WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK IO7 



broad on hairy scapes 4 to 6 inches high. Each flower subtended by an 

 involucre of three sessile, obtuse, oblong, small leaves immediately under 

 the flowers. Sepals oval or oblong, obtuse, longer than the numerous 

 stamens. Fruit consisting of several oblong, acute, hairy achenes. 



In woods, often in large tufts. Nova Scotia to northern Florida, west 

 to Manitoba, Iowa and Missouri. Also in Alaska, Europe and Asia. Flow- 

 ering in earliest spring, with us usually early in April but sometimes in 

 March, and even unseasonably warm spells in midwinter may find it in 

 flower. The leaves of H e p a t i c a li e p a t i c a in central Europe 

 possess blunt lobes, while our form usually has perfectly rounded lobes. 



Sharp-lobed Hepatica or Liverleaf 



Ilepaticii aciitilohd DeCandolle 



Plate 6pb 



Resembling in most respects the Round -lobed Hepatica but the leaf 

 lobes and the leaves nf the involucre are pointed, the scapes usually a little 

 longer, and the flowers somewhat larger. The flowers are often dioecious. 



In woods, Maine, Quebec and Ontario; south in the Alleghanies to 

 Georgia; west to Missouri and Minnesota. Rare or absent near the 

 Atlantic coast. 



Puzzling forms sometimes occur which are intermediate between this 



and the preceding species. 



Rue Anemone 



Syndesmou thalictroidcs (Linnaeus) Hoft'mannsegg 



Plate 681) 



Stems slender and weak, glabrous, 4 to 10 inches high; the flowering 

 stem appearing in early spring from a cluster of tuberous roots, the 

 temately compound basal leaves appearing later and resembling those 

 of the Meadow Rue, but smaller. Leaves of tlie involucre similar, sessile, 

 the leaflets long petioled. Flowers perfect, few or several forming a loose 

 umbel immediately above the involucre, white or pinkish, one-half to i 

 inch broad; sepals five to ten, thin and soon falling, longer than the 

 numerous stamens. 



