10
13. C. cyltndnca (Sims): peduncles 1-flowered; flower cylindrical-cam-
panulate; sepals membranaceo-coriaceous. acuminate, with the margin un-
dulate; leaves membranaceous, pinnate; leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate
petioiulate; carpels with plumose tails.—Sims, bot. mag. t. 1160; Pursh
• , a 2' 475; DC- P'rodr' h P- 7- ( excL syn. Michx.1) ’
o ' le , ts lmear and linear-lanceolate.—C. Walteri, Pursh. ft.
2-P- 384; DC. prodr. 1. p. 7; Hook, in jour. bot. 1. p. 86.
North Carolina! to Florida! and in Louisiana! June-Aug.—Flower larger
than m C. Viorna, nodding. Sepals dilated above and acuminate, bluish
purple. Leaflets mostly entire.—Pursh, who described his C. Walteri from
specimens in Walter s herbarium, was probably mistaken in supposing the
flower to be white. &
14. G lineaiiloba (DC.): peduncles 1-flowered; sepals very acute*
leaves pinnate, smooth; leaflets entire or 3-parted; the segments linear D C
prodr. l.p . 7; Beless. ic. 1. t. 3.
, South Carolina, Fraser.—Stemblender, glabrous. Leaflets 3-4 pairs;
lobes all linear, scarcely 2-3 lines wide. Peduncles shorter than the leaves
Petals an mch long, about twice the length of the stamens. DC.—A doubtfui
species ; probably only C. cylindrica ft.
15. C. reticulata (W a lt): peduncles 1-flowered; sepals rather coriaceous;
leaves pinnate; leaflets 4 pairs, oval, undivided or lobed, obtuse rigidly
coriaceous, conspicuously reticulated on both sides, glabrous; carpels with
plumose tails.— Walt. Car. p. 156; Pursh, ft. 2. p. 385; DC. prodr. 1 » 7 ■
Ell. sk. 2. p . 47; Michx. ! jl. l.p . 318. J ’
S Carolina, Georgia! and Florida! May-Aug.—Leaflets all petioiulate,
1- 1J mch long, undivided or variously lobed; the lowest pair 3-parted sometimes
rather acute and mucronate. Peduncles longer than th e ’leaves.
Flower as large as in' C. crispa. Sepals dull purple, ovate-lanceolate, velvety
externally. Tail of the carpels long. m
16. C. crispa (Linn.): peduncles 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves •
leaves pinnate, ternate, or 3-lobed; leaflets very acute; sepals thick and coriaceous,
with the apex reflexed, transversely undulated and crisped on the
margin, twice as long as thé stamens; carpels with a short thick, naked (or
pubescent) tail.—DC. prodr. l.p . 9; Sims, bot. mag. t. 1892; Ell. sk 2
p. 49; Pursh, jl. 2 .p. 384; Michx.! Jl. l.p . 318.
Virginia to Florida! and west to Louisiana! May.—Leaves glabrous or
slightly hairy. Flowers a third smaller than in C. Viorna, bright purple.
Tail of the carpels thick and rigid, about half an inch long.
17. C. Pitchen-. peduncles 1-flowered; leaves pinnate, coriaceous, reticulated;
leaflets 2-4 pairs, ovate, mostly obtuse, undivided or 3-lobed; branch
leaves simple, ovate; sepals coriaceous, a little longer than the stamens *
carpels with a short pubescent tail.
On the Red River, Arkansas, Dr. Pitcher! Nuttall!—Leaves glabrous
or slightly hairy beneath; the lowest pair 3-lobed, often subcordate.
Sepals purple, about three-fourths of an inch long, reflexed at the sum mi#
even on the margin. Tails of the carpels half an inch long, the lower part
pubescent and almost plumose. §
§ 2. Involucre none: sepals 4 ; petals several, minute.—A thagene, DC.
