POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Thalictrum. 153 



Petals six, erect. Seeds with feathery tails. Leaves 

 doubly winged, cut, with fine linear lobes. E. B. 51. 

 H. L. 44. A. pratensis. Sb. l69. Pulsatilla vul- 

 garis. G. E. 385. 



High, open, chalky pastures. Sm. Wychwood Forest, near Corn- 

 bury Quarry. Burford Downs. Sb. Streadey Downs, Berks. B.v. 



Per. April. 



Fl. dull, violet blue, outwardly silky. Pet. moderately spreading*. 

 A plant of great beauty, including its silvery seed-plumes. Herh 



acrid, blistering tlie skin. 



A. nemorosa. Wood A. Flower solitar3^ Petals six, 

 elliptical. Seeds pointed, without tails. Involucre, 

 leaves three, or five-parted, stalked, lobed and cut. E. 

 B. 355. C. 2. 38. A. nemorum alba. G. E. 383. 



Groves, thickets, heatliy yroiind. 



Per. April. 



Root black outwardly. Stem solitary, sim])le, one-flowered. Ls. 



root-ones, long, stalked. Fl.-cal., o. Pet. white, often purple 



at the back. Stam. much shorter than cor., sometimes changing 



into narrow pet. 

 On its/*, nxxdi pet. occasionally a minute fungus, iEcidium fuscum. 



Sow. Fung. 53. 



An elegant decoration to our woods and thickets. Pet. ex- 

 panded in fine weather, drooping and folded against rain. Var. 

 ii., reddish. 



CLE'MATIS. Traveller's Joy. 



C. Vitalba.^ Common T. Leaves winged ; leaflets 

 heart-shaped, partly cut. Footstalks twining, perma- 

 nent. Panicles forked, not longer than the leaves. E. 

 B. 612. C. 4. 37. Viorna. G. E. 886. 



Hedges. 



Shrub. July. 



Stems branching, long, h. opposite. Panic, axillary, leafy. Cor. 



white, almond-scented : pet., leathery, downy. Seed, awn 



feathery, long. 



Foliage a rich, mantling tapestry. Its abundant silvery seed- 

 plumes, in autumn and winter, make a beautiful appearance, 



THALICTRUM. Meadow-rue. 



T.Jiaimm. Common M. Stem erect, furrowed, leafy. 

 Leaves doubly winged ; partly three-lobed. Panicle 



' VVhite vine. 



