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Leaflets somewhat sticky and waxy beneath. .Meadow Rue no. 309 

 Leaflets not so 



Flowers greenish ; woods plant, 1-2 ft. high 



Early Meadow Rue no. 3 1 c 



Flowers greenish-purple; meadow plant, 3-10 ft. high 



Fall Meadow Rue no. 311 



|og. Meadow Rue. Thalictpum revolutum. A tall stout herb, 

 \-8 ft. high, the stem branched and often purplish. Leaflets 

 ,rk green on the upper surface, waxy and resinous and 

 )aler on the lower, mostly with three shallow blunt teeth to- 

 wards the tip, or even shallowly 3-lobed. Flowers greenish- 

 fellow, numerous in a much branched cluster. Mostly in 

 leadows and along stream banks. Ontario and Mass. to So. 

 Carolina, and westward. June. 



310. Early Meadow^ Rue. Thalictrimi dioicum. A woods 

 plant, scarcely over 2 ft. tall, with delicate leaves, the ultimate 

 leaflets thin, roundish, with 5-7 blunt teeth towards the tip, 

 often slightly heart-shaped at the base. Flowers greenish, in 

 a small but much branched cluster. May. Maine to Alabama, 

 and westward. Fig. 310. 



311. Fall Meadow Rue. Thalictrum polygamum. Tall 

 branching herb 3-10 ft. high, the foliage neither waxy nor 

 resinous. Leaflets fairly thick, a little paler beneath than 

 above, with three blunt teeth or lobes at the tip. Flowers 

 greenish-white, or greenish-purple, very numerous in a large 

 much branched cluster, which may be from 8-14 in. long and 

 lialf as wide. Open wet places, Newfoundland to Florida, 

 and westward to Ohio. June. Fig. 311. 



312. GLASSWORT. SALICORNIA. 



Fleshy herbs of the salt marshes, with opposite scaly 

 jointed branchlets like miniature clubs. Leaves reduced to 

 tiny overlapping scales. Between the upper scales of the 

 branchlets the tiny flowers appear. They are without petals, 

 and with inconspicuous tiny sepals. (Chenopodiaceae.) Of 

 the three species the best known is: 



Glasswort. Salicornia europaea. A leafless much-branched 

 herb 6-15 in. tall, the branchlets jointed, the joints usually 



