WHITS 



THIMBLE-WEED. 



Anemone Virginiana. Crowfoot Family. 



Stem. Two or three feet high. Leaves. Twice or thrice cleft, the 

 divisions again toothed or cleft. Flowers. Greenish or sometimes white; 

 borne on long, upright flower-stalks. Calyx. Of five sepals. Corolla. 

 None. Stamens and Pistils. Indefinite in number. 



These greenish flowers, which may be found in the woods and 

 meadows throughout the summer, are chiefly striking by reason 

 of their long, erect flower-stalks. The oblong, thimble-like fruit- 

 head, which is very noticeable in the later year, gives to the 

 plant its common name. 



LONG-FRUITED ANEMONE. 



Anemone cylindrica. Crowfoot Family. 



Stem. Slender; about two feet high ; silky-haired. Flowers. Greenish 

 white; much as in above. Fruit-head. Cylindrical, about one inch long. 



The long-fruited anemone flowers in the dry woods of May. 



Anemone Pennsylvania. Crowfoot Family. 



Stem. Hairy. Flowers. White; rather large; otherwise much as in 

 above. Fruit-head. Spherical . 



This plant really is another of the thimble-weeds, and when 

 in flower it is by far the prettiest and most noticeable of the 

 group. Its white blossoms mass themselves along the waysides 

 in early summer. 



CLEAVERS. GOOSE-GRASS. BEDSTRAW. 



Galium Aparine. Madder Family. 



Stem. Weak and reclining; bristly. Leaves. Lance-shaped; about 

 eight in a whorl. Flowers. White ; small ; growing from the axils of the 

 leaves. Calyx-teeth. Obsolete. Corolla. Usually four-parted; wheel- 

 shaped. Stamens. 'Usually four. Pistil. One with two styles. Fruit. 

 Globular ; bristly, with hooked prickles ; separating when ripe into two parts. 



This plant may be found in wooded or shady places through- 

 out the continent. Its flowers, which appear in summer, are 



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