WHITE 



COLIC-ROOT. STAR-GRASS. 



A letris farinosa. Bloodwort Family. 



Leaves. Thin, lance-shaped, in a spreading cluster from the root. 

 Scape. Slender, two to three feet high. Flowers. White, small, growing 

 in a wand-like, spiked raceme. Perianth. Six-cleft at the summit, oblong- 

 tubular. Stamens. Six. Pistil. One, with style three-cleft at apex. 



In summer we find these flowers in the grassy woods. The 

 generic title is the Greek word for "a female slave who grinds 

 corn," and refers to the mealy appearance of the blossoms. 



TALL MEADOW RUE. 



Thalictrum poly gam ttm. Crowfoot Family. 



Four to eight feet high. Leaves. 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. 



Where a stream trails its sluggish length through the fields 

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

 rue, the feathery, graceful flower-clusters of which erect them- 

 selves 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 with the cool chaste beauty of the meadow rue. 

 The staminate flowers of this plant are especially delicate and 

 feathery. 



WHITE AVENS. 



Geum album. Rose Family. 



Stem. Slender, about two feet high. Root-leaves. Divided into from 

 three to five leaflets, or entire. Stem-leaves. Three-lobed or divided, or 

 only toothed. Flowers. White. Calyx. Deeply five-cleft, usually with 

 five small bractlets alternating with its lobes. Corolla. Of five petals. 

 Stamens. Numerous. Pistils. Numerous, with hooked styles which be- 

 come elongated in fruit. 



The whke avens is one of the less noticeable plants which 

 border the summer woods, blossoming from May till August. 

 Later the hooked seeds which grow in round burr-like heads 



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