P L A T E CLXXII.
A N E M O N E P A L M A T A.
Cyclamen-leaved Portugal Anemone.
CLASS XIII. O R D E R VII.
POLY A NDRIA POLYGYNIA. -Many Chives. Many Pointals.
C A L Y X nullus.
C O K O L L A . Petala duorum triumve ordinum,
in iingula ferie tria, oblongiufcula.
S T A M I N A . Filament a numerofa, capillaria, corolla
dimidio breviora. Anthera; didymae,
erectie.
P I S T I L L A . Germina numerofa, in capitulum
collects. Styli acuminati. Stigmata obtain.
P E R I C A R P I U M nullum. Receptaculum globo-
Ihni, five oblongnm, excavato-punctatum.
S E M I N A plurima, acuminata, itylum retinentia.
EMPALEMENT none.
BLOSSOM. Petals in two or three rows, three
in a row, rather oblong.
C H I V E S . Threads numerous, h a i r - l i k e , half t he
l e n g t h of the blolfom. Tips doubled, erect.
P O I N T A L S . Seed-buds numerous, collected i n to
a linall head. Shafts tapered. Summits
b l u n t .
S E E H - V E S S E L none. Receptacle globular or o b long,
hollowed and dotted.
SEEDS many, tapered, r e t a i n i n g the (haft.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Anemone foliis reniformibus, fub-lobatis, ere- II Anemone with kidney-ihaped leaves, a little
n a t i s ; involucro multifido; petalis exteri- lobed, fcolloped; fence m a n y - c l e f t ; the
oribus villous, majoribus. !| outer petals hairy and larger.
REFERENCE TO T H E P L A T E.
1. An outer Petal of t h e Blolfom, (hewn from the infide.
2. T h e Chives, as they ftand on t h e receptacle.
3. T h e fmall Head, as formed by the pointals.
4 . A Seed-bud and its appendages, a l i t t le magnified.
T H I S fpecies of Anemone, is a native of Portugal, having been b r o u g h t f r om thence about t h e year 1 7 8 8 ,
a n d firfl cultivated at the Hammerfmitb N u r f e r y ; the fpecific title of Lufitanica obtained for a time,
b u t l i t t l e doubt refts now of its b e i n g the A. palmata of Lranams s S p . PI. p. 7^, and of V a h l , Desfontaines,
Stc. How t h e p l a n t could firft acquire t h e name of palmata, is certainly a myftery; unlefs it
m i g h t ' b e , from the appearance of t h e fence, which neverthelefs but ill accords with that character.
Bauhin's affiliation, as Cyclamen-leaved, is certainly the moft appropriate, as the leaves both in fliape,
and the colour of t h e upper and u n d e r part, are exact with C . coum. It is r a t h e r too delicate for o ur
winters, if expoled in t h e open b o r d e r s ; but, makes a p r e t t y appearance, in fpring, if kept in a p o t ,
in l i g h t , rich earth. Like moft Anemonies, it propagates belt by dividing t h e roots, which are long
and c y l i n d r i c a l ; but, care mutt be t a k e n not to water the pots, for fome time after p l a n t i n g , as ihey
are apt t o r o t , w h e r e they are broken.