338 MISCELLANEOUS 



EARLY MEADOW RUE: 



Thalictrum dioicum. 



Crowfoot Family. Apr. May. 



Plant 1-2 feet high, found in thin woods. 

 Maine, westward and southward. 

 FLOWERS Small, tassel-like, in airy clusters, 



green, or purplish in effect. 



LEAVES Compound, leaflets small, lustreless, 

 3-7-lobed. 



BLUE COHOSH: Pappoose Root. 



Caulophyllum thalictroldes. 



Barberry Family. Apr. May. 



Plant 1-3 feet high, found in rich woods. 

 New Brunswick to Manitoba and southward. 

 FLOWERS Greenish yellow, more or less tinged 

 with the bluish color of the plant; 

 flowers about 1/2 inch across, 6 divi- 

 sions, borne in small clusters, which 

 appear before the leaves are fully ex- 

 panded. Seeds blue. 



LEAVES Compound, leaflets lobed. Whole plant 

 covered with a whitish bloom when 

 young. 



