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R ANUN CUL ACEiE.

[Anemone .

scapoque villosis, flore solitario, sepalis 6-8 patentibus obtusis extus subpilosis.— Linn.Mant. p. 78. De Cand. Prodr. p. 19. Sturm. Dcutschl. FI. cum Ic. —A. fragifera. JaapIc. v. 1. t. 103.—A. cmrulea. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 19. ?—A. Uralensis. De Cand.Prodr. v. \. p. 19.?

Hah. Arid places on the eastern summits of the Rocky Mountains , lat. 52° to 55°. Dnnnmond. — Thisis again another discovery which goes to prove how much the arctic and alpine vegetation of North America approaches that of Europe . The specimens are in every particular the same as my German andPiedmontese ones; or if there bo any difference worthy of notice, it is that the leaves are not so fullyexpanded at the time of the perfection of the flower as in those of the old world. The flowers are stronglytinged with blue in most instances; and I am led to consider it may bo the same with the A. ctemlea andUralensis of De Candolle , the descriptions of which are by no means at variance with our plant. Hootfusiform.

5. A. nemorosa; foliis ternatis foliolis integris vel intermedio 3-fido lateralibus bipar-tite inciso-dentatis acutis, involucralibus petiolatis conformibus, sepalis 4-6 ellipticis.

«. involucri foliolis subintegris.—A. nemorosa. Linn. Sp. PL p. 762. Mich. Am. v. 1.p. 319. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 387. Smith, Engl. Bot. t. 355. EUiott, Carol, v. 2. p. 53.Bigel. FI. 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, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 386. ?

fi. DC. involucri foliolis lateralibus bipartite, et ita folium 5-foliolatum.—A. quinque-folia. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 762.

IIab. Canada , and thence to the south end of Lake Winnipeg; not seen to the northward of lat. 53°.Dr. Richardson. Country eastward of the Rocky Mountains . Drummond. Westward of the Rocky Moun­ tains . Douglas. —Flowers white, varying to purple, as in Europe ; but the sepals are more constantly 5,and the leaves though often as broad as with us, are yet narrower and disposed to bo more compound.

6. A. deltoidea; foliis —, involucralibus ternis scssilibus ovatis acuminatis inciso-serratisintegris, caule piloso, sepalis 5-6 obovatis. Douglas, MSS. — (Tab. III. A.)

Radix.? Folia.? Scapus erectus, gracilis, 8-10 pollicaris, parce pilosus, supra medium iuvolucratus.Tmolucrum e foliis tribus sesqui-bi-uncialibus, ovatis, acutis vel acuminatis, subtus margiueque subpilosis,sessilibus, indivisis, hasi integerrimis, dein inciso-serratis. Flos solitarius, majusculus. Sepala alba, ovaliavel obovata, obtuse pateutia, glabriuscula. Stamina numerosa, sepalis multo breviora. Pisiilla ovata in stylobreviusculo acuminata, basi lanata.

IIab. In thick shady woods of the Columbia, near the confluence with the sea. Douglas. —I have seen noleaves of this species. The habit is that of A. nemorosa, but the involucre is very different from that andevery other species with which I am acquainted.

7. A. liichardsoni; subpilosa, foliis reniformibus 3-5 partitis, lobis subtrifidis acutedentatis, involucralibus rotundato-cuneatis sessilibus trifidis dentatisque, sepalis 6 pa-tentibus, carpellis compressis glabris, stylis longis deflexis uncinatis. (Tab. IV. A.)—Hook, in Frankl. 1 st Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 21.—A. ranunculoides. var. ? Richards, inFrankl. 1 st Journ. ed. 1. App. p. 740.—A. arctica. Fischer, MSS. (fide specim. ejus.)

Capilulum carpellorum rationo fioris majuseuhim, depressum. Carpella numerosa, oblongo-ovata, stylolongissimo, fulvo, deflexo terminata, cujus apex extrema (siccitate pruecipue) sursum curvata, uncinata.

IIab. Eastern primitive district, shores of Hudson’s Bay, barren ground, Rocky Mountains , from lat. 55°