1790 



lorthern varieties were found adapted, or profitable. 

 ■ of tliese varieties tiiat have originated in the 

 are given in the following lists. 



T. V. MUNSON. 



SOME FKHITS THAT ORIGINATED IN TEXAS. 



THALICTRUM 



herbs with large, long-petioled, often cunna-like leaves 

 and long scapes bearing large panicles of spikes of usu- 

 ally purple flowers. Fls. commonly 2 together in a 2- 

 valved spathe; calyx minute; corolla tubular, with 6 

 divisions, of which the 3 interior are unequal; style 

 thick, spiral; stigma 2-lipped, the lower lip long and 

 pendulous: capsule inflated, 1-loculed, 1-seeded. 

 A. Plant covered with a ivhite powder. 



dealbata, Fras. Stemless: petioles 1-2 ft. long: Ivs. 



caniia l]k. . (hit.-. uv:u.-. (l-'J in. long: scape terete, 



:!-.') HliiL'li: |iaiii.l.^ ,.r.,t: spikes erect. June-Sept. 



I' U :ni,| n.;,i-l,. ,. S. I . :ind west. B.M. 1690, B.B. 



1:4.".:.. - A liw ;umI stai. ly :i()uatic when well grown. It 

 should be phtced in shallow water or in wet soil. 

 AA. Phint not poicdery. 



divaricita, Chapra. Stemless: petioles longer than 

 in T. dealbata: Ivs. banana-likt-. l-;{ ft. lonir. oldonj^- 

 ovate: scape 5-10 ft high: j.aiii.lis J-l ti. « i.l.- : v|.ili.s 

 zigzag, pendulous. Sept., (i.-i. I'. .ml-. .\)i,il;ii-liir.,l:,. 

 Fla. — According to Reasomr l;r..v., tins iii,,miili.'. Tit 

 native ornamental-leaved marsh |.|:ini tlnixcs in iiariicn 

 soil with cannas and like plants. Does well under culti- 

 vation in southern California. p_ ^ Barclay 



THALtCTEUM (ultimately probably derived from 

 Greek thuUo, to grow, but application doubtful). Ha- 

 HiiHculAceie. Meadow Rue. Erect perennial herbs: 

 Ivs. ternately compound and decompound ; stem-lvs. 

 alternate : fls. dioecious, polygamous, or perfect in 

 some .species, rather small, generally greenish white 

 or sometinn-s ].uf(.ii- ui- ytllow, borne in a panicle or 

 loose raci-inc; -. |.aU I ..i- .'>, deciduous; petals want- 

 ing; staniiii- inaiiN. vliMwy: carpels usually few, 1- 

 si-imIimI. Till- -mill, jiii hiiU-s several forms which are 

 will uiiiil ;-: : - niiMil I Mirder and rock garden. The 

 II. I. II i III ...M.il.l.' for the wild garden. Many 



:iii I I , i 1,1 iiiil\ tlic more southern forms of 



r-ndP 



The latest monograph of the entire genus was pub- 

 lished in 1885, by Lecoyer, in Bull. Soc. Rov. de Bot. 

 dc Beige, where he describes (i!) species. In 1880 Wm. 



THALIA (J. Thalius, a German naturalist, and author 

 of Sylva Hercynia. a catalogue of the plants of the 

 Harz mountains; died l.i88|. ScitaminAeeii'. About 7 

 species of tender American perennial, stemless, marsh 



. Flor 



, I8i) 



Sinc'e that lime at li :i i I' n. i-.u-s have been de 



scrilicil-chierty fi \h il of which are by 



J. N. Rose, in Cout. i - 11. ,1,. 5:185, Oct. 31, 



1809. All North Auu 11, ui. I.ni.i. .M-ie treated by the 

 present writer in Minn. Bot. Studies, Aug.. 1900. Be- 

 sides several native species, about 5 have been intro- 

 duced to our gardens from other countries. 



avayi, 10. polycarpum, lit. veuulosum, 9. 



A. Fls. perfect. 



B. Filaments widened near the 

 anthers : anthers ovate, ob- 

 tuse. 

 ('. Akenes sessile, in a head, 



ovate-obhvn 1. petaloideum 



oc. Akenes stalked, widely 

 spreadiiifi, straight aloiuj 



dorsal margin 2. spaTsiflorum 



BB. Filaments filiform: atithers 



(\ Fruits snlcdte: stir/ma di- 

 lated OH one side of the 

 short style 3. minus 



