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the flower W., G. closes, W. or P. stem leaves 

 3, forming- an involucre. 



A. Carolinian. Flowers, P. to W. 4 to 8 inches 

 hig-h; leaves small and at the ground; involucre 

 small, 3 parted. About Ottawa; sandy lands. 



A. cylindrica. Tall; flowers 2 to 6; invorueral, 



r leaves two or three times as many as peduncles, 



each 3 parted; flowers G. W. ; head of fruit 



cylindrical, an inch long-. M. ; 2 ft. Dry woods. 



A. Virg-inica. Tall, usually 3 flowered, each on a 

 long-, naked peduncle; leaves of involucre 2 larg-e, 

 3 parted, hairy, the middle peduncle naked, G. 

 W. , 18 to 24 inches hig-h. Borders of woods 

 and dry thickets. 



A. Pennsylvanica. Leaves large, hairy, 1 ft. hig-h, 

 flower W., 1 inch dia., 3 to 5 to a plant, the cen- 

 tral one blooming- first, then one on each side of 

 it and the peduncles of these branch, each send- 

 ing- out another. Grows in bunches in damp 

 places. 



A. aiiemorosa. Wind Flower; Wood anemone. 



Low, smooth, erect; involucre of 3 long-petioled, 

 3 parted leaves; flowers W., purplish outside, 5 

 to 7 leaved; one-half to one inch broad; 3 to 6 

 inches hig-h. Ap. M. Woods. Root leaves few. 

 HE}PATICA. P. .Liver Leaf. Liver Wort. 



Leaves all radical, 3 lobed on long-, wiry 

 petioles, hairy, evergreen, rather thick. G. P. 

 to P. 



,<;-,-', H acutiloba. Flowers numerous X to 1 inch 

 broad, each on a slender, silvery-hairy seape 3 

 to 6 in. hig-h; W. P. B. Pi., Mar. Ap., Woods. 

 ANKMONELLA. P. Low, 6 to 12 in. hig-h, smooth 

 with long- petioled radical leaves, 3. parted, each 

 part of . 2 or three roundish, somewhat lobed 



