Voi.. II.] 



CROWFOOT FAMILY. 



3. Anemone multifida Poir. Cut-leaved 



Anemone. Red Wind-flower. 



(Fig. 1571.) 



Anemone multifida Poir. in I<am. Encycl. Suppl. i: 

 364. 1810. 



Anemone Hudsoniana Richards. Franklin's Journey, 

 741. 1823. 



Silky-hairy, 6 / -i8 / high, sparingly branched, the 

 lateral peduncles involucrate. Basal leaves long- 

 petioled, reniform, 3-5-parted, the divisions cleft 

 into linear acute lobes, those of the involucres short- 

 petioled and more or less cuneate, otherwise simi- 

 lar; sepals 5-9, greenish or red, oblong, forming a 

 flower ^ / -i / broad; head of fruit globose or oblong, 

 Yi'-\ f long; achenes compressed, densely woolly, 

 tipped with the short subulate styles. 



Anticosti, Hudson Bay and New Brunswick to north- 

 ern New England, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and 

 Alaska, and in the Rocky Mountains south through Col- 

 orado. Also at the Strait of Magellan. Summer. 



4. Anemone cylindrica A. Gray. Long-fruited 

 Anemone. (Fig. 1572.) 



Anemone cylindrica A. Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 221. 1836. 



Silky-hairy throughout, 1-2 high, branched at the in- 

 volucre. Basal leaves tufted, long-petioled, broader than 

 long, 3~5-parted, the divisions cuneate-obovate or cuneate- 

 oblanceolate, narrow; those of the involucre similar, their 

 petioles about i' long; sepals 5-6, greenish-white, oblong, 

 generally obtuse; flowers about 9" broad, on elongated 

 generally naked peduncles; head of fruit cylindric, i' in 

 length or more; acheues compressed, woolly, tipped with 

 the minute styles. 



Open places, eastern New Brunswick, Ontario, New York 

 and northern New Jersey to Kansas and Manitoba. Also in 

 the Rocky Mountains, south to New Mexico, and in British 

 Columbia. June-Aug. 



5. Anemone Virginiana L. Tall 

 Anemone. (Fig. 1573.) 



Anemone Virginiana I,. Sp. PI. 540. 1753. 



Hairy, 2-3 high, stout, branching at the 

 involucre, the lateral peduncles bearing 

 secondary involucres. Basal leaves long- 

 petioled, broader than long, 3-parted, the 

 divisions broadly cuneate-obloug, variously 

 cleft and divided into acute serrate lobes; 

 those of both primary and secondary invo- 

 lucres similar, on petioles i / -2 / long; sepals 

 generally 5, white or greenish, acute or ob- 

 tuse; flower 9 // -i8 // broad; head of fruit ob- 

 long, 9 // -i2 // long; achenes compressed, 

 woolly, tipped by the subulate styles. 



In woods, Nova Scotia to South Carolina, west 

 to Kansas, Manitoba and the Canadian Rocky 

 Mountains. Ascends to 4200 ft. in North Caro- 

 lina. Called also Thimble-weed. June-Aug. 



