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Eastoii (Eames). Becoming occasional northward and fre- 

 quent in the northwestern part of the state. Mid-June — July. 

 An acrid poison with medicinal properties. 



Anemone riparia Fernald (of river banks). 



Rocky woods and on river banks. Oxford, along the 

 Housatonic River (Harger), and occasional or local from 

 Litchfield northward and w^estward (Bissell). June — July. 



Anemone virginiana L. 



Tall or Summer Anemone. Thimbleweed. 



Frequent. Dry woods, partial shade and in fields. Mid- 

 June — Aug. 



Anemone canadensis L. 



Anemone pennsylvanica L. 

 Round-leaved or Round-headed Anemone. 



Moist thickets and banks. Rare over most of its range: 

 East Haven (A. W. Evans), Southington, apparently intro- 

 duced (Andrews), North Canaan and Cornwall (Bissell), 

 Newtown (J. P. Cowles). Locally plentiful along the 

 Housatonic River in Oxford, Monroe and Derby (H. C. 

 Beardslee, Harger). Mid-May — June. 



Anemone quinquefolia L. (five-leaved). 



Anemone nemorosa of Gray's Manual ed. 6, not L. 



Wind-flow'er. Wood or Spring Anemone. Mayflower. Snow- 

 drop. 

 Common. Rich, usually moist, woods, thickets and more 



open places. April — May. 



An acrid poison with medicinal properties. 



CLEMATIS L. Virgin's Bower. 

 Clematis virginiana L. 



Wild Clematis. Devil's Hair. Traveler's Joy. Love Vine. 

 Common. Moist thickets, hedge-rows and roadsides. July 

 — Aug. ; fruit Sept. — Nov. 



An acrid poison, and when bruised actively irritant to the 

 skin or eyes. The leaves and flowers are medicinal. 



Clematis verticillaris DC. (whorled). 

 Atragene americana Sims. 

 Purple or Mountain Clematis or Virgin's Bower. 



