(A) Monkshood; Aconite (Aconitum uncinatum) is 
an attractive wild flower with a slender, rather weak, 
stem often supporting itself against other species. The 
flowers are quite large and handsome. The five sepals 
are very unequal in size and shape; the upper one large 
and liood-like, concealing two small petals within it. 
The leaves are firm, three to five-lobed and notched, on 
slender petioles. In rich, moist woods from Pa. south¬ 
wards, flowering from June to September. 
(B) Hepatica; Liverwort (Eepatica triloba). If 
we except the Skunk Cabbage, the beautiful Hepatica is 
the first of our flowers to appear. Its stems are thickly 
covered with fuzzy hairs; the three-lobed, smooth-edged 
leaves are rather thick and coarse, lasting through the 
winter but turning a ruddy color, while the new ones, 
that appear with the buds, are light green and radiate 
above the older prostrate ones. A single blossom ap¬ 
pears at the end of each long fuzzy scape; it is about 
one inch broad, and has five to ten pale purple or lilac 
sepals. 
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