Thalictrum.] RANUNCULACEyE. & 



the vicinity of Dublin, naturalized. Fl. May, June, h • — Petioles 

 acting as tendrils. Flowers greenish white. Fruit very beautiful, 

 with its long white feathery awns. 



2. Thalictrum. Linn. Meadow-Rue. 



Sepals 4 — 5. Petals none. Cariopsides dry, not awned, some- 

 times stipulate, sometimes with a longitudinal furrow. — 

 Name from OaWw, to be green or flourishing. 



Polyandria. Polygynia. 



1. T. alpinum, Linn. Jllpinc Meadow-Rue. Stem simple, 

 nearly leafless : raceme simple, terminal ; flowers drooping. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 262. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 40. E. Bot. t. 262. 



Moist limestone rocks on Ben Bulben, County of Sligo, where it had 

 been previously found by Mr. Edward Murphy. Fl. July. %. — 

 Root-leaves upon long stalks, biternate ; leaflets roundish, crenate 

 or lobed, dark green. Stamens 10 — 12. Germens 2 — 4. Flowers 

 few. 



2. T. minus, Linn. Lesser Meadow-Flue. Leaves 3 — 4 pin- 

 nate ; leaflets roundish, glabrous, trifid, and toothed, glaucous 

 beneath ; panicle diffuse, its branches alternate ; flowers mostly 

 drooping. Br. Fl. ] . p. 262. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 41. E. Bot. t. .11. 



On the sand hills near Baldoyle and Portmarnock in great abun- 

 dance ; on Ireland's Eye, and on dry cliffs at the Gap of Dunloe, near 

 Killarney. Near Headford, County of Galway ; Mr. Shuttleworth. 

 Fl. June, July. %. — Stem zigzag, from six inches to two feet high, 

 mostly glaucous. Leaflets small. Fruit narrow, ovate, sulcate. 



3. T. majus, Jacq. Greater Meadoiv-Rue. Leaves 3 — 4 pin- 

 nate ; leaflets roundish glabrous, trifid, and toothed, glaucous 

 beneath ; panicle diffuse, its branches whorled, ultimate pedicels 

 often umbellate; flowers mostly drooping. Br. Fl. 1. p. 2(53. 

 E. FL v. iii. p. 42. E. Bot. t. 611. 



Stony places, among loose rocks at the base of the mountain, at the 

 ascent from Kilkeel to Slieve-Donard, in company with Mr. Templeton 

 and Dr. Stokes, in 1808. Near Headford, County of Galway, in 

 1832 ; Mr. Shuttleworth. FL June. %.. — From a foot and a half 

 to three feet high, of a much more robust habit than the last. Leaves 

 broader and dark green above. 



4. T. jlavum, Linn. Common Meadow-Rue. Stem erect, 

 branched, furrowed ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets broadly obovate, 

 or wedge shaped, trifid; panicle compact, subcorymbose; 

 flowers erect. Br. Fl. 1. p. 263. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 42. E. Bot. 

 t. 367. 



Banks of rivers and ditches. Marsh in Sir Robert Staples' woods, 

 Queen's County, and Glencree, County of Wicklow. Frequent in mea- 

 dows near the Blackwater, County of Armagh ; Mr. Campbell, Cu- 

 rator of the Belfast Botanic Garden. County of Derry ; Mr. D. 

 Moore. Fl. June, July. % . — Flowers very numerous, yellow. Lobes 

 of the leaves varying in breadth. 



