WHITE 



STARRY CAMPION. 



Silene stellata. Pink Family. 



Stem. — Swollen at the joints ; about three feet high. Leaves. — Whorled 

 in fours; oval; taper-pointed. Flowers. — White; in a large pyramidal 

 cluster. Calyx. — Inflated; five-toothed. Corolla. — Of five deeply fringed 

 petals. Stamens. — Ten. Pistil. — One, with three styles. 



In late July many of our wooded banks are decorated with 

 the tall stems, whorled leaves, and prettily fringed flowers of the 

 starry campion. 



BLADDER CAMPION. 



Silene Citcubahcs. Pink Family. 



About one foot high. Leaves. — Opposite ; narrowly oval. Flowers. — 

 White ; clustered. Calyx. — Globular ; much inflated ; conspicuously 

 veined. Corolla. — Of five two-cleft petals. Stamens. — Ten. Pistil. — One, 

 with three styles. 



This is an emigrant from Europe, which was first natu- 

 ralized near Boston, and has now become wild in different parts 

 of the country, quite overrunning some of the farm-lands which 

 border the Hudson River, and whitening the roadsides of Berk- 

 shire. 



TALL MEADOW RUE. 



Thalictrum polygamum. Crowfoot Family. 



Four to eight feet high. L.eaves. — Divided into many firm, rounded leaf- 

 lets. Flowers. — White ; in large clusters ; some perfect, others unisexual. 

 Calyx. — Of four or five small petal-like sepals which usually fall off very 

 early. Corolla. — None. Stamens. — Numerous. Pistils. — Four to fifteen. 



When a stream trails its shiggish length through the fields of 

 midsummer, its way is oftentimes marked by the tall meadow rue, 

 the feathery, graceful flower-clusters of which erect themselves 

 serenely above the myriad blossoms which are making radiant 

 the wet meadows at this season. For, here, too, we may search 

 for the purple flag and fringed orchis, the yellow meadow lily, 

 the pink swamp milkweed, each charming in its way, but none 



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