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long stalked. Flower solitary at the end of the stalk, blue or 

 purple, rarely white, from its colored sepals. Petals none. 

 Sepals 6-8, and surrounded by 3 sepal-like bracts. April- 

 May. Nova Scotia to Floriijia, and westward. Fig. 498. There 

 are many forms, some with pointed leaf-segments. See No. 



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499. Gold-thread. Coptis trifolia. (Ranunculaccae.) 

 Scarcely 6 in. high, usually lower. Leaves deeply 3-divided, 

 evergreen, the segments toothed and wedge-shaped. Flower 

 white, solitary, at the end of the stalk, about ji in. wide or 

 less. Fruit dry, beaked and stalked. In moist woods or bogs. 

 Newfoundland to Tenn., and westward. June. Fig. 499. The 

 plant takes its name from its bright yellow roots. See No. 



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500. Bloodroot. Sanguinaria- canadensis. {Papaveraccae.) 

 A bluish green herb of rich woods, flowering before or with 

 the unfolding of the leaves. Leaves 5-9 lobed, prominently 

 veined, 5-8 in. wide, the stalks slightly longer. Flower soli- 

 tary, white, with 2 soon-falling sepals, and 8-12 petals. Juice 

 red. Nova Scotia to Florida, and westward. May. Fig. 500. 

 See Nos. 333 and 404. 



501. Twin-leaf. Jeffersonia diphylla. (Berberidaceae.) Not 

 2-leaved, but with the long-stalked leaves deeply 2-divided, 

 and bluish beneath. Flower solitary at the end of the stalk, 

 white, about i in. wide, with 4 petal-like sepals, and 8 petals. 

 Fruit leathery, dry. In woods. Ontario to Tenn., and west- 



