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1. Anemone cylindrica Or. Long-fruited Anemone. Tall 

 plants, l-o ft. high, softly pubescent, purplish, branching at 

 the involucre. Leaves 2-4 in. broad, 3-5 parted, the divisions 

 narrow, notched and toothed; basal leaves tufted. Flowers 

 greenish- white, 1-1 J 2 in. broad. A head of woolly achenes 

 each tipped by a short style. Open places. Wyandot, Erie, 

 Ottawa, Wood. 



2. Anemone virginiana L. Virginia Anemone. Herbs, 1-3 

 ft. tall, pubescent, branching at the involucre. Basal leaves long 

 petioled, 4-8 in. broad, broader than long, lobed and notched; 

 stem leaves petioled. Flowers solitary, greenish- white, 1-13^ 

 in. broad. A head of downy achenes tipped by divergent 

 styles. River banks and open woods. General. 



3. Anemone canadensis L. Canada Anemone. Erect herbs 

 with rather stout somewhat pubescent stems, branching at 

 the involucre, 1-1}^ ft. tall. Basal leaves long petioled, 3-5 

 ]Darted, cleft and toothed; stem leaves sessile, 4-8 in. broad. 

 Flowers white, I-IV2 i^^- broad, sepals obovate, obtuse. A 

 globose head of flat achenes each tipped by the persistent 

 st3de. General. 



4. Anemone quinquefolia L. Wind-flower. Erect herb; 

 4-12 in. tall, with slender frail-looking, nearly glabrous simple 

 stems, from a slender rootstock. Leaves 5-parted, slender 

 petioled, 2-3 in. broad; basal leaves appear later than the 

 flowering stem. A globose head of oblong achenes. Open 

 woods and thickets. General, except southern and south- 

 western parts of state. 



Hepatica (Rupp.) Mill. Liver-leaf. 



Perennial herbs, with 3-lobed evergreen basal leaves and 

 solitary white, pink or purplish flowers on hairy scapes. An 

 involucre of 3 small sessile leaves substends the flower. Sepals 

 petal-like, petals wanting, stamens numerous. Fruit, short- 

 beaked, pubescent achenes. 



1. Lobes of leaves obtuse or rounded. H. hepatica. 



2. Lobes of leaves acute or pointed. H. acutiloba. 



1. Hepatica hepatica (L.) Karst. Roundlobed Liver-leaf. 

 Scapes 3-8 in. Leaves reniform, 2-3 in. broad, with slender 

 hairy petioles. Flowers }/2~^4 i^i- broad; sepals oval or oblong, 

 longer than the stamens. Several achenes forming a head. 

 General. 



