CROWFOOT FAMILY. Ranunculaceae. 



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A beautiful, delicate, and low little plant 

 common in the early spring in woodlands, 

 with deep green leaves of five divisions, 

 and frail white, or magenta-tinged blos- 

 soms of from 4-9 petallike sepals ; the 

 solitary flower frequently 1 inch across. 

 Cross-fertilized by the early bees and bee- 

 like flies (Bombylius). Common on the 

 borders of the woods. 4-8 inches high. Me., south to 

 Ga. , and west to the Rocky Mts. 



The earliest flower of spring, appearing 

 before its leaves, and generally found half 

 hidden among the decaying leaves of au- 

 tumn that cover the woodland floor. The 

 blossom about f inch broad, with 6-12 

 lustrous sepals varying in color from lilac 

 white to pale purple and light violet, be- 

 neath which are three leaflets closely resembling a calyx, 

 or the outer floral envelop. The three-lobed olive green 

 leaves last throughout the winter, the newer ones to- 

 gether with stems and flower-stems are extremely hairy. 

 About 3 inches high. Common from the seaboard west 

 to Minn, and Mo. 



This is a species close to the preceding 

 acutiloba one an( * often passing into it. The leaves 



are three- or sometimes five-lobed, with 

 acute tips, and the three little leaflets beneath the 

 flower are also pointed. Range the same as H. triloba, 

 in fact, both species are often found together in the same 

 woods. 



Wood 

 Anemone 

 or Wind 

 Flower 



Anemone 

 quinque folia 

 White 

 April-June 



Liverwort or 

 Hepatica 



Hepatica 

 triloba 

 Lilac white, 

 pale purple 

 March-May 



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