332 P0LYAXDK1A POLYGYX1A 



SBS, M03MONB; L. Nittt. Gew. 484. 

 [Gr. Anon :>$, wind ; the flowers being supposed to open only when the wind blows.] 



Involucre distant from the flower, of 3 divided leaves. Sepals 5 to 15, 

 petaloid. Carpels mostly awnless, sometimes awned, or caudate. 



Jljrbaceoiis: leaves mostly radical, dissected; Ibwcrs terminal > solitary, or 

 subcorymboae. A «/. 0/J. 3. Lindi. RakunoulacbJIi 



1. A. itbmoeosa, h. var. guinqvefolia, Pursh. Stem I-flowercd; 

 leaves of the involucre ternate, pctiolatc, somewhat 5-parted, segments 

 cuneate-lanceolatc, acute, incised-dentate, Beck, llo^p. 5. 



A. qulnquefolia, // Hid. Sp. 2. p. 1281. /Vr.v. Syw. 2. //. 97. »Mfi/i/. 

 Catal. p. 64. //«?•/. JP/u7. 2. />. 20. JB«r^. */Jm. % Z. p. 10, Icon, raft. 

 39. /. 2. 

 Grove Anemone, Vulgo — Wind-flower. Wood Anemone. 



Ro)t perennial, fibrous^from ;l horizontal rhizotna 2 to .'{ inches long, and 1 to 

 2 or 3 lines in diameter. Slem\ i r scape, 3 to G inch* s high, slender, simple, mostly 

 smxuh, Bometimes pubescent, with an Involucre of 3 (rarely 4) verticfllate leaves 

 at summit. Radioed leaves mostly (always ?) none. Leaves of the involucre on 

 petioles half an inch to an inch long, dissected Into 3 sessile leaflets, the lateral 

 ones bifid, sometimes parted nearly to the base ; leaflets or segments smoothish, 

 ciliatc on the margin. Flower solitary, terminal, una slender pubescent peduncle 

 I to i inches long, from the centre or b.»s >m of the involucre. Sepals usually 5 to 

 7, elliptic, resembling petals, white, often tinged with purple. Carpels pilose, 

 lance-ovoid, mucronatc, with the point recurved. 

 ILib. Moist woodlands, and thickets: frequent, FL April— May. Fr. June. 



2. A. vmr.ixiAXA, L. Radical leaves 3-parted, segments ovate-lance- 

 olate, acuminate, trifldand incised-dentate, those of the involucres sim- 

 ilar, petiolate ; peduncles virgatc ; sepals silky-villose externally; car- 

 pMsim an ovoid-oblong head, connected by a dense tomentum. Beck, 

 Jlot. p. 6. 



Virginian* Anemone. 



Root perennial, fibrous,— from a short SubligneoUS tuber, or rhizoma. Stem 9 

 to 12 or IS inches high, pilose, often dichotomously branched at summit, with long 

 terminal peduncles. Radical leaves on angular pilose petioles 6 to 12 inches 

 in length, parted into 3 subsessile leaflets ; lea/lets 2 to 3 or 1 inches long, and an 

 inch to an inch and half wide, mostly trifid and irregularly incised, hairy. Leaves 

 of the involucres on petioles half an inch to 3 inches long, the lower or primary 

 involucre of 3 verticillate leaves, those of the branches mostly of 2 opposite 

 leaves; petioles hairy, densely hirsute at base. Peduncles 4 to 8 or 12 inches 

 long, clothed with erect or appressed hairs, densely pilose near the flower. Se. 

 ]>als 5, greenish white, or ochroleucous, subcoriaceous, 3 of them mostly elliptic- 

 obovatc, and 2 lance-ovate and acuminate* Carpels compressed, roundish-ovate, 

 with subulate and somewhat incurved beaks, crowded in dense oblong nearly 

 cylindric heads about 3 fourths of an inch in length, and near half an inch in diam- 

 eter, clothed with a whitish dense wool, by which, at maturity, they arc suspended 

 from the receptacle in ragged dangling clusters. 



Hob* Borders of woods : fence-rows, &c. frequent. Fl. June— July. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. Seven or eight additional species are enumerated in the U. States. 



