No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 189 



ANEMONELLA Spach. 



Anemonella thalictroides (L.) Spach (like Thalictrum, the 



Meadow Rue). 

 Syndesmon thalictroides Hoffmg. 

 Rue Anemone. Wind-flower. 



Dry to moist woods, banks and more open places. Rare 

 near the coast in New London County ; frequent or common 

 elsewhere. April — May. 



Easily cultivated and then often double-flowered. 



HEPATICA Hill. Liverleaf. Hepatica. 



Hepatica triloba Chaix (three-lobed). 

 Hepatica Hepatica Karst. 

 Hepatica. Liverleaf. Liverwort. Mayflower. Mouse-ears. 



Trefoil. 



Rich, usually rocky woods. Rare near the coast, becoming 

 occasional or frequent northward. March, rarely — mid-May. 



Placed in a warm situation at any time during the winter, 

 potted plants will bloom. Of native plants the Liverleaf 

 is usually considered to be the earliest flower of spring, al- 

 though in their range Claytonia caroliniana and Cardamine 

 purpurea habitually precede it. The leaves are medicinal and 

 are still occasionally used in domestic practice. 



Hepatica acutiloba DC. (with pointed lobes). 

 Hepatica acuta Britton. 

 Hepatica. Liverleaf. Liverwort. 



Rare. Rocky woods in rich soil : Torrington and Salisbury 

 (Bissell), Cornwall (E. E. Brewster), Canaan (A. W. 

 Driggs). Late March — mid-May. 



Medicinal properties the same as those of Hepatica triloba. 



ANEMONE L. Anemone. 



Anemone cylindrica Gray (cylindrical). 

 Long-fruited Anemone. 



Dry roadsides, banks and borders of woods. Rare on and 

 near the coast: Groton (Graves), Norwich (Mrs. E. E. 

 Rogers, Graves), Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), Bridgeport and 



