MISCELLANEOUS 



cohosh. The generic name is from two Greek words signifying 

 stem and leaf, ( ' the stems seeming to form a stalk for the great 

 leaf." (Gray.) 



EARLY MEADOW RUE. 



Thalictrum dioicum. Crowfoot Family. 



One to two feet high. Leaves, Divided into many smooth, lobed, pale, 

 drooping leaflets. Flowers. Purplish and greenish, unisexual. Calyx. 

 Of four or five petal-like sepals. Corolla. None. Stamens. Indefinite 

 in number, with linear yellowish anthers drooping on hair-like filaments 

 (stamens and pistils occurring on different plants). Pistils. Four to four- 

 teen. 



The graceful drooping foliage of this plant is perhaps more 

 noticeable than the small flowers which appear in the rocky 

 woods in April or May. 



LILY-LEAVED LIPARIS, 



Liparis lilii folia. Orchis Family (p. 17). 



Scape. Low, from a solid bulb. Leaves. Two, ovate, smooth. Flow- 

 ers. Purplish or greenish, with thread-like reflexed petals and a large brown- 

 purplish lip an inch and a half long ; growing in a raceme. 



In the moist, rich woods of June we may look for these flow- 

 ers. The generic name is derived from two Greek words which 

 signify fat or shining, in reference to " the smooth or unctuous 

 leaves." (Gray.) 



BEECHDROPS. CANCER-ROOT. 



F.piphegus Virginian a. Broom -rape Family. 



Stems. Slender, fleshy, branching, with small scales ; purplish, yellow- 

 ish or brownish. Leaves. None. Flowers. Purplish, yellowish or brown- 

 ish, spiked or racemecl, small, of two kinds, the upper sterile, the lower fer- 

 tile. 



These curious-looking plants abound in the shade of beech- 

 trees, drawing nourishment from their roots. The upper open 

 flowers are sterile ; the lower ones, which never expand, accom- 

 plish the continuance of their kind. 



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