. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. 62 RANUNCULACEAE (CROWFOOT FAMILY) name for Adonis, from whose blood the crimson-flowered Anem- one of the Orient is said to have sprung.) A. canadensis. Hairy and rather low. The primary involucre is 3-leaved, bearing a naked peduncle, and soon a, pair of peduncles with a 2-leaved involucre in the middle, and these branda similarly in turn. The radical leaves 5-7 parted. The sepals white. River banks and prairies. A. quinquefolia. Wood Anemone. Smooth and rather low. The stem perfectly simple, arising from a root-stalk. The involucre of 3 long-petio-
. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. 62 RANUNCULACEAE (CROWFOOT FAMILY) name for Adonis, from whose blood the crimson-flowered Anem- one of the Orient is said to have sprung.) A. canadensis. Hairy and rather low. The primary involucre is 3-leaved, bearing a naked peduncle, and soon a, pair of peduncles with a 2-leaved involucre in the middle, and these branda similarly in turn. The radical leaves 5-7 parted. The sepals white. River banks and prairies. A. quinquefolia. Wood Anemone. Smooth and rather low. The stem perfectly simple, arising from a root-stalk. The involucre of 3 long-petio- late, trifoliolate leaves. The sepals 4-7, oval, white, or tinged with purple outside. Margins of woods. April and May. ISOPYRUM Slender, smooth, perennial herbs with 2-3 Anemone quinquefolia, ternately compound leaves; the leaflets 2-3 lobed. Flowers axillary and terminal, Sepals 5, petal-like, deciduous, more, the styles pointed. Stamens 10-40. Pistils 3-6 or I. biternatum. Fibers of the root thickened here and there into little tubers. Moist and shady woods and cliffs. May. caltha' Glabrous, hydrophytic perennials with round and heart-shaped large leaves. Sepals 5-9, petal-like. Pistils 5—10 with scarcely any styles. C. palustris, Marsh Marigold. Swamps and wet meadows in April and June. The stem is hollow and furrowed. The sepals are broadly oval and bright yellow. Sometimes used for greens when young. The brilliant golden yellow flowers resemble buttercups and are often wrongly called cowslips. COPTIS A low, smooth perennial with divided root-leaves, and small. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869-1939; Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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