KANDNCCLACE^. 



^5 RANeNeCLES. 



2. CIMICI'FUGA. 



Calyx 4— 5-sepaled ; corolla 4— 6-petaIed, sometimes want- 

 ing; follicles 1 — S, oblong, many-seeded. 



Lat. cimex, a hug,fugo, to drive away, imJieating a certain supposed prop- 

 erty of one of tiie species. Plants herbaceous. 



C. RACEMO'S.'V.. Ells. Actaea racemosa. P. 



Leaves ternately decompound; lenflcts ovate-ob'long, eut-dentate ; ramncs 

 very long ; capsules follicular, dry, dehiscent, ovate ; s/ylel. A tali, leafy pknt, 

 with the aspect of an Actaea, found in upland woods. Stern 4—8 feK high 

 with lono- panicled racemes of white sepaled, and monogynous flowers. Pe- 

 tals small, 4—6. Stamens about 100 to each flower, giving the raceme the 

 appearance of a long and slender plume. Flowers very fetid. The Indians 

 use the root to cure the bite of the Rattle-snake. Jn. Jl. Per. Black Snake-root, 



3. THALI'CTRUM. 



Calyx 4— 5-sepaled, colored; corolla 0; seeds without 

 awns. 



Said to be from BuXXa), to begreen. Sepals roundish, concave, deciduous. 

 Fil. numerous, compressed, dilated upwards, longer than calyx. Ovaries su- 

 perior, numerous. Sty. 0. Stig. many. Achenia ovate. 



1. T. DIOI'CUM. 



Very smooth; leaves decompound; leaflets roundish, with obtuse lobes; 

 fiUments filiform ; fluwers dioecious. Herb 1 or 2 feeihigh, growing jn mead^ 

 ows and woods. Stem striate, jointed. Leaflets paler beneath, w^th o to / 

 rounded lobes or teeth. Flow^s in -long-stacked panicles, bepals o <ibVsse, 

 purplish. The barren flowers with numerous slender filamecls and yellow 

 anthers; the fertile ones smaller, with shorter stamens. Fruit oval striate. 

 j^j^y_ pgj_ Early Meadoio Rue. 



2. T. CoRNu'ti. L. T. Corynellum. Dc. 

 Flowers polygamous ; filaments clavate ; /ra J^'sessile , striate ; leaflets obtusely 



3-lobed, paler underneath. A handsome, herbaceous plant, common in mead- 

 ows. Stem3-4 feethigh. smooth, hollow, jointed, furrowed. Leaves resem- 

 blincr those of the Columbine (Aquilegia), green above, smooth several times 

 compounded. Petioles sheathing at base. Panicles large and difi-use. The 

 barren flowers have numerous club-shaped stamens with oblong yellow 

 anthers. Fertile flowers smaller and less crowded. Jn, Jl. Per. Meadoio Rue. 



3. T. ANEMONOI'DES. Mx. Anemone thalictroides. L. 

 Flowers Vimhe\eA; floral leaves petiolat^, simple, whorled, resembling an 



involucrum ; radical leaves biternate. Woods and pastures. The root ot this 

 little herbaceous plant consists of several oblong tubercles. Stem erect, ()— S 

 inches hio-h, slender, beaj^wg several flowers at the top in a sort ot umbel. 

 Leaves broad-cordate, 3-lobed at the end, on Ions petioles, surrounding the 

 umbel in a kind of involucre. Radical leaves 2— 3-ternate. Flowers white. 

 April, May. Per. ■R"^ -Anemone. 



4. RANU NCULUS. 



Calyx 5-sepaled; petals 5, with a nectariferous pore at the 

 base of each, inside; achenia numerous, crowded. 



Said to be derived from rana, a frog, on account of the aquatic habits of 



