scapöque villosis* floïe sölitario, sepalis 6-8 patentibus obtusis extus subpilosis.—Linn.
Mant. p. 78. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 19. Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. cum. Ic.—A. fragifera.
Jacq.Ic. v. 1 .1. 108.
Hab. Arid places on the eastern summits of the Rocky Mountains, lat. 52® to 55°'. Drummond.—This
is again another discovery which goes to prove how much the arctic and alpine vegetation of North
America assimilates with that of Europe. The specimens are in every particular the same as my German
and Piedinontese ones; or if there he any difference worthy of notice, it is that the leaves are not so fully
expanded at the time of the perfection of the flower as in those of thé old world. The flowers are strongly
tinged with blue in most instances. Root fusiform.
5. A. nemorosa; foliis ternatis foliolis integris vel intermedio 3-fido lateralibus bipar-
titis inciso-dentatis acutis, involucralibus petiolatis conformibus, sepalis 4-6 ellipticis.
et. involucri foliolis subintegris.—A. nemorosa. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 762. Mich. Am. v. 1.
p. 319. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 387. Smith, Engl. Bot. t. 355. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 53.
Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 222. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 20.—A. Fischeriana. De Cand.
Prodr. v. 1. p. 20. (fide Spreng.)—A. lancifolia. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 386.?
jS. DC. involucri foliolis lateralibus bipartitis, et ita folium 5-foliolatum.—A. quinque-
folia. Linn. Sp* PI. p. 762.
Hab. Canada, “and thence to the south end of Lake Winipeg; not seen to the northward of lat. 53®.
Dr. Richardson. Country eastward of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. Westward of the Rocky Mountains.
Douglas.—Flowers white, varying to purple, as in Europe; but the sepals are more constantly 5,
and the leaves though occasionally as broad as with us, are usually narrower and disposed to be more compound.
6. A. deltoidea ; paree hirsüta, foliis ternatis foliolis (involucralibusque sessilibus) rhom-
boideis integris trifidisve inciso-serratis acutis, sepalis 5-6 obovatis. (Tab. II I.’A.)
Folia radicalia, longe petiolata, ternata,. foliolis late-ovatis subdeltoideis, integris, trifidisque. Scopus
erectus, gracilis, 8-10 pollicaris, paree pflosus, supra medium involucratus. Involucrum è foliis tribus
sesqui-bi-uncialibus, rhomboideis, acutis vel acuminatis, subtus margineque subpilosis, sessilibus, indivisis,
sttbtrifidisve basi integerrimis vel inciso-serratis. > Flos solitarius, inajusculus. Sepala alba, ovalia vel obó-
vata, obtuse patentia, glabriuscula. Stamina numerosa, sepalis multo breviora. Fistilla ovata in Stylo brevi-
usculo acuminata, basi lanata.
Hab. In thick shady woods of . the Columbia, near its confluence with the sea. Douglas. Scouler.^—l
have only seen leaves of this species since the plate was engraved, upon Dr. Scouler’s specimens. The habit
is that of A. nemorosa, but the involucre is very different from that and every other species with which I am
acquainted. The flowers are as large as those of A. Pennsylvania.
7. A. Bichardsoni; subpilosa, foliis reniformibus 3-5 partitis, lobis subtrifidis acute
dentatis, involucralibus rotundato-cuneatis sessilibus trifidis dentatisque, sepalis 6 patentibus,
carpellis compressis glabris, stylis longis deflexis uncinatis. (Tab. IV. A.)—
Hook, in Frankl. 1st Joum. ed. 2. App. p. 21.—A. ranunculoides, var. ? Rich* in Frankl.
ls£. Joum. ed. 1. App. p. 740.—A. arctica. Fischer, MSS. (fide speciin. ejus.)
Capitulum carpellorum ratione floris majusculum, depressum. Carpella numerosa, oblongo-ovata, stylo
longissimo, fulvo, deflexo terminata, cujus apex extrema (siccitate pnecipue) sursum curvata, uncinata.
Hab. Eastern primitive district, shores of Hudson’s Bay; barren ground, Rocky Mountains, from lat. 55°
to 68p} in wet mossy ground. Dr. Richardson. Drummond. Unalaschka, and throughout all Siberia. (Dr.
