BUCKBEAN 



stocks, from which spring the long-petioled compound 

 leaves of three leaflets. The racemed flowers are 

 borne on naked scapes and are white or externally 



Buckbean. Menydnlhes trifolidta 



tinged with pink; within, the divisions of the corolla 

 are closely bearded with exquisite hairs. 



''The Menydnthes is apt to grow provokingly out 

 of one's reach from the shore. If one has high rubber 

 boots, it is delightful to wade in after it and to stand 

 w^aist-deep amidst its waving plumes. Like some 

 Lorelei, it has tempted many an adventurer into the 

 water." 



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