6 NATURAL HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF GROTON, MASS. 



FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 



Flower in the crannied wall, 



I pluck you out of the crannies, 



I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, 



Little flower — but if I could understand 



What you are, root and all, and all in all, 



I should know what God and man is. 



Tennyson. 



Clematis. Virgin's Bower. 



Clematis Virginiana. Common. Roadsides. July 14. 



Anemone. Wind Flower. Anemone Virginiana. Uncommon. 

 Roadsides. July 20. 



Wood Anemone. Anemone nemorosa. Common in woods. 

 April 18. 



Hepatica. Liver-Leaf. Hepatica triloba. Common. Rocky 

 woods. April 2. 



Hepatica acutiloba. Rare. April. 



Rue Anemone. Anemonella thalictroides. Love Lane. July 26. 



Meadow-Rue. Early Meadow-Rue. Thalictrum dioicum. Road- 

 sides. May. 



Tall Meadow-Rue. Thalictrum polygamum. Roadsides. May 

 29. 



Purple Meadow-Rue. Thalictrum purpurascens. Roadsides. 

 June 15. 



White Water-Crowfoot. Ranunculus aquatilis trichophyllus. Ponds. 

 June. 



Yellow Water-Crowfoot. Ranunculus multifidus. The Eddy. May. 



Ranunculus septentrionalis. Common in wet places. May. 



Bristly Buttercup. Ranunculus Pennsylvanicus. Common in 

 wet places. June. 



Bulbous Crowfoot or Buttercup. Ranunculus bulbosus. Fields and 

 pastures. May 11. 



Tall Crowfoot or Buttercup. Ranunculus acris. Fields and road- 

 sides. May 15. 



Marsh Marigold. Caltha palustris. Wrangling Brook. April 18. 

 Brooks and meadows. 



Goldthread. Coptis trifolia. Our woods. May 10. 



Wild Columbine. Aquilegia Canadensis. Rocky pastures. May 17. 



Garden Columbine. Aquilegia vulgaris. Escaped. June. 



Red Baneberry. Actaea spicata. North End. April 20. 



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