Polyandria Polygynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 0. Petala 5-9. Semina plura.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ANEMONE hortensis foliis digitalis, feminibus lanatis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed Murr. p. 510. Ait. Hort. Kew. vol. 2. p. 256.
ANEMONE Geranii rotundo folio, purpurascens. Bauh. Pin. 173.
ANEMONE prima. Dodon. Pempt. 434.
ANEMONE latifolia purpurea stellata sive papaveracea. The purple Star-Anemone or Windflower. Park. Parad. p. 204.
We are more and more convinced, that in our eagerness, for novelties, we daily lose plants by far more ornamental than the new ones we introduce; the present, a most charming spring plant, with which the Gardens abounded in the time of Parkinson, is now a great rarity; its blossoms, which are uncommonly brilliant, come forth in April, and, like those of many other plants, appear to advantage only when the sun shines.