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ANEMO'NE* *: 
Linnean Class and Order. PoLYA'NDRiAf, Polygy'nia. 
Natural Order. Ranuncui.a'ce.e ; Sect. 1. — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 
231. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 136. — Lindl. Syn. p. 7. — Rich, by 
Macgil. p. 465. — Ranuncula'cea:, Sect. ix. Anemo'nea:. Lind. 
Introd. to the Nat. Syst. pp. 6 & 8. — Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 495 & 
496. — Rosales, sect. Ranunculi'na:; subsect, Ranunculiana:. 
Type, Ranuncui.acea: ; Subtype, Anemonea: ; Burnett’s Outl. 
of Bot. pp. 614, 828, 832, 837, & 838. 
Gen. Char. Involucrum of 3 divided leaves, which are more 
or less distant from the flower. Calxjx none. Petals from 5 to 15^ 
inferior, regular, in one or more rows, imbricated in the bud, de- 
ciduous. Filaments (f. 1.) numerous, hair-like, about half the length 
of the corolla. Anthers terminal, of 2 round lobes, which burst out- 
wardly. Germens superior, numerous, collected into a round or ob- 
long head. Styles (f. 2 & 3.) tapering, short. Stigmas simple, bluntish. 
Seeds (Pericarps, Hook. Br. FI.) numerous, pointed, tipped with the 
permanent styles, which in some species become feathery tails. — 
The 3-leaved, involucrum, the imbricated aestivation of the flower, 
number of petals, (from 5 to 15), numerous seeds, and the want 
of a calyx and nectaries, will distinguish this genus from others, in 
the same class and order. 
Tuberous rooted, stemless herbs, with stalked, more or less di- 
vided, or compound leaves, and solitary or aggregate flowers, on 
radical stalks, with a leafy involucrum or bractea. Flowers blue, 
purplish, red, white, or yellow. Very variable. 
Four species British. 
ANEMO'NE NEMORO'SA. Wood-Anemone. Wood-Nymph. 
Wind-Flower. 
Spec. Char. Flowers solitary. Petals 6, oval. Seeds pointed, 
without tails. Involucrum of 3 ternate or quinate, stalked, lobed, 
and cut leaves. 
Eng. Bot. t. 355. — Curt. FI. Lond.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 762. — Huds. FI. Angl. 
(2nd edit.) p. 236. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 581. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 36. — With. 
(7th ed.) v. iii. p. 671. — Lindl. Syn. p. 9. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 264. — Lightf. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 284. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 170. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 119.— Purt. 
Midi. FI. v. i. p. 256.— Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 219.— Hook. FI. Scot. p. 
171. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 122. — FI. Devon, pp. 92 &c 193. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. 
v. i. p. 121. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 153. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 1. — Mack. Catal. of 
PI. of Irel. p. 52. — Anemone nimorum alba, Ray’s Syn. p.259. — Johnson’s 
Gerarde, 383. — Anemonanthea nemordsa, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 725. 
Localities. — In woods, hedges, thickets, and on heaths. — Common. 
Perennial. — Flowers in April. 
Root tuberous, nearly cylindrical, creeping horizontally under the 
surface of the earth, chesnut-coloured on the outside, white within, 
Fig. 1. Stamens. — Fig. 2. Germens and Styles. — Fig. 3. A separate Germen. 
— Fig. 4. A Seed. — Fig. 5. The same magnified. 
* From anemos, Gr. the wind ; because many of the species grow in exposed 
situations. Dr. Hooker, in Br. FI. 
t The 13th class in the Linnean Artificial System , containing those plants 
which have perfect flowers, with more than 20 distinct stamens in each, inserted 
into the receptacle, below the pistillum ( hypogynous ). 
