. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. AMMIACEAE. Vol. II. 2. Sanicula gregaria Bicknell. Clustered Snake-root. Fig. 3101. 5". gregaria Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club 22 : 354. 1895. Stems erect, weak, usually clustered, i°-3° high, umbellate-branched, the branches slender. Leaves thin, bright green, S-divid'ed; segments stalked, obovate-cuneate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, doubly serrate wit
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. AMMIACEAE. Vol. II. 2. Sanicula gregaria Bicknell. Clustered Snake-root. Fig. 3101. 5". gregaria Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club 22 : 354. 1895. Stems erect, weak, usually clustered, i°-3° high, umbellate-branched, the branches slender. Leaves thin, bright green, S-divid'ed; segments stalked, obovate-cuneate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, doubly serrate with bristle-tipped teeth, sharply incised, mostly less than 3' long; basal leaves numerous, those of the stem only 1-2, petioled; involucral leaves large, 3-parted, those of the involucre foliaceous; pedicels of staminate flowers i"-ii" long, 3 or 4 times the length of the minute campanulate calyx; calyx- lobes ovate, obtuse; petals yellowish, much sur- passing the calyx; anthers bright yellow; fruit stipitate, broadly obovoid, ii"-2" long, the slender styles recurved; bristles weak, very small; oil-tubes 5, small; seed not furrowed. In moist woods and thickets, New Brunswick and Ontario to Minnesota, Georgia, Nebraska and Arkan- sas. May-June. 3. Sanicula canadensis L. Short-styled Snake- root. Fig. 3102. Sanicula canadensis L. Sp. PI. 235. 1753. S. marylandica var. canadensis Torr. Fl. U. S. 302. 1824. Rather dull green, i°-4° high, widely branched, the branches forked, the umbellate fruit-bearing rays only i"-s" long. Stem leafy; leaves petioled, 3-5-divided; segments cuneate-obovate to narrowly oblong, acute, mucronate-serrate, or incised, often small, but sometimes 3i' long; involucral leaves small, those of the involucels bract-like; staminate flowers few, on pedicels l" long or less; calyx i" long, parted into linear-lanceolate acute lobes which exceed the minute white petals; fruit short-stipitate, subglobose, i"-2i" l
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