An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . ents. Flower of 5to 9 reddish or greenish-red sepals. In the northern part of our region;rare. June. 5. A. virginiana, L. (Fig. 3, pi. 45.) Tall Anemone. Floweringstem 2 to 3 ft. high. Whole plant hairy. Foot-stalks of the leaves ofthe whorl nearly as long as the leaves themselves. Leaves 3-lobed, thedivisions of the whorl leaves less deep than those of the basal greater than length. Sepals generally 5, wh
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . ents. Flower of 5to 9 reddish or greenish-red sepals. In the northern part of our region;rare. June. 5. A. virginiana, L. (Fig. 3, pi. 45.) Tall Anemone. Floweringstem 2 to 3 ft. high. Whole plant hairy. Foot-stalks of the leaves ofthe whorl nearly as long as the leaves themselves. Leaves 3-lobed, thedivisions of the whorl leaves less deep than those of the basal greater than length. Sepals generally 5, white or greenish-white. The fruit head elongated but less cylindric than the next places. Common. June-Aug. 6. A. cylindrica, A. Cray. (Fig. 5, pi. 45.) Long-leaved stem 1 to 2 ft. high. Whole plant covered with silky more deeply divided than in the last species. Flowers similar tothe last. Fruit head cylindric, often an inch or more long. Open places,common. June-Aug. 7. A. riparia, Fernald. Resembles A. cylindrica but is less downy,with thinner leaves, those of the flower stem forming the involucre, lance- CROWFOOT FAMILY 253. Plate 4G1 Clematis virginiana. 2. Anemonella thalictroides. 3. Clematis ochro-leu^v 4 Mrlglne a„.erieana. 5. Head of fruit of C. 6. Myo^surus minimus. 254 EANUNCULACEAE shaped. Head of fruit sub-cylindric. Maine, Conn., and 5. ANEMONELLA, Spach. (Syndesmon, Hoffmg.) From a cluster of tubrous roots arises a stem 6 to 10 in. high sur-mounted by a whorl of leaves, above which arises a loose umbel of whiteflowers on long delicate foot-stalks. Later arise the stems of the basalleaves which are ternately compound, the common foot-stalks 1 or 2 in,long dividing into three branches, each bearing a rounded obtusely lobedleaflet. A. thalictroides, (L.) Hoffmg. (Fig. 2, pi. 46.) Eue stem 4 to 9 in. high, smooth. Sepals white, about 5 or from 2 to G in the clus
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