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divided in threes. Flower single, large, showy, pale-purplish, borne 

 on a peduncle developed before the leaves. Carpels many, with long, 

 hairy styles, which in fruit form tails 2 in. long. Prairies and 

 bluffs, N. W. 



2. A. caroliniana, Walt. Carolina Anemone. Stem simple, 

 from a roundish tuber, slightly downy, 6-12 in. high, bearing a 

 single flower about 1 in. broad. Root-leaves 2-3, long-petioled, com- 

 pound in threes, the divisions cut or lobed; stem-leaves sessile, 

 compound in threes, the divisions wedge-shaped. Sepals 12-20, 

 white; head of fruit becoming oblong; akenes woolly. In open 

 woods W.* 



3. A. cylindrica. Long-fruited Anemone. Plants about 2 

 ft. high, branching, with an involucre of long-petioled, divided and 

 cleft leaves, from within which spring several long, naked peduncles. 

 Flowers greenish-white. Sepals obtuse. Head of fruit cylindrical, 

 composed of very many densely woolly akenes. Dry woods and 

 prairies. 



4. A. virginiana, L. Plant hairy, 2-3 ft. high. Peduncles 6-12 

 in. long, sometimes forking, the first ones naked, the later ones with 

 a little 2-leaved involucre at the middle. Leaves of the involucre 3, 

 each 3-parted, the divisions ovate-lanceolate, pointed. Sepals acute. 

 Head of fruit ovoid. Woods and meadows. 



5. A. quinquefolia, L. Wind-plowek, Wood Anemone. Stem 

 simple, from a thread-like rootstock; involucre of 3 leaves, each 

 petioled, and of 3 leaflets, which are cut, toothed, or parted. Pedun- 

 cle 1-flowered. Sepals 4-7, white, often tinged with purple outside. 

 Carpels 15 or 20. This species is very nearly related to, but now 

 regarded as distinct from, the European A. nemorosa. 



X. HEPATICA, Dm. 



Involucre of 3 small, simple leaves, so close to the flower as 

 to look like a calyx. Leaves all radical, 3-lobed, heart-shaped, 

 thick, and evergreen, purplish-red beneath. Plowers single, 

 on rather slender hairy scapes. 



1. H. triloba, Chaix. Round-lobed Hepatica. Lobes of the 

 leaves obtuse or rounded ; those of the involucre obtuse ; sepals 

 6-12, varying from blue to white. 



2. H. acutUoba, DC. Sharp-lobed Hepatica. Closely similar 

 to the former, except for the acute lobes of the leaves and tips of 

 the involucre. 



[Both-speoies have many local names, such, as Liverleaf, Liverwort, 

 Noble Liverwort, Spring Beauty.] 



