§ 3 . Carpels oval, without tails: pedicels solitary or in pairs (rarely
more), all leafless and 1-flowered: leaves o f the involucre sessile or-
petioled.—Anemonanthea, DC.
3. A. Caroliniana (Walt.): root tuberous; leaves ternately divided; segments
3-cleft or incised; lobes linear and somewhat cuneiform, toothed at
the apex; involucre very distant from the flower, 3-leaved; leaflets sessile,
Cuneiform, 3-cleft, with the lobes linear, divaricate, mostly entire; sepals 15—
20, oblong or oblong-linear — Walt. Car. p. 157; Ell. sic. 2. p. 53 ; DC.
prodr. 1. p. 19. A. tenella, P u rsh ! fl. 2. p. 386 ; Nutt. ! gen. 2. p. 21.
0. heterophylla: radical leaves 3-parted, or 3—lobed, or almost undivided;
segments undivided or 3-lobed, roundish-oval, crenately serrate.^—A. he-i
terophylla, N u tt.! mss.
North Carolina, Schweinitz! S. Carolina, Walter; Louisiana and
Arkansas, Dr. Pitcher ! Dr. Leavenworth ! On the Platte, Dr. James f
and Missouri, Nuttall! Texas, Drummond ! 0. on rocks, Arkansas, Nut-
ta lll March-April.—Plant from 4-12 inches high, slender, clothed with a
loose hairy pubescence. Leaves variable in the breadth of their segments
and lobes, sometimes tripartite and very narrow. Flower an inch, some-,
times an inch and a half in diameter: sepals white, often tinged or spotted
with purple; the outer ones ( 6-^8) thicker; the others petaloid, often almost
linear. Head of carpels cylindrical-oblong, woolly. The flowers in 0.
are smaller and greenish, and the head of carpels cylindrical.—We are unable
to discover any character that will distinguish this species from A. de-
capetala, Linn, of S. America. Hooker and Arnott (in bot. o f Beechefts
voy. p. 4. t. 1.) have indeed shown that the latter species sometimes bears
several flowers on each scape, and hence they place it in the section Anem-
onospermos. In our Chilian specimens, however, the scapes are only 1-
flowered, as usually described; and A. St. Hilaire (fl. Bras, merid. I: p,
5.) who appears to know the plant well, makes no mention of the scapes
bearing more than one flower.
4. A. parviflora (Michx.): leaves 3-parted; lobes cuneiform, 3-cleft, cre-=
nate, obtuse; those of the involucre nearly similar, but longer and narrower,
sessile ; sepals 6, oval. Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 5; Michx. ft. 1. p. 319;
DC. prodr. 1. p. 19. A. euneifolia, Juss. ann. Mus. 3. p. 248, t. 21. f. 1 ;
P u rsh ! fl. 2.p. 386. A. borealis, Richards, app. Frankl. journ. ed. 2.p. 22.
Labrador! Canada to the Arctic Sea, lat. 70°; Kotzebue’s Sound; Beechey ;
Anticosti, Pu rsh !—Plant 2-12 inches high, Flowers white tinged with
blue. Heads of carpels rounded, compact, woolly.
5. A. Baldensis (Linn.) : leaves nearly glabrous and somewhat fleshy,
ternately divided; segments laciniately 3-parted, with the lobes linear, obtuse;
those of the involucre similar, on short villous petioles; scape villous,
1-flowered; sepals 6, obtuse, spreading, with the lower surface somewhat
hairy. Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. l.p . 5; DC. prodr. 1. p. 19.
Rocky Mountains, lat. 52°—55°, Drummond.—Flowers tinged with blue.
Root fusiform.—A native also of high mountains in Europe. 6
6. A. nemorosa (Linn.): leaves temate; leaflets undivided, or with the
middle one 3-cleft and the lateral ones 2-parted, incisely toothed, acute;
those of the involucre similar, petioled ; sepals 4-6, oval.—Hook. fl. Bor.-
Am. 1. pi 6 ; Michx.! fl. 1. p. 319 ; Pursh ! fl. 2. p. 387; Ell. sk. 2. p. 5 3 ;
DC.prodr. 1. p. 20. A. lancifolia, Pursh! ft. 1. c .; DC. prodr. 1. c.
0. quinquefolia: lateral leaflets of the involucre 2-parted to the base.—
A. quinquefolia, Linn.
Woods, very common, Canada! to Georgia, and west to the Rocky Mountains.
