WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



face is smooth, shiny and rich green, but the underside 

 is more or less hairy and reddish in colour. It is shaped 

 almost like a large, rounded horseshoe, and is cleft at 

 the base with the tip of the divisions slightly flaring and 

 pointed. The texture is firm and tough. The flower 

 and leaves or "pads" are borne on long, slender, round, 

 rubbery stems. These are red in colour and have four 

 main air canals. They rise to the surface of the water 

 from long, thick, horizontal, and occasionally branch- 

 ing perennial rootstocks, which are said to have some 

 medicinal properties. The Water Lily is found in clear 

 waters of lakes and streams from June to September, 

 and it ranges from the Gulf States northward to Mani- 

 toba and Newfoundland. 



EARLY MEADOW RUE 



Thalictrum dioicum. Crowfoot Family. 



This is a smaller species of the Meadow Rue, and it 

 grows from one to two feet high in open woods and 

 along rocky hillsides, during April and May, from Lab- 

 rador to Alabama, and westward to Missouri. It is 

 slender and branching, and the thin, slightly drooping 

 leaflets are generally formed in groups of three. They 

 are broader and more rounding than those of the Tall 

 species, and their margins are partly scalloped. The 

 staminate and pistillate flowers are borne on sepa- 

 rate plants and contrast noticeably with each other. 

 The pretty, tasselled blossoms of the former have many 

 long, brown-tipped, pale green stamens. The pale 

 green pistillate flowers are less conspicuous, with their 



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