ANEMONE. 



Partial Jalks long, ftraiglit and flcnder, fingle-flowered, 

 rarely (omewhat leafy. Petals three-quarters of an inch 

 long, obtufe. Seeds compreffed, pointed, fpanngly downy. 

 A variety, ov perhaps a diftinft fpecies, found by Laxmann 

 \v. Siberia, is mentioned by De CandoUe, which approaches 

 J. nardjfiflora in the firft appeaiance of its infore/cence, but 

 is really more akin to pemifylvanica, differing, as it feems, 

 chiefly in the fituation of each fmall partial Involucrum, near 

 the bottom of their refpeftive ftalks. We have not feen any 

 fpecimen. 



37. A. dichotoma. Forked Anemone. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 762. De Cand. n. 36. Willd. n. 20. Ait. n. 15. Purfh 

 n. 9, excluding the fyn. of Lamarck. Linn. Fl. Dec. 2. 

 29. t. 15. (A. n. 37 ; Gmel. Sib. v. 4. 197, excluding 

 tiie fynonyms. Ranunculus Brafilianus ; Linn. Am. Acad. 

 V. I.' 155. n. 102.) — Leaves deeply three-cleft; fegments 

 oblong, cut and toothed at the end. Involucral ones fimilar, 

 fefiile, all two-ieaved. Petals five, elliptical. Seeds fmooth. 

 — Frequent throughout Siberia. Gmelin. In wet v.-oods, 

 and natural meadows, of Canada, and the weftern parts of 

 New York, flowering in May and June. Purjh. Root 

 flender. Herb fmaller than the preceding, and fmoother, 

 with only two leaves to the general in-volucrum, and the 

 leaflets or fegments have larger, but much fewer, teeth or 

 ferratures. The Jloiver moreover is fmaller, tinged with 

 red on the outfide ; and the feeds are fmooth. 



38. A. inexicana. Mexican Anemone. " Humb. Bonpl. 

 at kunth, MSS." De Cand. n. 37.—" Leaves three-cleft ; 

 fegments oval, fomewhat wedge-lhaped, deeply toothed. 

 Involucral ones in pairs, fefTile, cut. Germens downy." — 

 Native of Mexico, near Santa Rofa. Herb rather hairy all 

 over. Segments of the haves icarcely pointed ; the lateral 

 ones often divided. General tnvotucrum of only two leaves, 

 its centrA Jlouier-Jlalk naked ; the hXtx'Af.alks, from one to 

 three, bearing a fmall tvi^o-leaved partial involucrum neai" the 

 bottom. Floiuers white, much like pcnnfyhanica. Germens 

 downy, oblong, taper -pointed. De Cand. 



39. A. helleborifoUa. Hellebore-leaved Anemone. De 

 Cand. n. 38. — " Leaves pedate ; leaflets fmooth, rather 

 coriaceous, three-cleft ; wedge-lhaped at the bafe, and fome- 

 what ftalked ; lobes ferrated, acute. Involucral ones all 

 three -leaved, nearly feffile. Germens fmooth." — Gathei-ed 

 by Dombey, near Huafa-Huafi, in South America. A 

 handfome verj- diftinft fpecies. Root round, rather thick, 

 with numerous fibres. Radical leaves numerous, on hairy 

 ftalks three or four inches long. Flo'wer-Jlali round, hollow, 

 twelve or eighteen inches high ; its firll branches three or 

 four, long and fmooth ; fecondary ones rather hairy, moftly 

 three-flowered. Involucral leafets rather (haggy at their 

 bafe, thi-ee-cleft ; their lobes three-cleft, ferrated, acute. 

 Flowers white. Petals five, oval. Stamens fhort. Seeds 

 fifteen to twenty, oval, fmooth, each with a hooked ftyle, 

 crowded upon a hair^- receptacle. Sometimes a third partial 

 involucrum is found under the flower. De Cand. 



4.0. A. ■vitifolia. Vine-leaved Anemone. Buch. MSS. 

 De Cand. n. 39. — Leaves palmate, acutely feven-lobed, 

 fen-ated ; downy and hoary beneath. Involucral ones 

 fimilar, three or five-lobed, ftalked, heart-fhaped, two or 

 three together. Petals five, obovate. Germens fmooth. — 

 Gathered by Dr. Francis Buchanan, near Sembu (not 

 Lamba), and Nai-ainhetty, in Nepaul, flowering in Auguft 

 ar.d September. The radical leaves, in his own fpecimens, 

 are from fix to ten inches wide, fmooth above, ftrongly and 

 copioufly veined, cut more than half way down, into three 

 pnncipal, pointed lobes, with two or three more fhallow, 

 rounded, and imperfefl ones at each fide. Footjlalks a foot 

 long, angular, hairy. Involucral leaves much fmaller, and 



lefs lobed ; their _flalks of various proportions ; three at the 

 firft fubdivifion of the tall downy Jlonxier-Jlalh ; two at the 

 upper ones. Flowers the fize of j1. fylvejlris, white ; ex - 

 ternally filky, reddifh, and ftrongly ribbed. Seeds numerous, 

 covering a globular receptacle, interfperfed with long, white, 

 woolly down. This fpecies is remarkable for the great fize, 

 and white downy backs, of its leaves, fome of which rival 

 thofe of Rubus odoratus in dimenfions. 



