BUTTERCUP FAMILY 



2. A. nemorbsa (Wood Anemone). — 4 — 8 in. high ; leaves 

 radical, petiolate, bi-ternately lobed ; involucre stalked, leaves 

 resembling the radical ones; flowers drooping, 1 — \\ in. across; 

 sepals 6, petaloid, white, or tinged with pink, very rarely blue, 

 glabrous, spreading; achenes without awns, downy. One of our 



anemone nemorosa {Wood Anemone). 



most beautiful, though also one of the commonest, spring flowers. 

 — Fl. March — May. 



3.* A. ranunculbides (Yellow Anemone), with ternate or 

 quinate leaves, sub-sessile involucre and yellow sepals, and 



4.* A. apemiina (Apennine Anemone), with numerous narrow 

 blue sepals and erect flowers, both flowering in April, are* 

 occasionally met with as escapes from cultivation. 



*4- Ad6nis (Pheasant's-eye).— An annual herb, with much- 



