﻿86 
  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  1. 
  T. 
  dioicum 
  L. 
  EARLY 
  MEADOW 
  RUE. 
  Plant 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high, 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  pale 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  bloom. 
  Leaves 
  all 
  petioled, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  

   thrice 
  compound 
  in 
  threes 
  ; 
  leaflets 
  thin 
  and 
  delicate, 
  roundish, 
  3-7- 
  

   lobed. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  slender 
  panicles, 
  purplish 
  or 
  greenish 
  ; 
  staminate 
  

   ones 
  with 
  slender, 
  thread-like 
  filaments, 
  from 
  which 
  hang 
  the 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  yellowish 
  anthers. 
  Rocky 
  woods 
  and 
  hillsides. 
  

  

  2. 
  T. 
  polygamum 
  Muhl. 
  TALI. 
  MEADOW 
  RUE. 
  Stems 
  from 
  fibrous 
  

   roots, 
  tall 
  and 
  coarse, 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  smooth, 
  4-8 
  ft. 
  tall. 
  Leaves 
  

   twice 
  compound, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  stern 
  sessile, 
  the 
  others 
  long-petioled 
  ; 
  

   leaflets 
  oval 
  or 
  oblong, 
  often 
  cordate, 
  smooth 
  or 
  downy 
  beneath, 
  

   quite 
  variable 
  in 
  size 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  plant. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  in 
  large 
  

   panicles. 
  Sepals 
  4 
  or 
  5, 
  white. 
  Filaments 
  club-shaped. 
  Akenes 
  

   short-stalked. 
  Thickets 
  and 
  meadows 
  E. 
  

  

  m. 
  ANEMONELLA 
  Spach. 
  (SYNDESMON) 
  

  

  Small, 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  compound, 
  smooth, 
  the 
  

   basal 
  ones 
  long-petioled, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  sessile. 
  Flowers 
  

   in 
  a 
  terminal 
  umbel, 
  slender-pediceled. 
  Sepals 
  petal-like. 
  

   Petals 
  none. 
  Pistils 
  415 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  sessile, 
  truncate.* 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  thalictroides 
  Spach. 
  RUE 
  ANEMONE. 
  Stem 
  slender, 
  6-10 
  in. 
  

   high, 
  from 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  tuberous 
  roots. 
  Basal 
  leaves 
  long-petioled, 
  

   twice 
  compound 
  in 
  threes 
  ; 
  leaflets 
  oval, 
  heart-shaped, 
  3-5-lobed. 
  

   Stem 
  leaves 
  2-3 
  compound 
  in 
  threes, 
  whorled, 
  the 
  long-stalked 
  leaf- 
  

   lets 
  veiny, 
  forming 
  an 
  involucre 
  of 
  6-9 
  apparently 
  simple 
  leaves. 
  

   Flowers 
  3-6 
  in 
  an 
  umbel, 
  \-\ 
  in. 
  wide 
  ; 
  sepals 
  6-10, 
  white. 
  In 
  rich 
  

   woods.* 
  

  

  TV. 
  HEPATICA 
  Hill 
  

  

  Involucre 
  of 
  3 
  small, 
  simple 
  leaves, 
  so 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  flower 
  as 
  

   to 
  look 
  like 
  a 
  calyx. 
  Leaves 
  all 
  basal, 
  3-lobed, 
  heart-shaped, 
  

   thick, 
  and 
  evergreen, 
  purplish-red 
  beneath. 
  Flowers 
  single, 
  

   on 
  rather 
  slender 
  hairy 
  scapes. 
  

  

  1. 
  H. 
  triloba 
  Chaix. 
  ROUND-LOBED 
  HEPATICA. 
  Lobes 
  of 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  obtuse 
  or 
  rounded; 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  involucre 
  obtuse; 
  sepals 
  

   6-lL', 
  varying 
  from 
  blu<> 
  to 
  white. 
  

  

  2. 
  H. 
  acutiloba 
  DC. 
  SIIAHI'-LOBKO 
  HEPATICA. 
  Closely 
  similar 
  to 
  

   the 
  former, 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  acute 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  

   involucre. 
  

  

  [Both 
  species 
  have 
  many 
  local 
  names, 
  such 
  as 
  Liverleaf, 
  Liverwort, 
  

   Noble 
  Liverwort, 
  Spring 
  Beauty.] 
  

  

  