. 

 Jap. 238. De Cand. n. 3. Willd. n. 3. — " Leaves pin- 

 nate ; fhaggy and fomewhat downy beneath ; leaflets pinna- 

 tifid, with notched oblong fegments. Flower rather droop- 

 ing. Petals fix, elliptic-oblong, fpreading." — Native of 

 Japan, about Jedo and Nagafaki, (Thunberg,) flowering in 

 fpring. All the Jlalis are very hairy, as are the leaves 

 beneath, efpecially when young. The fegmeitts of the latter 



are intermediate between vernalis and P»lfatilla. Stalk fix 

 inches high. Flotper dark purple, hairy externally, fmaller 

 than in A. Pulfatilla. De Candolle. 



4. A. patens. Naked-flowering Anemone. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 759. De Cand. n. 4. Willd. n. 2. Ait. n. 2. (Pul- 

 fatilla polyanthos violacea, anemones folio ; Breyn. Cent, 

 t. 61. " Helw. Pulf. 52. t. 2, 3.") — Leaves later than the 

 flovi-er ; leaflets ternate, wedge-lhaped, deeply and acutely 

 pinnatifid and cut. Flower ereft, fpreading. — Native of 

 Siberia, Poland, Sllefia, &c. ; recently found by Mr.Schleicher 

 in Switzerland. The Jlotvers are as large as any of this 

 feftion, and more fpreading, either pale yellow, white, or 

 purpliih, on a ver^-^ fhort partial ftalk ; the involucrum in 

 very narrow, linear, hairy fegments. The leaves expand 

 after the flower is paft, and are ternate, not pinnate, with 

 radiating, very acute, varioufly notched, fegments. The 

 partial jflalk is greatly elongated, from fix to nine inches, 

 as the fruit ripens. De Cand. 



5. A. Pulfatilla. Pafque-flower Anemone. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 759. De Cand. n. 5. Willd. n. 6. Fl. Brit. n. i. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 51. Fl. Dan. t. 153. Bull. Fr. t. 49. Ehrh. 

 PI. Off. n. 135. (Pulfatilla; Matth. Valgr. v. i. 568. Da- 

 lech. Hift. 849. P. vulgaris; Lob. Ic. 281. Ger. Em. 

 385.) — Leaves doubly pinnate, cut, v.'ith linear fegments. 

 Flower fomewhat drooping. Petals fix, rather fpreading, 

 ftraight. — Found in wild open fields, and on dry hills, 

 efpecially where the foil is chalky, throughout moft parts of 

 Europe, flowering in April or May. The finely divided, 

 doubly or triply pinnate, leaves, whofe fegments are fome- 

 times neai'ly awUfliaped, diftinguiih this from all the pre- 

 ceding. Its JloTver, ufually of a dull purplifti blue, is faid 

 to be occafionally red, greenilh, or white, none of which 

 variations have we noticed in England. The petals are an 

 inch and a half long, finely downy at the back. Head of 



feeds large and hairy, raifed on a tall ftalk. 



6. A. pratenfis. Dark Meadow Anemone. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 760. De Cand. n. 6. Willd. n. 7. Ait. n. 5. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 611. Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 148. (Herba venti ; 

 Trag. Hift. 413. Pulfatilla; Camer. Epit. 392. P. flore 

 ckufo ; Lob. Ic. 283. P. flore minore ; Ger. Em. 386. 

 P. altera; Dalech. Hift. 850.) — Leaves doubly or triply 

 pinnate, with lanceolate, elongated fegments. Flower pen- 

 dulous. Petals fix, ereft ; reflexed at the fummit. — Native 

 of meadows, as well as of dr^' open fields, in Sweden, Den- 

 mark, Ruflia, Germany, France, and, according to the 

 abbe Seftini, near Conftantinople with the preceding. This 

 fpecies is diftinguilhed from A. Pulfatilla, by the larger 

 coarfer fegments of its leaves, and fmaller, darker-coloured 



Jloiuer, whofe petals are recurved at the top.v Dr. Storck 

 recommended an extraft or infufion of the herb, in chronic 

 difeafes of the eyes, and even confirmed lues. Hence it has 

 attrafted the notice of phyficians, who have been commend- 

 ably anxious to procure the true plant, which is not found 

 wild in Britain. Probably its virtues, whatever they may 

 be, exift likewife in the A. Pulfatilla. Both are eafily 

 cultivated. 



7. A. alhana. Pale Caucafian Anemone. " Steven Mem. 

 Soc. Nat. Mofc. V. 3." De Cand. n. 6.* addend. 545. — 

 Leaves doubly pinnate, with numerous oblong-linear feg- 

 ments. Flower drooping. Partial ftalk fcarcely longer 

 than the involucrum. Petals fix, ereft, (lightly reflexed at 

 the fummit. — Gathered by Mr. Steven, on the lofty moun- 

 tains of the eaftem part of Caucafus. Allied to A. pratenfis, 

 but differing firft in the lobes of the leaves, and their fubdi- 

 vifions being fhorter as well as more obtufe, rather oblong 

 than truly linear : fecondly, in the partial Jlall, even through- 

 out the whole duration of the flower, rifing fcarcely above 



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