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Leaves doubly pinnate 
Stem zig-zag .... Minus 
Stem erect, furrowed . . . Flavum 
Leaves triply pinnate 
Leaflets glaucous beneath . . Majus 
In the genus Anemone , there are four British species, and 
about thirty-four characters are usually employed for their 
description ; but it is conceived, that about nine or ten only, 
are absolutely necessary for the purpose, and may thus be 
arranged in a tabular form : — 
Anemone. 
Analysis of the Species. 
Petals 5, elliptical . . . Ranunculoides 
Petals 6, 
Involucrum in deep linear segments 
Fruit with feathery tails . Pulsatilla 
Involucrum of three ternate lobed leaves 
Fruit without feathery tails . Nemorosa 
Petals numerous and lanceolate . Apennina 
The species of the genus Ranunculus, are separated into 
two divisions only. The first division consisting of those 
which have their leaves simple, and the second of those 
having lobed or cut leaves : but we might subdivide the 
latter division which consists of twelve species, into four 
secondary divisions ; the first, including those having the 
stem erect ; the second, those with a prostrate stem ; the 
third, those having a creeping stem ; and the fourth division 
consisting of those which have a floating stem. And whereas 
about one hundred and twelve characters, including repeti- 
tions, are usually employed in the description of the British 
species of Ranunculus, considerably less than half that num- 
ber would suffice. 
The plan of classification that has been proposed, is not 
however, meant to supersede, but to accompany a more de- 
tailed description of species, which might be given, as has 
been already remarked, beneath the analytical table ; for even 
the minutest particular relating to the structure or economy 
of plants, is of too much importance to be overlooked ; but 
at the same time it is highly desirable that the facts that have 
been astertained, should not be heaped together in confusion, 
presenting to the mind nothing but a ‘rudis indigestaque 
