36 CEOWFOOT FAMILY. 



§ 1 . Lonf] hairi/ styles form fmtlierij tails to the, (Hemes, like those of Virgin's- 



Bower: fl. large, purple, in early spring. TIte genus Pulsatilla of some 



authors. 



A. Pulsatilla, Pasquk-flowek, of Europe. Cult, in some flower-gar- 



tlcns ; liiis the root-leaves finely tliricc-pinnately divided or cut ; otiiei-wiso much 



like the next. 



A. patens, var. XTuttalliana, Wild P. On the plains N. W.; the 

 handsome pnrple or purplisli ilowcr (2' or more across wlien open) rising fiom 

 tlio irioiind on .i low .«o(t-hairy stem (3'-G' higli), with an involucre of many 

 vevv narrow divisions ; (he leaves iroin the root appeai-ing later, and twice or 

 thiice-ternatoly divided and cut. 



§ 2. Sliort styles not making long tails, but only naked or hairy tips. 

 * Garden AnET^toyiES, from S Eu., with tuberous roots and vrTi/ large flowers. 

 A. ooron&ria, with leaves cut into many fine lobes, and or more broad 

 oval sepals, also 



A. nort6nsis, witli leaves less cut into broader wedge-shaped divisions and 

 lobe.-!, anil many longer and narrow sepals, — are the originals of the showy, 

 mostly doable or semi-double, trreat-flowered Garden Ankmoxies, of all col- 

 ors, red in the wild state, — not fully hardy, treated like bulbs. 

 -* * Wikl species, smaller flowered. 

 -t- Pistils vert/ mam/, forming a dense woollif head in fruit : leaves of the involucre 

 lon'/-pstiolecl, c^mpuunU : floioer^ of 5 smnU grcenisli-white sepals, silky beneath : 

 stem 2° -3° high. 

 A. oylindriQa, Loitg-fruited A. Involucre several-leaved surrounding 

 several long naked peduncles; fl. late in spring (in dry soil N. & W.), followed 

 by a cyliiitlrical head of fruit. 



A. Virginiaaa, Vircjixian A. Involucre 3-Ieavcd ; peduncles formed in 

 succession all summer, the middle or first on3 niU;ed, tlic others heaving 2 leaves 

 (involui'cl) at the mid'ilo, from which proceed two more peduncles, and so on : 

 head of fruit oval or oblong. Common in woods and meadows. 



-1- -I- Pistils fwer, not woolly in fruit : flower 1' or more broad. 

 A. Pennsylv&nica, Pexs.sylvaxiax A. Stem 1° high, hearing an invo- 

 lucre of 3 wedge-shaped .3-cloft and cut sessile leaves, and a naked peduncle, then 

 2 01- -J peduncles with a pair of .^mailer leaves at their middle, and so on ; fl. white, 

 in summ?r. (Lessons, fig. 179.) Aliuviil ground, N. & W. 



A. nemordsa, Wood A. Stem 4'- 10' high, bearing an involucre of 3 

 long-petioled leaves of 3 or 5 leaflets, and a siniclo short-ped uncled flower ; sepals 

 wliite, or puqde ouisido. Woodlands, early spring. 



4. THALICTEUM, MEADOW-RUK. (Old name, of obscure dcrlva. 

 tion.) The following are the common wild species, in woodlands and low 

 ground.;. 



§ 1. Flowers perfect, fw, in an umbel: resembling an Anemone: xpals 5-10. 

 T. anemonoMes, Eue-Axemoxe. A very smooth and delicate little 

 plant, growing with V/ood Anemone, v.-hicli it roacmblc's in havin;; ni sto'.n- 

 leavc 1 e:cC3;>t those that form ai i:ivoliu-ro aroun 1 th3 umjb^l of v.'.'ut; (r.-.roly 

 pinlci ill) flowers, appearinir in early sprin-:; ; haflota i-onndis'i, 3-l)bc;l r.t tlio 

 end, long-stalked : ovaries many-grooved, and v,-i;h a flat-foppcd sessile stigma : 

 oihoi'wise it would rank as an Anemone. 



5 -■ /'lowers mostly diacious and i.ot hand^oni', .'-.mail, i.i loose roiupvinJ j-.anick:: : 

 Ills -lor .5 s^piih fiJliiri carlj ; stigr.ici; s'::idcr : r'-.vra re ^r^i'-grcx-cJ <■:::'. 

 angled : leaves Icrnatily decomjonnd ( Lessons, fig. 108), all tillauatc ; llie up^xr- 

 mojt vol forming an involucre. 



T. dioisum, Eauly Mi:adov,--Rue. IIc.!i glaucous, l°-2° hi'^ih ; iinw- 

 crs greenish, in early spring ; the yoUov/isU Uno;'.r anthers of iha .■•■terile plant 

 hanging on long capillary filamohtJ : leaves all on general petioles. Kocky 

 woods. % 



T. purpurS,SCens, Pukplish M. Lnter, often a littlo downy, 2° -4" 



