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2. H. acutiloba DC. Leaves with 3 ovate and pointed lobes, or sometimes 

 d-lobed ; those of the invohicre acute or acutish. {H. acuta liritton.) — Woods, 

 w. Que., southw. through w. N. H. to Ga., Mo., and Mum., more abundant 

 westw. ; York, Me. {Bicknell). — Passes into the preceding. 



8. ANEM6nE [Tourn.] L. Anemone 



Sepals few or many, petal-like. Petals none, or in no. 1 resembling abortive 

 stamens. Achenes pointed or tailed, flattened, not ribbed. ISeed suspench-d. 

 — Perennial herbs with radical leaves ; those of the stem 2 or :3 together, oppo- 

 site or whorled, and forming an involucre remote from the flower ; peduncles 

 1-flowered, solitary or umbellate. (The ancient Greek and Latin name, a cor- 

 ruption of Na'mdn, the Semitic nanne iov Adonis, from whose blood the crimson- 

 flowered Anemone of the Orient is said to have sprung.) 



§ 1. PULSATILLA Pers. Carpels numerous in a head, with long hairy styles 

 which in fruit form feathery tails, as in Clematis ; flower large, usually 

 with some minute or indistinct gland-like abortive stamens answering to 

 petals. 



1. A. patens L.,var. Wolf gangiana (Bess.) Koch. (Pasque Flower.) Silky- 

 villous ; flower erect, solitary ; leaves ternately divided, the lateral divisions 

 2-parted, the middle one stalked and 3-parted ; segments of the leaves and ses- 

 sile involucre deeply cleft into narrowly linear and acute lobes ; sepals 5-7, pur- 

 plish blue to whitish (15-35 mm. long), spreading when in full anthesis. (Var. 

 Nuttalliana Gray ; Pulsatilla hirsutissima Britton.) — Prairies, Wise, 111., Tex., 

 north w. and westw. March, Apr. (Eu., Siber.) 



§2. ANEM6nE proper. Styles short, not plumose. Staminodia none. 

 * Achenes densely long-woolly, compressed ; involucre far below the flower. 

 •»- Bootstock tuberous ; sepals usually 10-20 ; style filiform. 



2. A. caroliniana Walt. Stem 7-15 cm. high ; root-leaves once or twice 

 3-parted or cleft ; involucre 3-parted, its wedge-shaped divisions 3-cleft ; sepals 

 10-20, oblong-linear, purple or whitisn ; head of fruit ellipsoid. — Dak. to 111., 

 Fla., and Tex. May. A, decapetala Ard., said to reach e. Kan., is doubt- 

 fully distinct, its strongest character being the greater prevalence of simply ter- 

 nate basal leaves with crenate uncleft leaflets. 



•t- H- Bootstock not tuberous; sepals usually 5-8 ; styles filiform. 



3. A. parvifl5ra Michx. Stem 1-3 dm. high, from a slender rootstock, 1- 

 flowered; root-leaves 3-parted, their broadly wedge-shaped divisions crcnate- 

 incised or lobed ; involucre 2-3-leaved ; sepals 5 or 0, oval, white, with bluish 

 bases ; head of fruit globular. — Wet limestone rocks. Lab. to Alaska, s. to e. 

 Que., Ont., Minn., Col., and Ore. May-Sept. (Siber.) 



4. A. multifida Poir. Stems from a branching caudex, silky-hairy (1-4 dm. 

 high); principal involucre 2-3-leaved, bearing one naked and one or tiro 2-leaved 

 peduncles ; leaves of the involucre short-petioled, similar to the root-leaves, 

 twice or thrice 3-parted and cleft, their divisions linear ; sepals (sometimes 

 numerous) obtuse, red, greenish yellow or whitish ; head of fiuit spherical or 

 ovoid. {A. Hudsoniana Richards.) —Gravelly and ledgy (calcareous) shores 

 and banks, e. Que. to Alaska, s. to N. B., n. Me., n. Vt., n. N. Y., Mich., 

 S. Dak.; and in the mts. to Ariz. June. (Extra-trop. S. A.) 



H» ^_ H_ Taller, commonly branching above or producing two or more peduncles; 

 involucral leaves long-petioled ; sepals 5-8, silky or downy beneath, oval or 

 oblong; style subulate. (Thimbleweeds.) 



5. A. cylindrica Gray. Slender, pubescent ; flowers 2-6, on very long up. 

 right naked pedwicles ; involucral leaves twice or thrice a.s many as the pedun- 

 cles, 3-divided ; their divisions wedge-lanceolate, the lateral 2-parted, the middle 

 3-cleft ; lobes cut and toothed at the apex ; sepals 6, rather obtuse, greenish 



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