Fischer.) Numerous specimens of this very pretty species of Anemone, gathered during the second Arctic
Journey, both by Dr. Richardson and Mr. Drummond, have confirmed the opinion I had formerly expressed
that it is totally distinct from any previously described. Dr. Richardson’s description is very excellent but
he had not, during the first journey, seen the ripe fruit, which is highly curious. The numerous long
slender styles, all bent downwards, have the appearance of a very coarse and shaggy head of hair. If the
extremities of these styles be examined with a microscope, they will be found to be rolled upwards at then-
very points, and thus uncinated in a dry state. When moist, the apex is only slightly curved.
T ab. IV. A. Figs. 1, 2, 3, A. Richardsoni: not. size; fig. 4, Pistil; fig. 5, Stamen; fig. 6, Pericarp
magnified. ■
8. A. Virginia.™.; foliis. ternatim partitis, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis trifidis inciso-
serratis, involucri involucellorumque petiolatis conformibus, sepalis 5 ellipticis subcori-
aceis extus sericeis, capitulo oblongo lanato.—Linn. Sp. PI. p. 761. Mich. Am. v. 1 p
820. Pursh, PI. Am, v. 2. p. 388. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p . 54. Bigel. PI. Boot. ed. 2. p. 223.
De Cand. Prodr. v , l . p . 21.
Caulis^bi-tripetlalis, supeme in pedunculos divisus, pilis brevibus, sericeis, appressis, magis minusve vesti-
tus. Folia ample; radicalia longe petiolata, omnia pulcherrime reticulatim venosa. Pedunculi elongati
3 vel 4 ab eodem punoto, ubi involucrum trifoliatum, foliis radicalibus conforme, petiolatum: pedunculos cen-
trabs uudus, laterales bifoliati. JW p a r v i . Sepala. acuta, subcoriacca, pallido flavo-viridia nunc purpur
fficentia, extas sencea. Capitula poricarpii oblonga, nunc fora cylindracea, (raro, iu speciminibus ab amiciss
Boott, tereti-globosa.) OariopHdes numerosissim», densissime compact», subrotund», compress» basi
densissime lanatse, stylis acuminatis rectiusculis terminate.
H ab. Central limestone tract, and eastern prairie lands, as far north as lat. 55®, spreading more widely in
Canada than to the northward; on rich banks of rivers. Dr; Richardson.. Drummond.
Tan. IV. B. Fig. 1, Pistil; fig. 2, Head of Pericarps magnified.
9. A. multifida; pilosa, foliis terna tim divisis, segmentis cuneatis tripartitis laciniatis
laciniis linearibus acutis, involucri involucellorumque breve petiolatis conformibus se ”
palis 5 -8 subcoriaceis ellipticis extus sericeis.—Pair, in Encycl. Moth. Suppl. v. 1 . p 364
De Less. Pc. v. 1. t. 16. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 21.— A. Htidsouiana. Herb. Banks
Rich, in Frankl. 1st Joum. ed. 2. App. p . 22.
A caule unifloro.—A. multifida, y. uniflora. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1 . p. 21. De Less. Ic.
y. flore sanguine«.—A. sanguines. Pursh, in Herb. L am b .-A . Hudsoniana , p. sun-
guinea. Rich, in Frankl. l«fe Joum. ed. 2. App. p . 22.
.. G"lf S t Laurence. GoIdie. From the shores of Hudson’s Bay to the western declivity of
flu.Booty Mountains and from the Umted States to near the shores of the Arctic Sea; common B r B i l
ardson. Drummond West srde of the Becky Mountains, near the sources of the Columbia. D o J Z -
Variable in size and in the number of peduncles arising from each stem, from 1 to 3, and agreeing with the
figures of De Lessert (from plants gathered in the Straits of Magellan) iu every particular, excfpt that in
ftose the segments of the leaves are shorter in proportion to the breadth,- so that their single-flowered variety
has very much the appemance of a large state of A. Baldensis. Heads of pericarps, as in that s 3 e T
roundish-oval, woolly. Flower white, yellow, purple, and deep red 1 species,
The species has a very extended range, from the month of the St. Lawrence, to the sources of the Columbia,
west of the Rocky Mountains. It was found at Conception in Chili, during Capt. Bceckcv’s Exnedifinn
at the Straits of Magellan, and Dr. Gillies has gathered it on the Andes of Chili. *