54 ^ RAX ALES 



Belmont; Dismal River; Lincoln; Red Cloud; Scotia; St. James; Val- 

 entine. 



6. Syndesmon. 420. 



1. Syndesmon thalictroides (L.) Hoffing. 

 Anemonella thalictroides (L.) Spacli. 

 In woods in the eastern part of the state ,rare. Riverton; Woodlawn. 



7. Pulsatilla. 420. 



1. Pulsatilla hirsutissima (Pursh.) Britton. 



Anemone pratens L. var. wolfgangiana (Bess.) Koch. 

 In dry prairies mostly in northern and ^yestern part of the state. An- 

 telope County; Kearney; Ft. Robinson; Valentine; West Point. 



8. Anemone. 418. 

 Root tuberous; stem simple; one flowered. 



Achenes densely wooly, leaves ternately divided. 



1. A. caroliniana. 

 Achenes pubescent, basal leaves 5-parted. 6. A. quinquifolia. 



Root not tuberous, stem branched, 2 to several flowered. 

 Involucral leaves with petioles 2 cm. or more long. 



Beak of fruit 1 mm. long, heads of fruit cylindrical, 2-4 cm. long, 



3. A. cylindrica. 

 Beak of fruit 2 mm. long, heads of fruits oblong, 1-2.5 cm. long. 



4. A. virginiana. 

 Involucral leaves sessile or short petioled. 



Flowers less than 2 cm. broad. 2. A. hudsoniana. 



Flowers over 2 cm. broad. 5. A. canadensis. 



1. Anemone caroliniana Walt. 

 (Including A. decapetala Ard.) 



Common on dry prairies. Atkinson; Crete; Fairbury; Holdrege; Lin- 

 coln; Minden; Red Cloud; Royal; Valentine. 



2. Anemone hudsoniana Richards. 

 Anemone multifida Poir. 



In the western part of the state. Belmont. 



3. Anemone cylindrica A. Gray. 



Common in dry prairies throughout the state. Belmont; Broken Bow; 

 Cass County; Cherry County; Denton; Kearney County; Thedford; 

 Wahoo; Valentine. 



4. Anemone virginiana L. 



In woods in the southeastern part of the state. Weeping Water. 



5. Anemone canadensis L. 



Common in low ground in the eastern part of the state. Emerson; 

 Grand Island; Lincoln; Lowell; Xeligh; Peru; Red Cloud; Stewart; 

 Wahoo. 



6. Anemone quinquifolia L. 



In the eastern part of the state. Greenwood. 



9. Clematis. 420. 



Leaves, at least some of them, pinnate. 

 Climbing vines. 



Flowers cymose-paniculate, small. 



