TEPHROSIA, 



ViRCiNiANA Goat's Rue 



Of the 125 species, only this one extends 

 north into our county. The odd pinnate leaves 

 are remarkable for their peculiar veins, not 

 netted or branching-, but extending parallel to 

 each other obliquely from the midrib. The red, 

 purple and white flowers are conspicuously 

 papilionaceous, with petals borne on claws. 

 The plant is locally known from its long root- 

 lets as the devil's shoestrings. 



THALICTRUM, 



coRNUTi Meadozv Rue 



DioicuM Early Rue 



ANEMONOiDES Rite Anemone 



PURPURASCEUS Piirplc Rue 



Graceful, airy plants with plume clusters of 

 misty white flowers. The several species ail 

 seem to be favorites with bees and butterflies 

 tliough the flowers are polygamous. 



TRIFOLIUM, 



arvense; Rabbit' s-foot Clover 



PRATENSE Red Clover 



REFLEXUM Buffalo Clover 



RIPENS White Clover 



Pratense is the common red clover and de- 

 pendent upon bumble bees for fertilization ; 

 arvense, with fuzzy heads is an emigrant from 

 Europe ; repens is rich in nectar and fertilized 

 by the honey bee. Tradition makes it identical 

 with the Shamrock of Ireland. 



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