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waterleaf. In 1759 he called it Hydrastis canadensis in his 

 Systema Naturae. This name is retained by Linnaeus in 

 the second (1763) and third (1764) editions of his Species 

 Plantarum. Willdenow, Michaux, Pursh, Elliott, Nuttall, 

 and most subsequent writers have without comment fol- 

 lowed the path of Linnaeus. Linnaeus however credits the 

 genus to Ellis. Miller (Diet. n. 1.) called the species 

 Warneria canadensis, the generic name, Warneria, is cred- 

 ited to Miller, ic. 2. p. 190., t. 285. 



Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1763, vol. 1, p. 784, who says: 

 '■'■Habitat in Canadae aquis, 4. Similis Hydrophyllo. Folia bin a, 

 petiolata, basi emarginata, patmata, sertata; lobis utrinque lobulo later- 

 ali:' 1 '' Willdenow, Species Plantarum, vol. 2, p. 1339, who quotes Lin- 

 naeus as above; Pursh, Flora Americae Sept., 1814, vol. 2, p. 389, who 

 s ays, "In shady woods on fertile soil, and among rocks: Canada to Caro- 

 lina, principally in Allegany mountains;" Michaux, Flora Bor. Amer. 

 1803, vol. 1, p. 317, who says it occurs in the mountains of the Alleghan- 

 ies from Canada to Carolina, "Hab. in tractu montium Alleghanis, a 

 Canada ad Carolinam;" Nuttall, Genera N. A. Plants, 1818, vol. 2, p. 21; 

 Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. C. & Ga., vol. 2, p. 55; Torrey Compendium Fl. 

 Northern and Middle States, 1826, p. 224; Torrey, Flora of New York, 

 1843, vol. 1, p. 26; DeCandolle, Prodromus, vol. 1, p. 53; Darlington, 

 Flora Cest., p. 336; Botanical Magazine, t. 3019, and t. 3232 (the fruit) 

 Torrey & Gray, Flora of N. A., vol. 1, p. 40; Newberry, Cat. Fl. Plants 

 and Ferns of Ohio, p. 248 in Ohio Agr. Rep. 1859, ed. 1860; Tatnall, Cat. 

 Phaen. and Filicoid Plantsof Newcastle county, Del., 1860, p. 11; Gray's 

 Manual, 5th ed., p. 46; 6th ed., p. 48; Britton and Brown's Ills. Flora, 

 vol. 2, p. 50; Wood's Botanist and Florist, 1889, p. 23; MacMillan, 

 Metaspermae of the Minnesota Valley, p. 230; Britton, Flora of New 

 Jersey, p. 40; Chapman, Flora of the Southern States, p. 11; Upham, 

 Flora of Minnesota, p. 20; Macoun, Flora of Canada, vol. 1, p. 27; Co- 

 ville, Flora of Arkansas, p. 163; Beal and Wheeler, Michigan Flora, p. 

 69; Stanley Coulter Cat. Flowering Plants and of the Ferns and their 

 Allies indigenous to Indiana, p. 745, in 24th Rep. State Geol. 1899; Kell- 

 erman and Werner, Cat. Ohio Plants, p. 174, in vol. 7, part 2 of Geology 

 of Ohio; Arthur, Contr. Flora of Iowa, p. 6, 1876; Fink, Proc. Iowa 

 Acad, of Sciences, vol. 4, 1896, p. 83, who says: "Rich woods rare;" 

 Fitzpatrick, Manual of the Flowering Plants of Iowa, 1899, p. 6; Barnes, 

 Reppert and Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences, vol. 8, p. 

 202. 



Caltha palustris L. Sp. PL, p. 558. 1753. Marsh 

 Marigold. 



A glabrous perennial succulent herb ; stem 1-2 feet 



