GREEN OR GREENISH FLOWERS 103 



Great Water-dock {Rumex Britannica). Buckwheat 

 family. 

 Ht. several ft.; flowers small in panicle; sepals 6, 

 no petals; leaves very large, 1-2 jt. long. Wet 

 ground. Summer. 



Virginia Snakeroot {Aristolochia Serpentaria). Birth- 

 wort family. 

 Av. ht. I ft.; stem woolly; flowers small, greenish, 

 few, near base of plant, on long stalks, with curved 

 calyx; leaves heart-shaped, long pointed. Early 

 summer. Conn., West and South. 



6. Upright herb, leaves compound. 



Blue Cohosh {Canlophyllum thalictroides) . Barberry fam. 

 Max. ht. 2^ ft.; flowers at end of stem in small 

 raceme or open cluster; sepals 6; petals 6; leaves 

 thrice compound; leaflets inversely egg-shaped, 

 lobed. Rich woods. Early spring. 



Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrumdioicum) . Crowfoot fam. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers clustered; sepals 4-5, 

 petal-like; petals none; leaves twice or thrice 

 compound; leaflets unth stalks, drooping, rounded, 

 lobed. Rocky woods. Early spring. 



Tall Wormwood {Artemisia caudata). Composite fam. 

 Av. ht. 3-4 ft. ; flower-heads disk-shaped, small, 

 in open cluster (panicle) ; leaves dissected into 

 linear divisions. Sandy ground on coast. Summer. 



II. CLIMBING OR RECUMBENT PLANTS. 

 7. Climbing or recumbent, leaves compound. 



Poisox Ivy. Poison Oak (Rhns Toxicodendron). Ca- 

 shew family. 

 Climbing or erect ; flowers in loose axillary clusters ; 

 leaflets 3, rhombic to egg-shaped, mostly pointed, 

 unequally notched, wavy or cut. Spring. 



