CROWFOOT FAMILY. a7 
1H. tri‘loba, Chaiz. Leaves broadly hea: met shaped, or ak i 
kidney-shaped, with 3 obtuse lobes ; sepals blue or purplish. 
Turee-Lopep Hepatica. Liverwort. Liverleaf. 
Leaves on petioles 3=5 inches long: Scapes several, 4=6 inches long, silky-villous. Jf 
voluere villous externally: 
Open woodlands ; common: April: 
Obs. One of the aie flowers of epFing, | st: in rocky woods 
fs soon as the sn a Ghctoe ire The leaves remain through the 
winter, or bead old are purplish below. a variety, of what is by 
some considered a species ia acutiloba, DC.), has very acute lobes to the 
leaves. . This plant, which has n o especial interest to: the nevioslerist, 
is noticed on account of some popular reputation it has asa = y: 
It forms a spate astringent, mucilaginous infusion, which is used by 
ae “herb doctors” in diseases of the lun ngs, in whieh it is probably as 
es8 as any yoni warm drink: 
2. THALIC’TRUM; L. Meapow-rvus: 
TA ot 1 
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Often eae or amous. Sepals 4=5, petaike ig Sere 
Petals no ee oved, pointed by the short 
style. Seal herbs, with 2 —3-ternately compound leaves and corym= 
bose or panictlate ‘ 
pO Cornu 'ti; L- Dicéeiota or pe veunicut leaves tefnately devoni= 
und, divided to the base ; those of the stem without corttmon petioles ; 
ets 3lobed at the apex, pee ie and more or less pubescent ; 
flowers white, in loose compound pani 
Cornvrus's Tuatacrrum. Meadow-tue. 
Stem 3-6 feet high, rather stout, branching, furrowed and hollow: 
Obs. This is very sepeng in wet meadows and along’ tivulets, ‘whale 
i showy white flowers are likely to attract nt notice of the farmer. 
can hardly be ineafated a troublesome plan 
8. Ssciag2 pilaecteslaed — Cnowroor. 
fri ee 
Spat 2 Pal 5,with wale ot pit on the inside, at the thine: 
Akenes wy 
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Tous, compressed, rite pl on 
Sindieal bende. perennial 
With aria eats coitary oF gomewhat cat eofymbed. mot 
pa ema sn ee 
