KANUNCILACE^F. 



style, grooved or ribbed, or inflated. Seeds suspended 

 Perennial* with 2 — %-ternatety compound leaves; the divisions 

 and the leaflets stalked. Flowers in corymbs or panicles*; 

 often polygamous. 



*Stem4eaves forming an involucre at the summit Hie Anemone; root tuberous; 

 stamens shorter than thepetaloid calyx. 



1. T. anemonoides, Michx. Rue Anemone. 



Boot tuberous ; radioed feavet biteraate ; leaflets subcordate, 3 toothed ; floral leaves 

 petioled, resembling an involucre ; flowers few, in a simple umbel : peialoid calyx 8 

 to 10 leaved. Anemone thaUc6roid< s, L. 



Woods. April and May; common. A pretty plant ; the flowers resembling thoe.j 

 of Anemone, but the fruit that of TJiaUctrum. Stems or scapes 4 to 8 inches high . 

 often several from one root. Flowers white or purplish, 1 inch in diameter. Sepals 

 tvvice as long as the stamens. 



** Stem-leaves scattered, Stop 4 times compound ; root fibrous ; stamens longer than 

 pals. 



2. T. CORNUTT, L. Meadow Rue. 



-.-leaves without general petioles, decompound; leaflets roundisb-obovate or 

 oblong, 3-lobed at the apex, the lobes acutish ; glaucous beneath, with the nerves 

 scarcely prominent; peduncle longer than the leaves. Flowers in very compound 

 large panicles; dioecious or polygamous; carpels nearly sessile, acute at each end, 

 Strongly ribbed, twice u long as the style. 



Wet ground. June and July. Stem 3 to 5 feet high, branching. Leaves very 

 variable in form, deep green above, paler glaucous smooth or pubescent beneath, 

 Filaments alightly club-shaped; anthers oblong. 



3. T. DIOICUM, L. Early Meadow Rue. 



Leaves all with general petioles; decompound, very smooth: leaflets rounded, 



tusely Lobed, glaucous beneath ; flowers in compound panicles, dioecious or 



tncles as long as the leaves; carpels oblong, sessile, strongly 



Bank3 of streams. April and May. Stem 1 to 2 feet high.. Flowers white :•: 

 purplish. Filaments much longer than the «epals. Anthers yellowish. 



4. T. rugosum, Ait. Rugose-leaved Meadow Rue. 



Leaves superdecompound: leaflets prominently veined beneath, cuneata-obovate 

 and ovate-oblong, 3-lobed at apex, the lateral ones often entire; flowers mostly 

 dioecious, rather crowded ; filaments filiform. 



Along shaded swampy rivulets; common. June and July. iSfewi 3 to 5 fed 

 branching, striate smooth. Leaves pinnately decompound. Flowers in rather 

 crowded panicles. Si pals white, elliptic oblong, small. Carpels obovoid-oblong, 

 acute at each end, beaked with the persistent style. 



Ohs. This may prove to be only n variety of T. Cornuta, to which it bears much 

 general resemblance. Pr< f. IIookkr considers them not specifically distinct. 



5. RANUNCULUS. Linn. Crowfoot. Buttercup. 



Lat. rana afroa; the aquatic species growing where frogs abound. 



Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5 (rarely 10), with a little 

 scale or nectary at the base inside. Stamens and ovaries 

 auraerous.. Carpels ovate, somewhat compressed, pointed 



