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spring, along witli and ronsi(lor:il)Iy iTscnil)ling Anemone ncmorosa. Karely 

 the sejials arc ;il()l)eil like tlie Icallcts. 



§2. Leaves alt irimte along the strm: no tm-olnrre : roots Jihrous : Jlowers compara- 

 tiielif small and numerous, imiiicled : sepals 4 or 5, usualli/ J'allint/ early. 



* Flowers di(erioiis or sotnetirnes ]>olijg(nnoiis. in ample panicles : jVaments slender : 



stiymas elomjated, linear or subulate, mostly unilulaul: arhenia sciisile or short- 

 it ijiitule, (iroiil, poiiitid, slronrjli/ several-auffled and (jroored. 



2. T. dioicum, L. (Eauly Mkauow-Ri-k.) Smooth and pale or glau- 

 cous, l°-2° high; leares all with ijeneral jH-tioks; leajhls droopimj, rounded and 

 3-7-Iobcd; flowers purplish and greenish; the yello\vish antiiers linear, mu- 

 cronate, drooping on Jine capilUtrij jilaincuts. — Koeky woods, &e. ; eonimon. 

 April, May. 



3. T. purpur^SCens, L. (Pcrplisii ]\I.) Taller (2° -4° high, the 

 stem usually pur|)lisli) ; stem-leaves sessile (without general petiole) or nearly so; 

 leaflets roundish or ohlong and more or less S-lohed, thiekish, pale and usually 

 minutely puheseent heneath, the margin mostly revolutc and the reining con- 

 spicuous ; panicles eomjjound ; _/7()((V';-s (sepals, filaments, &c.) greenish and ]>ur- 

 plish ; anthers linear or ohlong-linear, mucronulate, drooping on capillary fila- 

 ments which are manifestly broadened at the summit. (T. Virginianum clatius, 

 &c., Aforis. T. rugiisum, .4//. ? T. pid)escens, Pwr.s-A. T. rcvoUitum, Z>C'.) — 

 Dry uplands and rocky hills, S. New England to Michigan, Illinois and south- 

 ward. May, June. — Sometimes nearly glabrous throughout, often minutely 

 pubescent, and in 



Var. ceriferum, C. F. Austin, niss., with the lower surface of the leaves, 

 sepals, and mostly the fruit thickly beset with waxy atoms. Plant olten grow- 

 ing with the other, and exhaling a peculiar odor. 



4. T. Corntlti, L. (Tall M.) Smooth or obscurely pubescent, 4° -8° 

 high; slem-leai-es sessile ; leaflets nearly as in the last, but usually thinner and 

 less revolute and veiny and the lobes more acute; panicles very compound; 

 /lowers white, the fertile ones with some stamens ; anthers not drooping, small, ob- 

 long, blunt, the irhite ^filaments decidedly thickened tipwards. (T. rugosum, 

 Pursh., DC. T. corynellum, />C.) — Wet meadows and along rivulets, com- 

 mon, especially eastward. July- Sept. 



* « Flowers all jier feet, corymhed ; the Jilamenis strongly rluh-slutped or inflated under 



the small and short anther: stigma short and unilateral : arhenia long-slipitate. 

 .5. T. clavatum, DC. Size and appearance of No. 2, but leaves only 

 twice ternate ; flowers white and fewer ; aebenia .'i - 10, flat, somewhat cresceiit- 

 shajK-d, ta]K-ring into the slender stipe. — Mountains of S. Virginia and south- 

 ward. June. 



5. TRAUTVETTERIA, Fischer & Meyer. False BionANE. 

 Sepals .3 -5, usually 4, concave, petal-like, very caducous. Petals none. 



Achenia numerous, in a head, membrainiceous, compresse(l-4-angled anil in- 

 flated. Seed erect. — A iierennial herb, with palmately-lobed leaves, all alter- 

 nate, and corymbose white flowers. (Dedicated to Prof. Truutveiler, u Russiaa 

 botanist.) 



