No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 189 



ANEMONELLA Spach. 



Anemonella thalictroides (L.) Spach (like Thalictrum, the 



Meadow Rue). 

 Syndesmon thalictroides Hoffmg. 

 Rue Anemone. Wind-flower. 



Dry to moist woods, banks and more open places. Rare 

 near the coast in New London County; frequent or common 

 elsewhere. April — May. 



Easily cultivated and then often double-flowered. 



HEPATICA Hill. Liverleaf. Hepatica. 



Hepatica triloba Chaix (three-lobed). 

 Hepatica Hepatica Karst. 

 Hepatica. Liverleaf. Liverwort. Mayflower. Mouse-ears. 



Trefoil. 



Rich, usually rocky woods. Rare near the coast, becoming 

 occasional or frequent northward. March, rarely — mid-May. 



Placed in a warm situation at any time during the winter, 

 potted plants will bloom. Of native plants the Liverleaf 

 is usually considered to be the earliest flower of spring, al- 

 though in their range Claytonia caroliniana and Cardamine 

 purpurea habitually precede it. The leaves are medicinal and 

 are still occasionally used in>domestic practice. 



Hepatica acutiloba DC. (with pointed lobes). 

 Hepatica acuta Britton. 

 Hepatica. Liverleaf. Liverwort. 



Rare. Rocky woods in rich soil : Torrington and Salisbury 

 (Bissell), Cornwall (E. E. Brewster), Canaan (A. W. 

 Driggs). Late March — mid-May. 



Medicinal properties the same as those of Hepatica triloba. 



ANEMONE L. Anemone. 



Anemone cylindrica Gray (cylindrical). 

 Long-fruited Anemone. 



Dry roadsides, banks and borders of woods. Rare on and 

 near the coast: Groton (Graves), Norwich (Mrs. E. E. 

 Rogers, Graves), Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), Bridgeport and 



