AMERICAN PASQUEFLOWER 



Pulsatilla ludoviciana (Nuttall) Heller 



FRUIT OF PLATE 95 



The hairy basal leaves of the pasqueflower, growing directly from 

 the root, and also a whorl of stem leaves, borne at the middle of the 

 flower stalk, develop quickly after the flowers have faded. The seeds, 

 each provided with a curved silky tail, remain attached to the head 

 until ripe, when they are scattered by the winds. 



The pasqueflower ranges throughout the prairie and Rocky Moun- 

 tain States and the provinces of western Canada. 



The specimen sketched was obtained in midsummer at Ghost 

 River, twenty-five miles from Banff, Alberta, at an altitude of 4,500 

 feet. 



PLATE 96 



