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Figure 283A Figure 283 B 



FiQ. 283. A. Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dasycarpiim) . 

 B. Long-fruited Anemone (.Anemone cylindrica). 



(A, drawing by L. R. Collins, B, by Ada Hayden.) 



Long-fruited Anemone (Anemone cylindrica Gray) . 



Aehenes one-quarter in. in length and one-fifth in. in width, flat, 

 compressed, 1-seeded, nearly orbicular, greenish, covered by dense 

 pilose mass of whitish hairs. 



Prairie Larkspur {Delphinum Penardi Huth.). 



Seeds somewhat flattened, upper end wider, nearly square, 4- 

 angled or triangular, one-sixteenth to one-twelfth in. long, surface 

 scabrous, becoming rougher on angles; color grayish. 



Figure 284A Figure 284B Figure 2840 



Fig. 284. A. Prairie Larkspur (.Delphinium Penardi). 

 B. and C. Field Larkspur (Delphinium consolida). 



(A, drawing by Ada Hayden; B, drawn by L. R. Collins; C, drawn by C. M. 



King.) 



Field Larkspur (Delphinium consolida L.). 



Seed angular, somewhat convex on back, one-twelfth in. long 

 and equally wide, surface scabrous or scaly, with whitish margins ; 

 color blackish, brownish or grayish; seed with sharp bitter taste. 

 Reported as of frequent occurrence in Russian clover seed. 



