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EANUNCULACEJE. 



adorning waies and hedges where people travel."- 

 Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



2. THALICTBUM (Meadow Rue). 



1. T. alpmum 

 (Alpine Meadow 

 Rue) . Stem un- 

 Inr&nched ', flowers in 

 a simple terminal 

 cluster, drooping 

 when fully expand- 

 ed. A graceful 

 little plant, from 4 

 to 6 inches high, 

 common on the 

 mountains of Scot- 

 land and Wales. 

 Fl. June, July. Per- 

 ennial. 



2. T. minus (Lesser 

 Meadow Rue). 

 Stem zigzag, branch- 

 ed ; leaves thrice 

 pinnate ; leaflets 

 three-cleft, glaucous; 

 flowers on slender 

 stalks, drooping. 

 ^ n limestone and 

 chalky pastures, or 



on banks of shell-sand, among bushes; 1 2 feet high. 



Often detected, like the following, by its conspicuous 



yellow stamens. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



3. T. flavum (Yellow Meadow Rue). Stem erect, 



branched ; leaves twice pinnate ; flowers crowded, erect. 



Not uncommon about the banks of ditches and rivers; 



4 4 feet high. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



THALICTRUM 



(Alpine Meadow Rue). 



