CROWFOOT FAMILY. Ranunculaceae. 



appear under the glass like many tiny twisted tails. 

 The plants presenting this hoary appearance gave rise to 

 the popular name, Old Man's Beard. The vine supports 

 itself by a twist in the leaf -stem, the latter revolving a 

 number of times in the course of growth. Stem about 

 12 feet long. Waysides and river- banks. Me. , south to 

 Ga., and west to Kan., Neb., and S. Dak. 



A southern species with solitary, thick, 



leathery, bell-shaped, dull purple flowers 

 Viorna without petals, the purple sepals about 1 



Dull purple inch long. The three or more leaflets with 

 May-July unbroken edges or lobed. In early autumn 

 the hoary plume is brownish. Southern Pa., south to 

 Ga. and Tenn., and west to Ohio. 



A rather rare species found in rocky 

 Bower places among the northern hills, with 



Clematis leaves similar to those of C. Virginiana, 



verticillaris and showy light purple flowers, downy in- 

 Light purple gide and outsidej sometimes over 3 inches 



broad ; the four purple, finely veined se- 

 pals expanding only to a cup-shape. The plumes brown- 

 gray. Me. and Vt., south to Va., and west to Minn. 



A slender tall species the leaves and 

 Anemon"' stem of which are silky haired, leaves dark 

 Anemone green and veiny, ornamentally cut (or lobed) 



cylindrica into 3-5 parts. The solitary flowers without 

 Greenish white pe t a i s> but with 5-6 greenish white sepals, 



are set on a tall stem. The fruit a nar- 

 row, cylindrical, burrlike head 1 inch or more in length. 

 2-6 flowers are borne on each plant. 18-24 inches high. 

 Common in dry woods and by wooded roadsides, from 

 the lower Androscoggin Valley, Me., Vt., N. Y., and 

 northern N. J., west to Kan., Neb., and S. Dak. The 

 name, Greek, meaning a flower shaken by the wind. 



This is the common tall anemone of 

 or Tall " wooded roadsides and banks. The leaves 



Anemone and stem are more or less hairy and deep 



Anemone olive green, the leaves conspicuously 



Virginiana ve ined. The flowers generally have five in- 

 Qreenish white 



July-August conspicuous sepals white or greenish white 

 inside and greener outside ; the flower- 

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