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to 68°, in wet mossy ground. Dr. Richardson. Drummond. Unalaschka. (Fischer.) —Numerous specimensof this very pretty species of Anemone gathered during the second Arctic Journey, both by Dr. Richardsonand Mr. Drummond, have confirmed the opinion I had formerly expressed that it is a totally distinctspecies 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 very curious. The numerous long slender styles, allbent downwards, have the appearance of a very coarse and shaggy head of hair. If the extremities of thesestyles bn examined with a microscope, they will be found at the very points to be rolled upwards, and thusuncinated in a dry state. When moist, the apex is only slightly curved.
Tab. IV. A. Figs. 1,2,3, A. Ricliardsoni: nut. size; fig. 4, Pistil; fig. 5, Stamen ; fig. G, Pericarp:—
magnified.
8. A. Virginiana; foliis ternatim purlitis, seginentis ovato-lanceolntis trifidis inciso-serratis, involucri involucellorumque petiolatis conformibus, sepalis 5 ellipticis subcori-aceis extus sericcis, capitulo oblongo lanato.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 761. Mich. Am. v. 1. p.320. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 888. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 54. Digel. FI. Dost. ed. 2. p. 223.Dc Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 21.
Caulis bi-tripedalis, superno in pcdunculos divisus, pilis brevibus, sericcis, appressis, magis minusve vesti-tus. Folia ampla; radicalia longe petiolata, omnia pulchcrrime reticulatim venosa. Pedunculi elougati,3-4 ab eodem pnneto, ubi involucrum trifoliatum, foliis radicalibus conforme, petiolatum: pedunculus centralisnudus, lateralcs bifoliati. Flores parvi. Sepala acuta, subcoriacea, pallido llavo-viridia, nunc purpur-ascentia, extus sericea. Capitula pericarpii oblonga, nunc fere cylindracea, (raro, in speciminibus ab amiciss.Boott, tereti-globosa.) Cariopsides numerosissima*, densissime compacts, subrotunda', compressue, basidensissime lanate, stylis acumiuatis rectiusculis terminate.
Hab. Central limestone tract and eastern prairie lands, as far north as lat. 55°, spreading more widely inCanada than to the northward; on rich banks of rivers. Dr. Richardson. Dmmmond,
Tab. IV. B. Fig. 1, Pistil ; fig. 2, Head of Pericarps:— magnified,
1). A. multifida; pilosa, foliis ternatim divisis, segmentis cuneatis tripartitis luciiiiatis,laciniis linearibus acutis, involucri involucellorumque breve petiolatis conformibus, se-palis 5-8 subcoriaceis ellipticis extus sericcis— Poir. in Encycl. Meth. Sappl. v. 1. p. 364.De Less. Ic. v. 1. t. 16. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 21.—A. Iludsoniana. Herb. Banks.Richards, in p'ranhl. IV Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 22.
fi. caule unifloro.—A. multifida, y. uniflora. Dc Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 21. Dc Less.Ic. v. 1. t. 17.
y. flore sanguineo.—A. sanguinea. Pursh, in Herb. Lamb. —A. Iludsoniana. /3. san-guinea. Richards, in P'ranhl. 1st Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 22.
Hab. Gulf of the St. Lawrence. Goldie. From the shores of Hudson’s Bay to the western declivity ofthe Rocky Mountains , and from the United States to near the shores of the Arctic Sea : common. Dr. Rich-ardson. Drummond. West side of the Rocky Mountains , near the sources of the Columbia. Douglas. —Variable in size and in the number of peduncles arising from each stem, from 1-3, and according with thefigures of De Lessert (from plants gathered in the Straits of Magellan, ) in every particular, except that inthose the segments of the leaves are shorter in proportion to the breadth; so that the single Howerod varietylias very much the appearance of a large state of A. Baldensis. Heads of pericarps, as in that species,roundish-oval, woolly. Flower white, yellow, purple, and deep red.
The species has a very extended range, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the sources of the Colum-bia, west of the Rocky Mountains . It is found at the Straits of Magellan , and Dr. Gillies has gathered iton the Andes of Chili.