41. A.rivularis. Water Anemone. Buch. MSS. De 

 Cand. n. 40. — Leaves ternate, hairy on both fides ; leaflets 

 wedge-fliaped, three-cleft, notched, and fliarply toothed ; 

 involucral ones feflile, deeply three-lobed, pinnatifid, cut. 

 Petals five, ovate. — Native of the moift banks of rivulets in 

 Upper Nepaul ; gathered by Dr. Buchanan, near Chitlong, 

 April 12, 1802. Root rather woody, as thick as the thumb. 

 Radical leaves numerous, three inches broad, on hairy ftalks 

 from four to eight inches long. General involucral ones 

 three, larger, more elongated and pinnatifid ; partial two, 

 with ftill narrower lobes. Flowers half the fize of the laft, 

 white ; purphfh and hairy beneath. 



Seft. 6. Omalocarpus. De CandoUe. 



Seeds comprefled flat, oval-orbicular, very fmooth, per- 

 feftly deftitute of point or tail. Flower-ftalks numerous, 

 fingle-flowered, naked, forming an umbel in the invcJucrum ; 

 rarely folitary. 



42. A., narctjlflora. Narcifius-flowered Anemone. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 763. DeCand. n. 41. Willd. n. 27. Ait. n. 20. 

 Purfh n. 7. Jacq. Auflr. t. 1 59. Curt. Mag. t. 1 1 20. 

 (not 1 170.) Crantz Auftr. fafc. 2. 102. t. 3. f. i. (A. 

 n. 1 155 ; Hall. Hift- v. 2. 65, excluding the references to 

 Matthiolus and Lobel. Ranunculus alpinus, narcifli flore, 

 et R. montanus albus hirfutus ; Bauh. Hift. v. 3. app. 844, 

 845. R. montanus 2 and 3; Cluf. Hift. v. i. 235. R. 

 hirlutus alpinus, fl. albo, et R. montanus hirfutus pur- 

 pureus ; Ger. Em. 956. Aconitum candidum ; Dalech. 



Hift. 1743- ) 



B. Willd. et DeCand. (A. fafciculata ; Linn. Sp. PI. 

 763. Ranunculus orientalis, aconiti lycoftoni folio, flore 

 magno albo, vel purpurafcente ; Toum. Cor. 20. Voy. 

 v. 2. 106, with a plate.) 



y, monantha. De Cand. (A. dubia ; Bellard. App, 

 ad Fl. Pedem. 26. t. 5, (not 232. t. 7.) 



Radical leaves llightly hairy, in three or five, very deep, 

 wcdge-fliaped fegments, v/ith many, unequal, linear-lanceo- 

 late lobes. Flowers Umbellate. — Found in mountainous 

 paftures, efpccially on a calcareous foil, almoft throughout 

 the northern hemifphere ; in the Pyrenees and all the alpine 

 countries, in Siberia, Caucafus, Cappadocia, as well as in 

 Canada, and on the north-weft coaft of America ; but not 

 in Britain, Greece, nor the Archipelago, as far as we have 

 any information. It flowers early in fummer, and is of an 

 elegant appearance, though feldom feen in gardens. The 

 umbel of pure ■wYnteJlo'Ujers, with obovate petals, occaiion::riy 

 tinged, efpecially underneath, with purple, readily diftin- 

 guifhes this fpecies. The involucrum is feffile, divided like 

 the leaves, and like them hairy on both fides, but not parti- 

 cularly fo at the edges. The germens and broad feeds are 

 quite fmooth. Tournefort's plant, our /S, is a very flight 

 variety, with a more denfe umbel. We know Dr. Bellardi's 

 A. dubia merely from his figure, for he himfelf never faw 

 more than one fpecimen ; but we concur vnth profefTor De 

 CandoUe, who appears to have occafionally feen a two- 

 flowered fpecimen, in making it a variety. Concerning the 

 two Siberian plants, to which De CandoUe alludes, as pof- 

 fible varieties of narcijjtjlora, we have not materials to form 

 any opinion ; nor were thofe with which he was furnifhed 

 quite fatisfaftory. 



43. A. 



