322 RANUNCULACEAE 



i. D. Consolida L. In our area probably occurring only as a 

 garden plant, though reported as escaped; probably mis- 

 taken for the following species. 



2. D. Ajacis L. Escaping from gardens: Vt. to Va., Tenn. and 



Mo. Naturalized from Europe. 



An escape from cultivation throughout the range. 



D. divaricatum L. and D. peregrinum L. have been collected in waste places near 

 New York. 



ii. Aconitum [Tourn.] L. 

 i. A. noveboracense A. Gray. Orange, Ulster and Chenango 

 counties, N. Y. Reported from Ohio. Very rare. 



Known from near Beaverkill, Ulster Co. and from an unrecorded 

 locality in Orange Co., otherwise unknown. Both these stations 

 are north of the moraine, have an elevation of about 800 ft. and a 

 growing season of about 147 days. 



12. Anemone L. 



Achenes densely woolly. 



Beak of fruit 1 mm. long; divisions of the leaves wedge-shaped, 



narrow. 1. A. cyiindrica. 



Beak of fruit 2 mm. long; divisions of the leaves ovate, b J oad. 

 Flowers greenish white or white, 1.5-3 cm - wide; head 



of fruit oblong. 2. A. virginiana. 



Flowers pure white, 3-5 cm. wide; head of fruit short 



cylindric. 3. A. riparia. 



Achenes pubescent or glabrous but never densely woolly. 



Leaves of the involucre sessile. 4. A. canadensis. 



Leaves of the involucre petioled. 5. A. quinquefolia. 



1. A. cyiindrica A. Gray. Open places: N. B. and Ont. to Conn., 



N. J., N. Mex. and in B. Col. 



Conn. Rare and local along the coast, increasing northwestward. 



N. Y. Unknown on L. I. and S. I.; rare and local in northern West- 

 chester Co., thence increasing northward. 



N. J. Near Franklin Furnace, and Ogdensburg, Sussex Co.; on 

 limestone. 



Pa. Luzerne Co. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward, and most common on limestone. Not south of the moraine. 



1 1 7- 1 59 days. Sea level-3,800 ft. 



2. A. virginiana L. In woods: N. S. to S. Car., Kan., Man. and 



the Canadian Rockies. 



Conn. Common throughout the state. 



