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httiiilsome. The following tire tl>e coniinon wild specios : they grow in woods and low meadowfl ; 



the first three blossom in summer; the fourth in early spring. 



I, VlKOINIAN Anbmony. TrinciiJal stem-leaves 3 in a wiiorl, on long footstalks, 3-parted and cut, 

 lohed, hairy ; middle flower-stalk leafless, the others 2-leaved in the middle, new ones rising 

 from their axils, and so producing the blossoms all summer; sepals greenish white, acute; 



))istils very many, in an oval woolly head. 



A. Vinjiiiutiia. 



a. L()N(; KUCITEI) A. Stem-leaves many in a whorl; flower-stalks 2 to 6, all leafless, very long ; 

 sepals blunt ; head of fruit (an inch) long : otherwise like the last. N. and W. A. ciilhidrica. 



3. Pknn.sylvanian a. Hairy ; stem-leaves sessile; main ones 3 in a whorl, but only a pair of 



smaller ones on each of the side flowering branclits ; sepals large, white or purplish ; akenes 

 flat, many in a round head. A. I'oiiiKi/lvtiiiira. 



4. Grove A. .Smooth, low, i -flowered ; stem-leaves 3 in a whorl, on long footstalks, divided into 



3 or 5 leaflets ; sepals white or purplish ; akenes only 15 to 20, narrow. A. neinorOsa. 



Meadow-Rue. Thalictrum. 



Sepals 4 or more, petal-like or greenish. Ileal petals none. Pistils 4 to 15, becoming ribbed or 

 grooved akenes. Perennials, with compound loaves. No. i is almost an Aneniony, except for its 

 ribbed akenes, and has a few handsome and perfect flowers in an umbel. The other two have small 

 and mostly dioecious flowers in a conij)ound panicle, and decompound leaves; one of the lower 

 leaves is shown in Fig. 133. 



1. Anemont M. Low, delicate ; stem-leaves all in a whorl at the top ; sepals 7 to 10, white or pinkish, 



like those of Grove Anemony, with which it generally grows. Fl. spring. T. anemonoidea, 



2. Eaui.y M. Plant i" or 2° high ; leaves all alternate, the rounded leaflets with 5 to 7 roundish 



lobes; flowers greenish, in early spring. Woods. T. dio'icum. 



3. Late M. Much like the last, but 3° to 6° high ; leaflets 3-lobed ; flowers white, in summer. 



Common in meadows and along streams. T. Cornuti. 



Crowfoot. Jianiincuhis. 



Sepals 5, falling early. Petals 5 (sometimes accidentally more), flat. Akenes many in a head, flat. 

 * Petals white, with a round spot at the base : herbage all under water. 



1. "White Watek-Crowfoot, Leaves made up of many delicate thread-like divisions. Ji. aqudtUis. 



* * Petals yellow, and with a little scale on the inside at the bottom. (Fig. 239.) 

 -I- Herbage all or nearly all under water. 



2. Yellow 'Water-C. Like the last, but larger in all its parts, and yellow-flowered, the upper 



leaves often out of water and much less cut. N. and W. Jl, Purskii. 



H — 1- Not gi'owing under water. 

 ++ Petals not longer, but often shorter, than the calyx ; plants erect, in wet places. 



3. Small-flowered Crowfoot. Very smooth, slender; first root-leaves crenate. R.ahoHivus. 



4. Cl'R.SED C. Very smooth, stouter ; leaves all cleft or lobed ; head of fruits oblong. R. scelerdtus. 



5. Hook-beaked C. Hairy ; leaves all 3-cleft, lobes broad ; akenes with long and hooked beaks, 



collected into a round head. R. recitrvutns. 



6. Bristly C. Stout, bristly-hairy ; leaves divided into 3 or 5 stalked leaflets, which are cleft and 



cut again into narrow lobes ; akeues straight-beaked, in an oblong head. R. Pcniisi/irdnicus, 





