4 KAXl'NC'ULACE.*:. (cHOW K()(»T lAMlLV.) 



8. C. Catesbyana, I'lnsli. rnlKsccnt : leaves tiTiiato, (|ninate, or biter- 

 natp ; lealiets ()\ale or omlate-ovate, usually ."Moljeii ; eyiiies few-Howereil, 

 mostly coiiiiiouikI or jiuiiiik'tl ; He|ial8 white, toiiienlose. — Dry wiiiily soil near 

 the coast. August. 



2. ANEMONE, I.. Wim-Im...wi;r. 



Se])als 4 -."JO, eoloreil, imlniiated iu the liud, deeiduous. I'elals none. 

 Stamens indetiuite, their filaments filiform. ( )varies mo.stly numerous. Ovule 

 solitary. Aelu-nia even (not rihhed), capitate, comjiressed, jxiinted l»y the 

 siiort persistent style. Seed suspended. — Perennial herbs, with naked stems 

 bearing at the summit 2- .5 op|)osite or whorleil leaves, whi'-li form an invo- 

 lucre at the base of the I-Howered peilunde. Leaves lol)ed or divided. 



* Stem simple, \-JI<ncered. 



•i— luvulucre close under the Jiowers, small, sessile, resemlilinr/ a calijx ; stems 



several, pednncle-like ; leaves cordate, 3 - b-lobed, persistfitt. 



1. A. Hepatiea, L. (Liver-Leaf.) Silky-villous ; stems spreading, 

 4'- 6' long; leaves reiiiform-cordate, the lobes roundeil ; sepals 6-8, oblong, 

 generally purple; achenia oval, longer thau the curved styles. (Hepatiea 

 triloba, Dill.) — Dry rocky woods, chietly iu the upi)er districts. March. 



2. A. acutiloba, Lawson. Leaves cordate, 3- (rarely 5-) lobcd, the 

 lobes acute; sepals i;-eiierally white ; otherwise like the preceding. — Moun- 

 tains of (ieorgia, and northward. March. 



-)— -1— Iii.r<>li"'ri' rcmofe from the lomj-pfditncled floicer, lobed or divided. 



3. A. nemorosa, L. (Wood Axemoxe.) I'ubescent ; stem 4' - 8' high 

 from a slender scaly rootstock ; radical leaves (wanting on flowering ])lants) 

 ternately divided, the wedge-slia])ed divisions lobed and toothed, or the lateral 

 ones deeply 2-parted ( Var. (|uinquefolia), those of the involucre similar, longer 

 than the petioles; sepals white, oval, or oblong, -J' long; achenia few, oblong, 

 pubescent, pointed by the short hooked persistent style. — AVoodlands, moun- 

 tains. March - April. 



4. A. triflora, L. ? Divisions of the involucre ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 finely serrate, acute, equalling or shorter than tlie ))eti<)le ; aclienia numerous. 

 — Mountains of Georgia. March. 



5. A. Caroliniana, Walt. Stem 3' -lO' high, fromaglolmlar stolonifer- 

 ous tulier; radical leaves ternately divided into linear toothed divisions ; in- 

 volucre small, .se.«sile, 3 - 5-lobed ; peduncle long, pubescent; sepals 10-30, 

 oblong-linear, white, the outer ones dotted with purjile ; achenia numerous in 

 an oblong head, woolly. (A. heterophylla, .Y»^/., with coarser leaves and green- 

 ish flowers.) — Dry woods, chiefly in the upper districts. March- April. 



* * Stem cymoselji branched, bearinq a 2-leaved involucel, and a single long- 

 pediincled JInwer at each Joint. 



6. A. Virginiana, L. (Wixd-Flowek.) Hirsute or villous. 2<^-30 

 high ; radical leaves long-petioled, broadly cordate, twice 3-lol)ed, the divis- 

 ions acutely lobed and toothed ; involucres petioled, deeply 3-parted ; sepals 

 5, greenish, the two outer ones lanceolate, acute, tlie inner obovate ; achenia 

 woolly, in an oblong head. — Dry woods in the up])er districts. July- Aug. 



