RANUNCULACES. IV. THALICTRUM. 
lateral leaflets for the most part ovate-acute, and very entire, 
terminal ones, as well as the superior lateral ones, trifid or bifid. 
Petiole with an orbicular membranous toothed wing at the base 
on each side. Flowers yellow. 
Squarrose Meadow-Rue. FI. June, Jul. Clt. 1806. Pl. 1 ft. 
25 Tu. Srpiricum (Geert. fr. 1. p. 355. t. 74.) stem round- 
ish ; flowers panicled, drooping ; leaflets smooth, ovate-cuneated, 
trifid with acute, entire, or acutely cut lobes. 2%. H. Native 
of Armenia and Siberia. Flowers light yellow. Plant glaucous. 
Siberian Meadow-Rue. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1775. Pl. 1 to3 ft. 
26 Tx. minus (Lin. spec. 769.) stem round, mealy; flowers 
loosely panicled, drooping ; leaflets smooth, roundish, toothed at 
apex, glaucous; pericarps acute, furrowed. 2/. H. Native al- 
most throughout Europe, as well as Siberia, in mountainous 
pastures. In Britain, in chalky pastures, especially such as are 
rather mountainous, or in shell sand on the sea coast. Smith, 
eng. bot. t.11. Fl. dan. t. 732. Jacq. aust. t. 419. Stem zigzag. 
Leaves doubly pinnate, then ternate; leaflets broadly cordate 
or wedge-shaped. Stipulas rounded. Sepals pale-purple with 
white edges. Anthers yellow. 
Lesser Meadow-Rue. Fl. June, Jul. Britain. Pl. 4 to 1 ft. 
27 Tu. corzinum (Wallr. sched. crit. 259.) stem leafy at the 
base, intercepted with approximate internodes; leaves green on 
both surfaces, smooth, radical ones sessile, crowded ; leaflets ovate 
or cordate, roundish, bluntly trifid; flowers panicled, drooping ; 
pericarps ovate, equally ribbed, crowned by the straight style. 
Y.H. Native of Saxony in fields about Halle. Th. minus, 
Spreng. fl. hal. 156, exclusive of the synonymes. Sepals pur- 
plish. Anthers yellow. 
Hill Meadow-Rue. FI. June, Jul. Clt. 1800. Pl. 1 tol + ft. 
28 Tu. saxa’ritx (Schl. pl. helv. D.C. syst. 1. p. 178.) stem 
round ; flowers panicled, erect ; leaflets smooth, roundish, toothed 
atapex, glaucous underneath; pericarps acute at both ends. Y. H. 
ative of middle Europe in woody hills and mountain valleys, 
especially in Alsace, Switzerland, and the Pyrenees. Th. minus, 
Poll. pal. No. 522. Very like Th. minus but distinguished from 
it by the stem being green but purple at the base, and destitute 
of mealiness, as well as in the flowers being erect. Anthers yellow, 
Rock Meadow-Rue. FI. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. Pl. 1 to2 ft. 
29 Tu. Cara'sricum (Spreng. pug. 1. p. 37. No. 67.) stem 
roundish, destitute of mealiness ; panicle of flowers somewhat 
racemose, contracted, leafless ; leaflets roundish, bluntly 3-lobed, 
rather glaucous underneath ; pericarps deeply furrowed, tapering 
r the base. Y.H. Native of Calabria on Mount Leone and 
ot Sicily.—Moris. Hist. 1. sect, 9. to 20. f. 16,? Flowers 
yellow, 
se gbrian Meadow-Rue. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1800. Pl. 2 to 5 ft. 
destit e ELA`TUM (Murr. syst. ed. 14. p. 513.) stem roundish, 
ovate. e of mealiness ; flowers panicled, erect; leaflets smooth, 
tuse n pmewhat cordate, and somewhat trifid; pericarps ob- 
3. t 95 © pase, Y. H. Nativeof Hungary. Jacq. hort. vind. 
from ah, i ntermediate between T h. saxátile and majus, differing 
and fron rst in the pericarps being obtuse at the base not acute, 
ow m the second in the flowers being erect not drooping. 
ers with white sepals and yellow anthers. 
land a b, ambiguum (Schl. pl. helv.) %Y. H. Native of Switzer- 
Tall Me edges of fields in the valley called Binn. 
eadow-Rue. Fl. August, Sept. Clt. 1794. Pl. 5 ft. 
mealiness y Jus (Murr. syst. 513.) stem round, destitute of 
trifid, ela. owers loosely panicled, drooping ; leaflets smooth, 
carps ki anne underneath, with ovate mucronate lobes ; peri- 
lan iquely rounded at the base. 4y. H. Native of Switzer- 
at Ba ety and Cevennes, on dry bushy hills. In England 
J ydales, near Darlington ; also on the margin of Ulswater. 
acq. aust. t, 420, Smith, e purpli 
on the u . ith, eng. bot. t. 611. Stem purplish, angular 
pper part. Sepals purplish-green. Anthers yellow. 
