COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



2. H. tril'oba, Chaix. (ROUND-LOBED H.) Leaves with 3 

 rounded lobes ; those of the involucre also obtuse. Dry rich 

 woods in spring. 



(The two species just described are included under ANEMONE in Macoun'a 

 Catalogue, the first named being A, acutiloba, Lawson, and the second A. 

 Uepatica, L.) 



4. THAIjIC'TRTJM, Tourn. MEADOW-BUB. 



1. T. anemonoi'des, Michx. (RUE- ANEMONE.) Stem low. 

 Stem-leaves all in a whorl at the top. Roots tuberous. Flowers 

 several in an umbel, by which character this plant is easily dis- 

 tinguished from Wood Anemone, which it otherwise resembles. 

 South-westward, in spring. 



2. T. dioi'cum, L. (EARLY M.) Stem smooth, pale and 

 glaucous, 1-2 feet high. Flowers dioecious, in ample panicles, 

 purplish or greenish ; the yellow anthers drooping and very con- 

 spicuous. Leaves alternate, decompound ; leaflets with 5-7 

 rounded lobes. Woods. 



3. T. Conm'ti, L. (TALL M.) Stem smooth or nearly so, 

 2-6 feet high. Leaves sessile; leaflets very much like No. 2. 

 Flowers white, in compound panicles ; anthers not drooping ; 

 filaments club-shaped. Low wet meadows, and along streams. 



5. RANUN'CULUS, L. CROWFOOT. BUTTERCUP. 



1. R. aquat'ilis, L. (WHITE WATER-CROWFOOT.) Foliage 

 under water, filiform. Flowers white, floating, each petal with a 

 little pit on the inside of the claw. (Of this species there are 

 several varieties; var. trichopyllus, Chaix, is the one here de- 

 scribed, being the form commonly met with in Ontario and the 

 eastern provinces. ) 



2. R. multif'idus, Pursh. (YELLOW WATER-CROWFOOT.) 

 Like No. 1, but larger, and with yellow flowers. Ponds and 

 ditches. 



3. R. Flam'mula, L., var. reptans, Meyer. (CREKPTNC 

 SPEARWORT.) Stem reclining, rooting at the joints, only 3-6 

 inches long. Leaves linear, entire, remote. Flowers yellow, J of 

 an inch broad. Sandy and gravelly shores of ponds and rivers. 



