518 RANUNCULACEAE 
aceous. Sepals 5-10, petal-like. Petals 
wanting. Filaments clavate: Achene-cluster 
peduncled.—One spec 
1. S. thalictroides (L.) Hoffmg. Plant 
1-2.5 dm. tall: leaflets 1-2.5 cm. long, mostly 
i i A - 
m. long: achene 4—6 mm. long, o 
times longer, ribbed. pues thalie. 
a Spa xu S dali" ANEMONE. WILD- 
Wan. FLO ns Rod st woods and 
thickets various provinces, N Fla. to Ark., 
Kans., Ont., and N. H$ r.-sum.—Plants 
duh w ae ee aves and pink flowers. The 
kn E roots resemble miniature dahlia 
. MYOSURUS L. Annual diminutive acaulescent herbs. Leaf-blades 
narrow, entire. Flower solitary. Sepals 5, or 6 or 7, separated at the base. 
Petals 5, or 6 o e ee cook ith a 
pit at the summit, or w ens 5— 
t 
25: filaments filiform. Carpels many, on a 
greatly elongating pcne ele. Achenes firm, 
imbrie ate.—About species, widely dis- 
M. minimus L. Plant 2.5—15 em. tall: 
leaves 5—10 em. long; bla des narrowly eae 
flowers yellow: sepal- -blades p spatu- 
late: spike of achenes often 2Z— . long.— 
(MOUSE-TAIL.) —Moist alluvial or poe m 
o N. M., Sask. 
Soil, various de Fla. ] ask., 
Ont., and Va. rn so on the "Pacific coast.— 
(E u. aera -=s 
| 16. TRAUTVETTERIA F. & M. Perennial large caulescent herbs. Leaf- 
blades broad, palmately lobed. Flowers corymbose-paniculate. Sepals 3-5, 
tals v 
c antin Stamens many 
filaments clavate. Carpels numerous, on a 
short receptacle. Achenes inflated.—One or 
two species, North American and Asiatic. 
1. T. carolinensis (Walt.) Vail. Plant 4—15 
dm. tall: leaf- a E piede M of 
the lower leave nly 1 , the 
lobes sharply toothed or enda d 
white: sepals 4-5 mm. long: ae rey 4.5—5 
mm. lon 
| . [T pcc Eur & Mey.]— 
(FALSE-BUGBANE. TASSEL-RUE. Ed ae 
shaded stream-banks, ous prov 
Coastal Plain only on Tis r-bluffs toward the 
> x Fla. to Mo. p us SI. 
in which the ribs uis e are branched, thus making a vein 
mei p usual plane PR ir s achene, have been described as T. nervata. 
