OF ORNAMENTAL EXOTIC PLANTS. 
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GENUS II. 
ANEMONE C. Bank. THE ANEMONE. 
Un. Syst. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Geneeic Character. — Involucre of three leaves, more or less distant from the flower. Petals wanting in the single flowers. Calyx of from 
five to fifteen coloured, petal-like sepals. Caryopsides without feathery tails. Leaves deeply lohed. Roots tuberous. 
Description, &c. — There are only a few greenhouse plants belonging to this genus, and of these, two are 
now comparatively seldom seen ; while the other, which is extremely beautiful, has been only lately introduced. 
They are all half-hardy greenhouse plants, which, when in flower, may be brought into a room, or even placed 
in the open air in summer, without injury. 
1.— ANEMONE CAPENSIS Lin. THE CAPE ANEMONE. 
Synonvmes. — Atragene capensis Willd. ; Pulsatilla apiifolia Herm. trifid, the middle one elongated ; segments generally three-toothed. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 716 ; and owfig. 2, in PI. 5. Carpels very hairy. 
Specific Character. — Leaves biternate ; leaflets wedge-shaped, 
Description, &c. — This beautiful plant is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was introduced in 
1795. It was first supposed to belong to the genus Atragene, which is very nearly allied to the Clematis. It 
flowers in March, and requires the protection of a greenhouse. It is propagated by seeds only, and is easily 
killed by cold or damp. It varies very much in its flowers, which are sometimes very double, and sometimes 
scarcely so at all ; and which are sometimes more or less tinged with pink, and sometimes pure whtie. Like all 
natives of the Cape of Good Hope, it requires to be kept in a warm, dry situation, without water, during its 
season of repose, and to have abundance of water while it is in a growing state. 
2.— ANEMONE JAPONICA Siehold. THE JAPANESE ANEMONE. 
Synonymes, — Atragene japonica .• Clematis polypetala Dec. I Specific Character. — Radical leaves ternately divided ; segments 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. for 1845| t. 66 ; and om fig. 1, in PI. 5. | cordate, trilohed, unequal, doubly serrated. 
Description, &c. — This is one of the most beautiful plants belonging to the genus, and it was introduced by 
Mr. Fortune in 1844, who met with it at Shanghae, the Japanese port of China. It has hitherto been kept in a 
greenhouse, where it flowers abundantly, its stems growing nearly two feet high, and the flowers varying considerably 
in shades of colour, so as to he extremely oruamental. As Siehold, in describing it, mentions that it grows at a 
considerable elevation on the mountains in the centre of Japan, it is probable that it may bear the open air in this 
countiy, at least during the summer months. Siehold also informs us that in its native country it is found in 
damp woods, near rivulets, and that it grows best in a moist, loamy soil. It is usually propagated, even in Japan, 
by offsets, as it rarely ripens any seeds. 
3.— ANEMONE PALMATA Lin. THE YELLOW ANEMONE. 
Specific Character. — Root tuberous, oblong, vertical; root-leaves 
petiolated, rotundately cordate or reniforni. Stem-leaves sessile, 
three-lohed ; lobes trifid, spreading, ciliated. 
Synonymes. — A. latifolia Ger.; A. hortensis Clus. 
Variety. — A. p. alhida Hook. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg , t. 200 ; and our fig. 3, in PI. 5. Of 
the variety, Bot. Mag., t. 2079. 
Description, &c. — This very handsome plant is a native of the south of Portugal and the coast of Barbary, 
particularly in the neighbourhood of Algiers. It is half-hardy, only requiring to he protected during the winter 
