RANUNCULACEjE. 



some species are such favorites with florists aud amateurs as to have au im- 

 portant commercial value, especially in England and (iermany. The anemone 

 acutiloba is used by empirics for the cure of pulmonary disorders. 



ANEMONELLA, Spach. Involucre not close to the flower, composed 

 of 2 ternate sessile leaves. Calyx regular, composed of 3 to many 

 colored sepals. Corolla 

 wanting. Ovaries numer- 

 ous, free, forming a sub- .^.a!& J 



globular head. Akenes 

 with short beak. Leaves 

 radical. 



A. thalictroides, Spach. 

 (Thalictrum anemonoides, 

 Mx.) (Rue Anemone.) Stem 

 smooth, 5 to 10 inches liigh. 

 Leaves glabrous, biteruate, or 

 triternate, common leaf-stalk 

 2 to 5 inclies long. Leaflets 

 roundish, 3-lobed at the end, 

 cordate at base. Flowers sub- 

 umbellate, involucre of two 

 ternate leaves. Several white 

 or pale-purple sepals, some- 

 times lobed like the leaves. 

 Flowers in early spring. 



This plant is one of the 

 few that greet us in early 

 spring in the Northern States, 

 and upon which the novice iu 

 botany takes his first lessons. 



Geography. — Canada to 

 Georgia, and west through 

 the Mississippi valley, in open 

 woods, near the roots of trees, 

 and especially in windy ex- 

 posures. 



RANUNCULUS, L. (But- 

 tercup. Crowfoot.) Se- 

 pals 5. Petals 5 or more, 

 a scale or pit at the base. 

 Stamens numerous, sel- 

 dom few. Akenes many, 



flattened, ovate, pointed, arranged in globular or cylindrical heads. 

 Herbs, annual or perennial. Leaves usually radical. Flowers termi- 

 nal, solitary, or in imj^erfect corymbs, yellow, sometimes white. 



1. R. abortivus, L. (Small-flowered Crowfoot.) Stem branching, smooth, 



to 30 inclies higli. Leaves at the base petiolate, cordate-orbicular, creuate, 



fre(|uently 3-parted ; stem-leaves in threes, 3-5 cleft, witli linear, oblong, 



nearly entire segments ; upper ones sessile, foliage varying greatly iu form. 



Pk. Fl. — 4 



Anemonella thalictroides {Rue Anemone). 



