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Pag-e, and Fremont counties. We have observed it in Des 

 Moines and Pottawattamie counties. The State University 

 herbarium has specimens from Louisa, Lee, Henry, Floyd, 

 Story, Winnebago, Taylor, Cerro Gordo, and Webster 

 counties. Dr. C. C. Parry and Messrs. Nagel and Haupt 

 report the species from Scott county, Prof. Pammel from 

 Woodbury county; and Mr. Cratty by letter from Emmet 

 county. 



Parry, in Owen's Rep. Geol. Sur. Wis., Iowa, and Minn., p. 608, 1852; 

 Bessey, Contr. to the Flora of Iowa in Fourth Report Iowa Agr. Col., 

 p. 90, 1872; Arthur, Contr. to the Flora of Iowa, p. 5, 1876; Halsted, 

 Bull. Iowa Agr. Col., November, 1884, p. 155 and 167 and November, 

 1886, p. 50; Hitchcock, Trans. St. Louis Acad, of Science, vol. 5, p. 482; 

 Nagel and Haupt, Proc. Davenport Acad, of Nat. Sciences, vol. 3, p. 

 Ill; Fink, Proc. Iowa Acad, of Sciences, vol. 4, p. 83; Fitzpatrick, Proc. 

 Iowa Acad, of Sciences, vol. 5, p. 107 and p. 134; vol. 6, p. 177; Manual 

 of the Flowering Plants of Iowa, p. 2; Barnes, Reppert and Miller, 

 Proc. Davenport Acad, of Nat. Sciences, vol. 8, p. 200; MacMillan, Met. 

 Minn. Valley, p. 237. 



** Aclienes pubescent , or nearly glabrous. 

 t Leaves of the involucre J, sessile. 



Anemone canadensis L. Syst. Ed. 12, vol. 3, p. 231 

 App. 1768. 

 Stem usually 1-2 feet high, hairy; radical leaves 5- 

 7-parted or 5-7-cleft, divisions cut or toothed toward the 

 apex; primary peduncle naked, two lateral ones with a 2- 

 leaved involucre ; sepals 5, obovate, white; achenes in a 

 globose head, flat, nearly orbicular, pubescent, tipped with 

 the persistent style. Anemone pennsylvanica L,. Mant., 

 vol. 2, p. 247, 1771. Sometimes erroneously referred to 

 Anemone dichotoma L,. which is a Siberian species with 

 glabrous ovate achenes. 



This species is common in low grounds, blooming in 

 June and July, and is widely distributed over the state. Our 

 specimens are from Winneshiek, Allamakee, Fayette, Mus- 

 catine, Johnson, Ringgold, Pottawattamie, Shelby, and 

 Emmet counties. We have observed it in Scott and Des 



