66 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



THIMBLE-WEED (Anemone Virginiand) . Crowfoot family. 

 Ht. 2 ft. or over, stout, hairy; flowers with 5 white 

 petal-like sepals, no corolla; leaves at base long- 

 stalked, 3 -parted; below flower 3 leaves on short 

 stalks with pointed lobes; fruit oval or oblong. 

 Woods and meadows. Early summer. 



LONG-FRUITED ANEMONE (Anemone cylindrical . Crow- 

 foot family. 



Ht. i ft. or over; similar to above with smoothly 

 haired stem; leaves at base 3-5 parted; fruit 

 narrowly cylindrical, i in. or over. 



CANADA ANEMONE (Anemone Pennsylvania). Crow- 

 foot family. 



Ht. i ft. or over; similar to above, hairy, with 

 spherical fruit. Early summer. 



16. Leaves whorled, flowers in umbel. 



RUE ANEMONE (Anemonella thalictroides) . Crowfoot 



family. 



Low plant; flowers rather large, several in umbel; 

 sepals numerous resembling petals; petals none; 

 leaflets apparently whorled under the flowers on 

 slender stalks; leaves compound with leaflets 

 roundish, somewhat three-lobed at the end, heart- 

 shaped at base. Woods. Early spring -early 

 summer. 



GINSENG (Aralia quinquefolia) . Ginseng family. 



Ht. under i ft.; leaves long-stalked, 3 in whorl, 

 palmately compound; 5 leaflets finely toothed 

 with long stalks; flowers small; fruit bright red. 

 Rich woods. Early spring. 



DWARF GINSENG (Aralia trifolia). Ginseng family. 



Low plant; flowers minute, many in umbel; leaves 

 near top 3 in whorl palmately compound, leaflets 

 finely toothed; fruit yellowish. Rich woods. 

 Summer. 



