184 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



feathery awns. Old Man's Beard. Hedges and thickets. 

 Fl. July. 



(2) Thalictrum. MEADOW RUE. 

 * Panicle scarcely more than a simple raceme. 



T. alpinum : stem dwarf, simple, almost leafless ; leaves 

 twice ternate, bearing small, roundish, crenate or lobed leaf- 

 lets; flowers few, drooping ; sepals four, small ; stamens 10-20. 

 Moist alpine pastures. PL June and July. 



** Panicle compound, diffuse. 



T. minus : stem 1-3 feet high, zigzag branched ; leaves 

 three or four times divided, with numerous, small, roundish, 

 or broadly wedge-shaped, trifid and toothed leaflets; flowers 

 drooping, pale greenish yellow, the sepals tinged with pink. 

 Stony and bushy pastures in limestone districts. Fl. June, 

 July. 



A variable plant, the varieties distinguished by size, colour, 

 and pubescence, by luxuriance of foliage, or by the lower 

 leaves being fully developed or reduced to mere sheaths ; there 

 are three or four British forms. 



*** Panicle compound, compact. 



T. flavum: stem stout, furrowed, 2-3 feet high; leaves 

 two or three times divided, bearing large obovate leaflets, 

 wedge-shaped at the base ; flowers erect, decidedly yellow, the 

 panicles somewhat corymbose. Moist meadows. Fl. June, 

 July. 



(3) Adonis. PHEASANT'S EYE. 



A. autumnalis : annual, erect, one foot high, glabrous or 

 slightly downy ; leaves triply pinnatifid, with narrow linear 



