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April (L all stalked ternate segments)

l. all stalked, ternate; segments ovate-lanceo-late, 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 cuneatelanceolate, 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.

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.