FIG. 101. ANEMONE SYLVESTRIS.
A. sylvestris (wood).* Snowdrop Windflower. fl. pure satin white, slightly drooping, 1½in. across when fully open, fragrant; sepals six, elliptical; pedicel solitary. April. l. ternate or quinate, hairy beneath; segments deeply toothed at top, those of the involucrum stalked. h. 6in. to 18in. Europe, 1596. This distinct and showy species thrives best in a light vegetable soil in a rather shady and moist situation. The roots are creeping, and should be allowed plenty of room, so that they may ramble without check. See Fig. 101.
FIG. 102. ANEMONE VERNALIS.
A. trifolia (three-leaved). fl. white, erect; sepals five, elliptical, obtuse. April. l. all stalked, ternate; segments ovate-lanceolate, acute, toothed. h. 6in. France, 1597. This species comes close to A. nemorosa.
A. vernalis (spring).* fl. whitish inside, violet and covered with silky down outside, erect, sub-sessile or on pedicels; sepals six, straight, elliptic-oblong. April. l. pinnate; segments cuneate-lanceolate, trifid; involucrum very villous. h. 6in. Europe, 1816. A curious rather than a showy species; it makes a pretty pot plant, but must not, under any consideration, be allowed to want water. It can be plunged in sand or ashes in the open, and just as the flowers commence to expand, transfer to a cool frame. It thrives best in a peat and loam compost, to which small pieces of charcoal may be added. SYN. Pulsatilla vernalis. See Fig. 102.
A. virginiana (Virginian).* fl. purplish green or pale purple, small; sepals five, elliptical, silky-pubescent on the outside; pedicels often rising in pairs from the involucel. May. l. ternate; segments trifid, acuminated, deeply toothed; those of the involucre and involucels stalked; peduncles three to four, much elongated, middle one naked, sometimes 1ft. high; lateral ones bearing two-leaved involucels. h. 2ft. North America, 1722. Border or woodlands, and damp places.
A. vitifolia (vine-leaved). fl. white, villous on the outside; anthers copper colour; sepals eight, oval, oblong; pedicels one-flowered. July. l. large, cordate, five-lobed, beneath as well as the stems clothed with white wool; lobes broadly ovate, cut, and crenate; those of the involucrum stalked, woolly underneath, smooth above, bluntly cordate, five-lobed. h. 2ft. Upper Nepaul, 1829. This requires a warm sheltered position to stand the winter. Very near A. japonica alba, and probably the progenitor of it.
ANEMONOPSIS (from anemone, and opsis, resemblance; flowers like those of the Anemone). ORD. Ranunculaceæ. A handsome and remarkable hardy herbaceous perennial, not unlike Anemone japonica, but smaller. It thrives in any light soil. Propagated by seeds and divisions of the root-stock in spring.
A. macrophylla (large-leaved).* fl. in loose racemes; sepals about nine, concave, the outer three purple, internally pale lilac; petals twelve, in many rows, one-third the length of the sepals, linear-oblong. July. l. large, biternate, coarsely toothed, glabrous. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Japan, 1869.
ANEMOPÆGMA (from anemos, the wind, and paigma, sport). ORD. Bignoniaceæ. A handsome stove climbing shrub. For culture, see [Bignonia].