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Leaves triply pinnate then ternate. Stipulas crescent-shaped, 
notched. 
Greater Meadow-Rue. Fl. June, Jul. England. Pl. 3 ft. 
32 Tu. nu‘tans (Desf. tabl. mus. ed. 1. p. 123.) stem round, 
destitute of mealiness, flowers loosely panicled, drooping ; leaflets 
3 to 5-toothed at apex, acutely cut, glaucous beneath ; pericarps 
oblique and obtuse at the base. 2. H. Native of the Alps of Sa- 
voy. Th. acuminatum, Spreng. pug. 2. Very like Th. majus. 
Flowers yellow. 
Nodding Meadow-Rue. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
33 Tu. me‘pium (Murr. syst. 513.) stem round, destitute 
of mealiness ; flowers loosely panicled, erectish ; leaflets smooth, 
oblong, wedge-shaped, acutely trifid, upper ones undivided, lan- 
ceolate. 29. H. Native of Hungary and Tauria, on hills. Jacq. 
hort. vind. 3. t. 96. Th. diffiisum, Schrad. Flowers yel- 
lowish. 
Middle Meadow-Rue. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1789. Pl. 2 ft. 
34 Tu. tricynum (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 14.) stem 
furrowed, erect; flowers very loosely panicled, erect, with 3 
styles ; leaflets smooth, oval, wedge-shaped, acutely trifid, glau- 
cous beneath. Y. H. Native of Dahuria. Pericarps 1 to 3 
oblong, striated. Flowers yellow. 
Three-styled Meadow-Rue. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. Pl. 2 ft. 
35 Tu. concinnum (Willd. enum. 584.) stem round, straight ; 
flowers drooping, disposed in a very ample spreading panicle ; 
leaflets smooth, wedge-shaped, trifid, acute, with the middle lobe 
usually 3-toothed. ¥{.H. Native of? Stem erect, purplish. 
Radical leaves quadriternate, cauline ones 3-parted, with the 
partitions bipinnate. Flowers white with yellow anthers. 
Neat Meadow-Rue. FI. June, July. Clt? Pl. 3 feet. 
86 Tu. Guauce'scens (D.C. syst. 1. p. 180.) stem round, 
straight ; flowers drooping, loosely panicled; stipulas small, at 
the base of the ramifications of the petioles; leaflets smooth, 
3-lobed at the apex. XY. H., Native of Russia? Resembles 
Th. aquilegifdlium. Herb glaucous, Stem fistulous. 
oval, purplish. Anthers yellow. 
` Glaucescent Meadow-Rue. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cilt. 1818. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
37 Tu. cGatioipes (Nestl. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 101.) stem 
round, a little furrowed, upright ; root creeping; panicle strict ; 
flowers nodding ; leaflets linear, narrow, very entire, shining, 
with revolute margins, ultimate one almost sessile. 21. H. Native 
of Alsace in sandy meadows. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 11. Th. 
Pa- 
Sepale 
angustifdlium. Var. B, galiotdes, D. C. fl. fr. no. 4601. 
nicle of flowers resembling that of Galium vérum. Flowers 
yellow. 
Lady’s Bedstran-like Meadow-Rue. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1816. 
Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
38 Tu. ANGUSTIFÒLIUM (Jacq. hort. vind. 3. t. 43.) stem 
upright, round, a little furrowed ; root fibrous; panicle multiple, 
erect ; flowers erectish; leaflets linear-lanceolate, quite entire, 
shining, ultimate one rather cut, remote. Y. H. Native of Ger- 
many and France in meadows and woods. Th. angustissimum, 
Crantz. austr. 2. p. 79. Stem fistulous. Flowers yellow. 
Narrow-leaved Meadow-Rue. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1793. PI. 
3 or 4 feet. 
39 Tu. tu'crpum (Lin. spec. 770.) stem branched, round, 
somewhat furrowed; panicle multiple, erect ; flowers erectish ; 
leaflets linear-lanceolate, entire, shining, ultimate one lobed. 
4%. H. Native of France, about Paris, and Spain, in meadows. 
Th. médium, Poir. dict. 5. p. $16. Th. specidsum, Mill. dict. 
no. 2. Th. longifdlium, Krok. fl. siles. 2. 1. p. 242—Pluk. 
alm. 363. t. 65. f. 5. An intermediate plant between Th. angus- 
tif dlium and medium. Flowers yellow. 
Shining-leaved Meadow-Rue, FI. June, Jul. Clt. 1739. Pl. 
2 to 3 feet. l 
40 Tu. nìoricans (Jacq. fl. aust. 5. t. 421.) stem upright, 
