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Ac-o-ni'-tum nov-e-bor-a-cen'-se Gr. Aconite; Monkshood: Wolfsbane. — 



Plant 2 ft. high, erect, leafy, the sunmiit and the loosely fiowered 

 raceme pubescent; the broadly-cuneate divisions of the leaf o-cleft 

 and incised. 



Ac-o-ni'-tum un-ci-na' -turn L. Aconite; IVlonl<shood ; Wolfsbane. — Plant 

 glabrous, erect bnt weak and disposed to climb ; the lobes of the leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, coarsely-toothed. 



11. Genus AN-E-MO'-NE. — Sepals petal-like ; leaves radical, those 

 of the stem 2 or 3, opposite or whorled, forming an involucre remote 

 from the flower; peduncles 1-flowered; achenes flattened, not ribbed. 



An-e-mo'-ne vir-gin-i-a'-na L. Anemone; Windflower. — Plant 2-3 ft. 

 high ; involucral leaves 3, 3-parted, long petioled ; head of fruit oval 

 or oblong. 



An-e-mo'-ne can-a-den'-sis L. {A. pennsylvanica Y,.) Anemone; Wind- 

 flower. — Plant 1-1,'^ ft. high, involucre sessile, 3-leaved, the naked 

 peduncle with a pair of branches and a 2-leaved involucre. 



An-e-mo'-ne quin-que-fo'-li-a L. [A. nemorosa var. quinquefolia Gr.) — 

 Plant low, stem simple from a filiform rootstock; involucre of 3, long- 

 petioled leaves; leaflets 5, wedge-shaped or oblong, toothed or cut. 



12. Genus HE-PAT'-I-CA. — Involucre resembling a calyx; leaves 

 all radical, cordate and 3-lobed, persistent through the winter. 



He-pat'-i-ca he-pat'-i-ca (L.) Karst. [H. triloba Chaix.) Liver-leaf; 



Hepatica. — Lobes of the leaves obtuse or rounded; those of the invo- 

 Iticre also obtuse. 



He-pat'-i-ca a-cu'-ta (Ph.) Britt. {H. acutitoba DC.) Liverleaf; He-^^-v/^^^^ 

 patica. — Leaves with 3 ovate and pointed lobes, or sometimes 5-lobed; /^ ^ 



involucral leaves acute or acutish. 



13. Genus SYN-DES'-MON. {Aiicuionetla). — Flowers in an umbel 

 surrounded by an involucre ; achenes terete, 8-10-ribbed. 



Syn-des'-mon tha-lic-troi'-des (L.) Hoff"nig. {Aneiuonetta tliatictroidesPj t''^'^^ / 

 Spach.) Rue Anemone. — Stem and radical leaf from a cluster of 

 thickened tuberous roots; leaves 2-3-ternately compound, leaflets 

 roundish, somewhat 3-lobed, cordate at base ; sepals rarely 3-lobed. 



