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POLYANDHIA POLYGYRIA. 



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5. Anem 



T. radice grunosa; 1 Root grumoiis; flow- 

 floribus umbellatis; fo- ers umbellate: floral 



liis iioralibus petiola- i leaves on petlol 



tis, biternatim sectis 



um conslitu 



enti 



vided^biteiTiate, form 

 g an involucrum. 



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Mich. 1, p. 322. De Candolle 1. p. 186. ' 



Anemone thalictroldes. Sp. PI. 2. p. 1284. Pursh. 2. p. 389. 



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Hoot tuberous, perennial. Leaves all ra-dical on long footsalks. Scape 

 6 — 12 inches high, terminating in a small umbel surrounded by an iiivo- 

 lucrum of 6 or 7 pedicellate leaves. Leaflets of the involucrum reseui- 

 bling exactly those from the root- Umbeis 3—6 flowered. Peduncles 

 •carcely exceeding an inch in length. Fe^afe generally 6, lanceolate, v/hite. 

 Seeds deeply striate. 



This plantappears to connect the genus Anemone with that of the Tha- 



llCtrmn. It rPSfmhlp* thp Anfmnno in ;+c ;r,tin^n„^„„^ 1 l,_i.!^ mi _ 



and habit. The 



1 hahctnim in its foliage and seed. Its place in the system, therefore has 



?"^? V u" ^u"^?^^' ^ ^^^''*^ foMowed Michaux and De Caudolle in uniting 



it with the Thalictrum. 



Grows in the Mountains of Carolina. 



Flowers March — May. 



6. RANUNCULINU.\r. 



T. fohis simplicibus, I Leaves simple, .^ 

 5 lobis, senatis^flori. bed, serrate j flowers 

 bus coryrnbosis. | corymbose. Willd. 



Willd. Enum, 585. Puish. 2. p, 389. 



Grows in Carolhia. Willd. 



ANEMONE, 



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Involucrum trifolia- j Involucrum 3-Ieav-* 

 turn, dissectum. Pe- ed, dissected. Petals 



iala 5-15. ^emina \ 5-15. Seeds 



plunma. j ,ons. 



mime 



