ANEMONE APENNINA. MOUNTAIN ANEMONE. 
ANEMONE. Linn. Gen. PL POLYANDRIA PoLyGyNia. 
Cal. o. Petala 6-9. Sem. plura. 
Rau Syn. Gen. 15. HERB& SEMINE NUDO POLYSPERMA. 
ANEMONE apennina leminibus acutis, foliolis incifis, petalis lanceolatis numerofis. Linn. Syl. Veg. 
ed. 14. Murr. p. 511. Spec. Pl. ed. 3. p. 762. Hudfon Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 237. 
ANEMONE geranii robertiani folio caerulea. Bauh. Pin. 174. ! 
RANUN CULUS nemorofus, flore ceruleo, apennini montis. Mentz. pug. t. 8. f. 2. 
ANEMONE hortenfis tenuifolia, fimplici flote 1. C/zf. Hift. 1. f. 254. 
ANEMONE Geranifolia.. Storke's-bill Windedlonter, Ger. Herb. p. 304. fig. 7. 
RANUNCULUS nemorofus flore purpureo ceruleo. The fingle purple wood Crowfoote. Park. Th. 
| $-325. Ran Syn. ed. 3. p. 259. | | 

RADIX perennis, tuberofa, craffitie minimi digiti, 6 ROOT perennial, tuberous, the thicknefs of the little 
difformis, fufca. finger, irregular in its fhape, and of a brown 
colour. | 
, 1 C : : 
CAULIS teres, glaber, purpurafcens, uniflorus, fpitha- 9 STALK round, fmooth, purplifh, about a fpan high, 
mzus. fupporting a fingle flower. 
laciniis incifis, acutiufculis, utrinque pilofis; € ding on foot-ftalks, fmall leaves tripartite, 
folium caulinum pedunculo fubje&tum (five 9 fegments incifed, fomewhat pointed, hairy on 
involucrum) feffile, ter aut quaternatum, foli- both fides; the ftalk-leaf placed under the 
olis uti in folio radicali. peduncle (or involucrum) feffile, compofed of 
| three or four leaves, fmall leaves as 1n thofe 
from the root. : 
FOLIA radicalia ternata, petiolata, foliolis tripartitis, LEAVES from the root growing three together, ftan- 
c 
FLOS ere&us, pallide caeruleus, odore fuavi. FLOWER upright, of a pale blue colour, and fweet 
{mell 
6 FLOWER-STALK about a hand's breadth in length, 
round, hairy, purplifh, clofe to the flower 
green. 
PEDUNCULUS fubpalmaris, teres, pilofus, . fubpur- 
purafcens, juxta florem viridis. 
LOLOL OOOO Oe, OO Oy 
CALYX nullus. ALYX wanting. 
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COROLLA: PzrALA 12 ad 15, in tres ordines dif- 
OROLLA : Perats from 12 to 15, difpofed in three 
pofita, oblonga, jg. 1. - 
rows, of an oblong fhape, jg. 1. 
STAMINA: FinaMENTS numerous, unequal, capil- 
lary, white; ANTHER E upright, double and 
yellowifh, jig. 2. 
STAMINA: FILAMENTA numerofa, inzqualia, capil- € 
laria; alba; AwTHEm& erette, didyme, 
flaventes, ig. 2. 
PISTILLUM ; Germina numerofa, in capitulum col- 
le&a; Srvi: breves; SriGMATA obtufa, 
Jf2- 9- 
SEMINA plurima, fubovata, compreffa, villofula, apice 
purpurea, ftylum incurvum retinentia, haud 
infrequenter abortiva, jig. 4, 5- 
PISTILLUM: GznMiNA numerous, growing in a lit- 
tle head; Sryues fhort; Stigmata blunt, 
JB. 3: 
SEEDS numerous, fomewhat ovate, flattened, flightly 
villous, purple at top, retaining the ftyle, 
which is bent downward, jig. 4, 5. frequently 
proving abortive. 
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The Anemone apennina found undoubtedly wild on the Apennine mountains, grows plentifully in Lord Spencer’s 
Park at Wimbledon, but in fuch fituations as leaves room to doubt its being an original native of that fpot; we 
fhould therefore have fcarcely confidered ourfelves juftified in figuring it, as an Englifh plant, had it not been 
mentioned by feveral authors as growing wild in different parts of the kingdom, as near Harrow on the Hill, 
Mr.-Dusois; in a wood near Luton-Hoe in Bedfordfhire, Mr. Tu. KxowrroN; Ray's Syn. and near Berkbamp- 
fread, Herts, Mr. GoovaLL; With. Arr. ed. 2. 
This fpecies flowers the beginning of April at the fame time as the Wood Anemone, with which it has fome 
affinity in its foliage, but differs widely in its root and flowers, the former is much thicker, and more knobby, 
the Petals of the latter much narrower, more than twice as numerous, and of a colour wholly different, being 
of a light pleafant purplifh blue: when they firft expand, the outer part of the Petals has a rich purplifh tint, 
which is loft when the flowers have been fome time expofed to the fun. 
It is a very ornamental plant, fuitable to decorate the flower garden, fhrubbery, or wildernefs, it delights in 
a pure air, and a light loamy foil; we never could make it fucceed in our Garden at Lambeth-Marfh, but at - 
Brompton it thrives greatly. 
