CROWFOOT FAMILY. Ranunculaceae* 



A species very similar to the next but 

 Mountain 

 Anemone with stouter stem and trifoliate leaves, 



Anemone trifolia rarely the basal ones, five-divided. The 

 White petallike sepals ovate-oblong, the flower 



about 1J inch broad. 6-15 inches high. 

 Chiefly in mountain woods of the south, Pa. to Ga. 

 Also in the south Austrian and the Italian Alps. The 

 European A. nemorosa with thicker sepia-colored roots 

 has escaped from cultivation in eastern Mass. (J. H. 

 Sears). 



A beautiful, delicate, and low little plant 



common in the early spring in woodlands, 

 Anemone . . , ,-,,... 



or Wind with deep green leaves of five divisions, 



Flower and frail white, or magenta-tinged blos- 



Anemone soms of from 4-9 petallike sepals ; the 



quinquefolia so ii ta ry flower frequently 1 inch across. 

 April-June 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 

 Liverwort or 

 Hepatica before its leaves, and generally found half 



Hepatica hidden among the decaying leaves of au- 



triloba tumn that cover the woodland floor. The 



Lilac white, 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 

 Hepatica . . , .. mu i 



acutiioba one anc * ^ ten 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. 



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