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VI. ANEMONE. 



Perennial herbs, with naked stems bearing opposite or 

 whorled and divided leaves which form an involucre below 

 the flowers ; sepals 4-20, petal-like, soon deciduous ; petals 

 none ; stamens very numerous ; achenia capitate, pointed, or 

 tailed. 



1. A. NKMOROSA L. AVooD AxEMONE. Stem simple, from a 

 slender rootstock, smooth or slightly pubescent, 4-t) in. high, bearing 

 a single flower about 1 in. broad; leaves 3, long-petioled, trifoliate, 

 the divisions ovate-lanceolate or wedge-shaped, toothed, lobed or 

 parted, about as long as the peduncle ; sepals 4-6, oval, white or 

 often purple-tinged on the outside; achenia 15-20, with a hooked 

 beak. March- April. Common in open woods. 



2. A. Caroliniaxa Walt. Carolina Anemone. Stem sim- 

 ple, from a roundish tuber, slightly pubescent, 6-12 in. high, l)earing 

 a single flower al)Out 1 in. broad ; root leaves 2-3, long-petioled, 

 ternate, the divisions cut or lobed ; stem leaves sessile, ternate, the 

 divisions cuneate ; sepals 12-20, white; head of fruit becoming 

 oblong; achenia woolly. ]\Iarch-April. In open woods. 



3. A. ViRc.iNiANA L. Virginia Anemone. Stems at first 

 simple, but finally bearing several long peduncles which may be 

 again forked, hairy or woolly, 2-3 ft. high; leaves of the first in- 

 volucre 3, on long petioles, 3-parted, those of the secondary involu- 

 cres 2, the divisions toothed or lobed ; root leaves 2-4, similar to 

 those of the involucn^s ; flower |-| in. wide : sepals 5, greenish- 

 white, oval, acute; achenia woolly, in an oblong head. »June- 

 September. In o]>en woods and fields. 



VII. HEPATICA. 



Perennial herbs, with flowers and fruit like those of 

 Anemone, but with simple stems and with tlie 3-leaved in- 

 volucre so close to the flowers as to resemble a calyx. 



II. riMi.oi! \ Clioix. jj vkr-i,eak. Stem erect, hairy, 3-6 \u. 

 iii^h ; involucre of '4 ovate, entire, sessile leav«'s ; ra<lifal leaves 

 long-petioled, 3-lobed, lobes entire; sepals 6-J), l)hu', purplish or 

 wliiti^; flowers about 1 in. wide; achenia several, ovate, j^ointed, 

 liairv. Februarv-March. In rich, shadv woods. 



