O COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



generally stalked, deeply and sharply lobed, petioles ap- 

 pressed-pubescent. Achenes large, compressed, strongly mar- 

 gined, in globular heads, and with long fiat beaks. Peduncles 

 furrowed. "Wet places. 



14. R. repens, L. Much resembling the last in habit, 

 but smaller, and the leaves not so deeply and sharply cut. 

 Flowering later. Leaves often blotched with white. The 

 style shorter than in No. 13, and stigmatic along the whole 

 inner side, persistent. Low ground, chiefly eastward. 



15. R. bulbo'SUS, L. (BULBOUS C. or BUTTERCUP. ) Petals 

 much longer than the calyx. Stem erect, from a bulb-like 

 base. Flowers an inch broad, on furrowed peduncles. 

 Pastures. Rather rare. 



16. R. a'eris, L. (TALL C. or BUTTEBCUP.) Much taller 

 than No. 15. Petals much longer than the calyx. Stem 

 upright, no bulb at the base. Peduncles not furrowed. 



17. R. faseieula'ris, Muhl. (EARLY C.) Petals much 

 longer than the calyx. Plant 5-9 inches high, erect, pubes- 

 cent with silky hairs. Radical leaves appearing pinnate, 

 the terminal division long-stalked, the lateral ones sessile. 

 Root a bundle of thickened fleshy fibres. Rocky woods and 

 fields in spring. 



7. CAL'THA, L. MARSH-MARIGOLD. 



C. palustris, L. (MARSH-MARIGOLD.) Stem about a foot 

 high, hollow, round, forking, very glabrous. Flowers golden 

 yellow, 1-lJ inches broad. Swamps and wet meadows. A 

 very conspicuous plant in early spring. 



8, COP'TIS, Salisb. GOLDTHREAD. 



C. trifolia, Salisb. (THREE-LEAVED GOLDTHREAD.) Low 

 and stemless. Scapes 1-flowered, with a single bract above 

 the middle. Petals much smaller than the sepals. On logs 

 and about stumps in cedar swamps. 



9. AQEILE'ftlA/Tourn. COLUMBINE. 



1. A. Canadensis, L. (WILD COLUMBINE.) Stem branch- 

 ing, a foot or more in height, smooth. Leaves decompound ; 

 leaflets in threes. Flowers nodding, scarlet outside, yellow 

 within. Rocky woods and thickets. 



