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Thalictrum alpinum. Alpine Meadow- 

 Rue. 



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Generic Character. 

 CaL 0. Petala 4. s. 5. Sem. ecaudata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Thalictrum alpinum ; caule simplicissimo subnudo, racemo 

 simplici terminali. Spec. PL 767. mild. 2. p. 1295. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 346. Sm. Fl. Brit. 2. p. 584. 

 Engl. Bot. 262. Lightf. Fl. Scot. 286. t. 13. / 1. 



Thalictrum alpinum; caule simplicissimo subnudo digitali, 

 racemo simplici terminali, floribus nutantibus, foliorum 

 segmentis glabris. De Cand. Regn. Veget. 1. p. 175. 

 Flor. Franc. 4. p. 874. 



Thalictrum minimum praecox foliis splendentibus. Moris. 

 Hist. 3. p. 325. sect. 9. t. 20. / 14. Jig. pessima. 



Thalictrum minimum montanum atrorubens foliis splenden- 

 tibus. Raj. Sj/n. 204. Boerh. Ind. alt. 1. p. 44. t. 1. 



An elegant little alpine plant ; native of the mountains of 

 Kamschatka, Newfoundland, Lapland, Greenland, Iceland, 

 and the Pyrenees; and also of Scotland and Wales. The 

 only tolerably good representation of this scarce plant hitherto 

 published is that in English Botany; and even this has been 

 apparently drawn from an imperfect specimen, as it does not 

 express correctly its habit; the flowers being naturally cernu- 

 ous, and the filaments too slender to support the anthers in an 

 erect position. ._ . , 



The number of stamens and of pistils differs IB the same 

 individual; the former from eight to twelve, the latter from 



two to six. . . . 



A hardy 



