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long petioled, broader than long, three to five-pointed, the divisions broad, 

 oblong, acute, variously cleft or toothed, those of the primary and secondary 

 involucres similar but sessile. Flowers i to i^ inches broad; sepals white 

 or sometimes tinged with pink, oblong, obtuse; head of fruit globose, con- 

 sisting of numerous flattened, orbicular, pubescent achenes, tipped with 

 stout, persistent styles. 



Low grounds, along roadsides, railroads and in open woods, Labrador 

 to Assiniboia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, Kansas and Colorado 

 Very closely related to Anemone dichotomaof Siberia. Flower- 

 ing from May to August, by the development of secondary involucres. 



Windflower; Wood Anemone 



Anemone quinquefolia Linnaeus 



Plate 68a 



Smallest of our wild anemones. Stems simple, glabrous, 4 to 10 inches 

 high, from horizontal, perennial rootstocks. Basal leaves long petioled, 

 usually developing after 'the flowering stem, five-parted, the divisions 

 oblong, cuneate, dentate; those of the single involucre on slender petioles 

 one-half to 1 inch long, three- to five-parted, the divisions about 1^ inches 

 long, acute, variously cut and lobed. Flowers solitary, about 1 inch broad; 

 sepals four to nine, obovate or oval, white or purplish without; head of 

 fruit globose, inclined, consisting of several pubescent, oblong achenes, 

 tipped with hooked styles. 



Common in moist or low woodlands, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south 

 to Georgia and Tennessee. Flowering in April and May. 



Round-lobed Hepatica or Liverleaf 



Ilcpatica hepatica (Linnaeus) Karsten 



Plate sib 



Leaves long petioled, arising with the flowering scapes directly from 

 the fibrous roots, reniform, hairy, 2 to 2\ inches broad when mature, 

 spreading on the ground, three-lobed (occasionally the lateral divisions 

 again lobed), obtuse. Flowers blue, purple or white, one-half to 1 inch 



