A n e m o n e N e m o r o s a . W o o d A n e m o n y .
ANEMONE Linncei Gen. PI. Po lyand ria -Po l yg yn ia .
Cal. o. Petala S-q, Sem. plura.
R aii Gen. îg . Herbæ semine nudo polyspermæ.
ANEMONE nmorofa. feminibus acutis, foliolis incifis, caule unifloro. Linncei Sy/l. Vezctab
p . 425. Flora Suecic. p . 190. 6
ANEMONE feminibusmidis, caule unifloro, foliis radicalibus nullis, caulinis quinque-partitis
lobxs tnpartitis incifis. Haller, h iß. Helv. 2. p . 64. q p ’
ANEMONE nmorofa. Scopoli FI. Carniol. p . 383. n. 660.
ANEMONE fylvefiris alba major. Bauhin Pin. 176.
ANEMONE nemorum alba. Gerard emac. 383.
R A N U N C U L U S nem o ro fu s alb us (im p le x . Parhmfon 325. R aii Syn. 2 5 9 , W o o d A n em o n y .
Hudfon F l. Angl. 208. Oeder FI. Dan. tab. 549. '
RADIX teres, ,per terrain oblique repens, craflitie 4 RO OT round, creeping obliquely under the furface
t of the earth, fhe thhLefs of a crow quifl
g s, fibrilhs -fufcis prsedita. 9 externally chefnut-coloured, internally white,
$ brittle, furnilhed with brown fibres.
CAULIS teres , fimplex triuncialis circiter, purpuraf- | S T A LK round, Ample, about three inches hiEh
cens, pills molhbus veftitus, tnfoliatus. f purplilh, covered with foft hairs, and be!r-
| mg three leaves.
FOLIA |
g lobes divided nearly down to the bafe.
PETIOLI breves, vaginantes.
SCAPUS uniflorus, nutans.
a F O O T - S T A L K S o f th e le a v e s Iho rt, an d fo rm in g a
X k in d o f fh ea th. 9$
FLOWER - S T A LK fupporting one flower, and 9 drooping at top.
C A L YX nullus. f C A L YX wanting.
COROLLA: Pe t a l a fexautfeptem,qblongo-ovata, f CO R O L LA : fix or feven Petals o f an oblons
i t a ’ & i ’ Patentm' “ ’emarg,' | <haf>e’ white> underneath purplilh!
4 ipreadmg, flightly notched in at top, fig . l .
STAMINA: Filamenta numerofa, intequalia, ca- i STAMINA • Ft, K i l f s l ■
pillaria, filiformia, alba: A b t k e e a flavin t r j l i f « . numerous, unequal, very
fubrotundie, biloculares,compreffaf; P ollen I 5m ^read-ftapt=d “ d white: A nther*
album & o q i — ■ yello"h roundllh, of two cavities, flattilh,
t- J ° f 9 Pollen white, Jig. 2, 3. 7
Wm m m m
9 downwards: S tigma fimple, Jig. 4, g.
S tigma fimplex, fig . 4, g.
SEM mA^ urim a nuda, oblonga, hirfuta, mucrone | SEEDS feveral, naked, oblong, hairy, thetopbend-
6 '* * ♦ mg downwards, Jig. 6, 7, magnified.
- a poifonous plant
this plant, have been affe&ed with the hlnndv fl.iv nnl 1 ° m to. woo.dy paftures, and have eaten of
in iamtfchatka, «he H aller informs us, that
which produce certain death. P th a fpecies of Anemony, the wounds from
The Wood Anemony produces its flowers earlv in the .Snrmo- tv, r T ,
covered with them, m the months o f Anril and Mnl W e g ‘ 1 1 moft, of woods the ground is nearly
become fo erefl as ’to face t“ buf ?„ ,he ev^Tnv and in L “ pandcd- and
whereby the cjelicate parts of the flower are fecured from injury. ^ *ie C ° fed and hanS down.
The chief variation obferved in it, is the colour of its' Petal« H i S „„ r • , .
according to M e r r e t , they occur in Devon/hire wholly red- both fno* / T i™? qULte w,hlteu; and'
cultivated by the gardeners: and were theTme nain, to it ' , , ' ’ • pamcu.,f 1') when double> a™
Anemomcs, it might probably be very much improved in the eye of tU p 'o r if l.38 f0me ° f °Ur fore'Sn
l | 5^ covered with Ana,,
we find it mentioned under the name In C: , «
unfortunately figured in D . l l e n iu s 's edition of R a y ’s s lm Z l^ and dtpeS J f 1- fomewhat
has no pretenfions, as is evident from the irregularity of itfd its d d f b d as a Fcrn- to whlch u certainly