April-May.—Plant 6-8 inches high. Sepals mostly 5, white or
pale purple.
7 A deltoidea ("Hook.): sparingly hirsute; leaves temate; leaflets
(and Uiosfe of tit* involucre) d ^ v a t e
serrate, acute, those of the involucre sessile ; sepals 5-6, obovate, obtuse.
^Oregon R i f cm 'a ! ', f h t lea,'Scouler! Nuttall /-P la n t 10-12 inches
high. Radical leaves on long petioles rising from a filiform rhizoma.
Flower solitary, on a long peduncle, as large as m A. Pennsylvamca, white.
8. A. Richardsoniana (Hook.): somewhat hairy; leaves «nKonn
3- 5-oarted lobes slightly 3-cleft, acutely toothed ; those of the involucre
roundish-cuneiform, se ssL , 3-cleft and toothed; sepals ^ Y m
compressed, glabrous ; style long, deflexed, uncinate. Hook! fl. Bor.-Am.
1 « 6. t. 4 .7 A. cb in Richards, app. Frankl. journ. ed. 2. p. 21. _
Chores of Hudson’s Bay, and Rocky Mountains from lat. 55 to 68 j also
Unalaschka and throughout Siberia.—Plant 8-10 inches high. Radical
leaves mostly springing from filiform rhizomas. Head of carpels large com-
parnd wTh tL Pflower,Sdepressed. Carpels numerous oblong-ovate, terminated
by a long slender deflexed style, the, extremity of which is curved upward.
9 A culindrica (Gray): silky-pubescent; leaves ternately divided;
lateral segments 2-parted, the intermediate one 3-cleft; lobes linear-lanceolate,
with the apex incisely toothed; those of the involucre petioled; peduncles
2-6, rarely one; sepals 5, obovate, obtuse ; carpels woolly, m a long
cvlindrical head. Gray ! in ann. lye. New-York, 3- P- 2-21.
7Western part of the State of New-York, Gray!-, near Boston, Mr.
Greene! Nuttall! Bellows Falls, New Hampshire Mr.
gan, Dr. Folwell! Indiana Darlington! May-June.—Plant 1-3 feet high.
Peduncles flowering simultaneously, subumbellate 1-flowered, m frul‘
8-12 inches in length. Leaves- of the involucre 2-3 tunes the number of
the peduncles. Sepals subconaceous, pale yellowish-green. Style very
short. Head of carpels an inch in length.
§ 4. Carpels without tails, subcompressed: pedicels several from each
involucre, one o f them leafless and 1-flowered, the others bearing a
2-leaved involucel.—Anemonospermos, DC.
10. A. Virsiniana (Linn.): leaves ternately divided; segments 3-cleft,
acuminate, incisely serrate, those of the involucre and mvolucels similar pe-
tioled • senals 5. somewhat coriaceous, elliptical; head of carpels ovate-ob
long, woolly.—Michx. ! fl. 1. P- 320 ; P u r sh ! fl. 2. p. 388; DC. prodr. 1. p.
21Bmksfeof riveTs and in woods, Canada! (from lat. 55°) to South Carolina.—
Plant 2-3 feet high, hairy. Peduncles elongated, 3-4 from each involucre.
Sepals acute, pale yellowish-green silky-pubescent beneath.
Head of carpels three-fourths of an inch long, mid half an “ ch ™ 7
__We have a variety of this plant, found near Philadelphia by Mr. Durand,
in which the flower is considerably larger than usual, the sepals nearly white,
and several of them quite obtuse.
11. A. multifida (DC.): hairy; leaves ternately divided; segments
cuneiform, laciniately 3-cleft, lobes linear, acute, those of the involucre and
involucels similar, on short petioles; sepals 5-8, oval, obtuse.—DC.prodr. 1.
p. 2 1 ; Deless. ic. l . t 1 6 ? ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. l.p . 7. A. Hudsomana,
Richards, app. Frankl. journ. ed. 2. p. 22.
0. Hudsomana (DC A . c.): stem 2-flowered; flower red^-A. sangui-
nea, Pursh! in herb. Lamb. A. Hudsomana 0. sangumea, Richards. 1. c.
y. globosa: stem mostly l-(sometimes 2 -3-) flowered; head of carpels
globose.—A globpsa, Nutt.! mss.