( 1818 ) 



Thalictrum aquilegifolium. Columbine- 

 leaved Meadow-Rue. 



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C/<m tfwrf Order, 



PoLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cal. 0. Petala 4,, seu 5. Stem, ecaudata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Thalictrum aquilegifolium ; fructibus triangularibus pendu- 



lis, stipulis amplexicaulibuSj staminibus petalis reflexis 



caducis lougioribus. 

 Thalictrum aquilegifolium ; fructibus pendulis triangulari- 



bus rectis, caule tereti. Sp. PL 770. Reich. 2. p. 649. 



Willd. 2. p. 1301. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 349. 



Jacq. Austr. 4. p. 10. t. 318. Mart. Mill. Diet. n. 18. 



Scop. Carniol. n. 672. Krock. Siles. v. 2. p. 244. 

 Thalictrum foliis triplicate -pinnatis, patulis, obtuse trilobis, 



stipulis ovatis, paniculis umbellatis. Hall. Hist. n. 1141. 



Allioni Pedem. n. 1077. Villars Dauph. 2. p. 713. 

 Thalictrum majus florum staminibus purpurascentibus. 



Bauh. Pin. 337. Morris Hist. 2. p. 325. § 9. t. 20. 

 / 16. Tourn. Inst. 270. 

 Thalictrum 4, vel. montanum 3. Clus. Pan. 3S0. 

 Thalictrum majus folliculis angulosis caule laevi. Bauh. 



Hist. 3. p. 487. Raj. Hist. 403. 

 Ruta pratensis. Gesn. Ic. Mn. tab. 9. / 79.. optima. 



Thalictrum aquilegifolium is a hardy perennial. Varies 

 with purple and with white stamens; the former variety is 

 much the handsomest. The number of stamens, pistils, and 

 petals, is likewise subject to vary. Our plant had for the 



most 