18. C. verticillaris (D C .): peduncles 1-flowered; leaves verticillate in
fours, ternate; leaflets petioiulate, ovate, acuminate, subcordate, entire or
sparingly toothed; petals acute.—DC. prodr. 1. p. 10; Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am.
l.p . 2. Atragene Americana, Sims, bot. mag. t. 887; Pursh, fl..2, p. 384.'
Mountains and rocky places, British America, north to lat. 54°. and' west
to the Rocky Mountains and N. W. Coast; Vermont! to North Carolina!
■M
April-May.—Climbing. Flowers very large, campanulate. Sepals oblong-
lanceolate, bright purplish-blue.
19. C. Columbiana: peduncles 1-flowered; leaves ternate; leaflets ovate,
acute, obscurely crenulate; sepals ovate, acuminate, nearly twice the length
of the stamens.—Atragene Columbiana, Nutt.in jour. acad. Philad. 7. p.fl.
Rocky Mountains, Mr. Wyeth. March.—Flowers smaller than m L.
verticillaris, pale blue. Nuttall.
| Doubtful species.
20. C. Plukenetii (D C .): peduncles 1-flowered; leaves ternate, glabrous
; leaflets elliptic or obovate, entire, obtuse; flowers dioecious, erect.
DC. prodr. l.p . 7; Pluk. aim. 109. . ;
Described by De Candolle from specimens of Catesby in Banks s herbarium,
supposed to be from America. •
2. ANEMONE. Lin n .; DC. syst. l.p . 188.
Involucre 3-leaved, distant from the flower; the leaflets variously incised.
Sepals 5-15, petaloid. Petals none. Achenia mucronate (in § Pulsatilla
caudate).—Perennial herbs with radical leaves. Scapes when branched
bearing leaf-like involucres at each division.
§ 1. Carpels with long bearded ta ils : leaves o f the involucre sessile,
palmately divided, with linear lobes.—Pulsatilla, DC.
1. A. patens (Linn.): silky-villous; leaves 3-parted or ternate; segments
cuneiform, 3-cleft, incised; lobes linear-lanceolate; involucre linearly many-
. cleft; sepals 5-6.—DC. prodr. 1. p. 16.-(A ochroleuca); Hook! fl. Bor.-
Am. 1. p. 4. A. Ludoviciana, Nutt. ! gen. 2. p. 26. A. Nuttalhana, DC.
prodr. 1. c. p. 17; Nutt, in jour. acad. Philad. 5. p. 158. t. 8. and 7. p. 7 ;
Richards.! app.Frankl. journ. {ed. 2 .)p. 21. Clematis hirsutissima, Pursh,
fl. 2. n. 385. „ , „ ,
British America as far north as lat. 67°! Valleys of the Rocky Mountains,
Drummond, Nuttall! On the Missouri and Platte, Nuttall! Galena,
Illinois!—About a span high. Sepals an inch or more in length, dull blue or
purple. Tail o f the carpels nearly two inches long.—Appears to beidentical
with the European plant.
§2. Carpels with long bearded ta ils : leaves of. the involucre pelioled, 3-
cleft.—Preonanthus, DC.
2. A. alpina (Linn.): somewhat silky-villous; leaves on long petioles,
biternately pinnatifid; leaflets laciniate, with the segments linear, acute;
those of the involucre similar; flower erect; sepals 6, spreading. Hook. Jl.
Bor.-Am. l.p . 5; DC. prodr. 1. p. 17; Bot. mag. t. 2007. A. sulphurea,
Linn. A. apiifolia, Willd. sp. 2. p. 126.
Eastern declivity of the Rocky Mountains, lat. 52°—55°, Drummond;
Kotzebue’s Sound, Capt. Beechey.—Flowers white, with a purplish tinge at
the base. S tem s from 6 inches to a foot and a half high. Heads of carpels
very large. Tails long, very silky. jEZooft.—Inhabits also the mountains of
Europe.