40 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
tinged with pink. Both the stamens and pistils 
are numerous and the flower expands half to 
three-quarters of an inch. The flower stalks are 
very slender, while the main stem is smooth but 
considerably thicker. The principal leaves which 
spring from the root are compound, with the two 
or three divisions bear- 
ing small, rounded 
leaflets with notches 
dividing the outer end 
into three lobes, the 
middle of which is 
much the largest. 
The plant is a peren- 
nial with a cluster of 
tuberous roots that 
look like miniature 
sweet potatoes. The 
flowers seem to be 
visited by the same 
sorts of insects that 
frequent the blossoms 
of the Wood Ane- 
mone. 
Fatsze Ruz ANEMONE. In the states of the 
Middle West the False Rue Anemone is abundant 
in damp woods, where its patches of white blos- 
soms are among the earliest of the spring flowers 
and remain in evidence for more than a month. 
In general appearance it resembles the Rue Ane- 
RUE ANEMONE 
. 
