“WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 
face is smooth, shiny and rich green, but the underside 
is more or less hairy and reddish in colour. It is shaped 
almost like a large, rounded horseshoe, and is cleft at 
the base with the tip of the divisions slightly flaring and 
pointed. The texture is firm and tough. The flower 
and leaves or “pads” are borne on long, slender, round, 
rubbery stems. These are red in colour and have four 
main air canals. They rise to the surface of the water 
from long, thick, horizontal, and occasionally branch- 
ing perennial rootstocks, which are said to have some 
medicinal properties. ‘The Water Lily is found in clear 
waters of lakes and streams from June to September, 
and it ranges from the Gulf States northward to Mani- 
toba and Newfoundland. 
EARLY MEADOW RUE 
Tbhalictrum dioicum. Crowfoot Family. 
This is a smaller species of the Meadow Rue, and it 
grows from one to two feet high in open woods and 
along rocky hillsides, during April and May, from Lab- 
rador to Alabama, and westward to Missouri. It is 
slender and branching, and the thin, slightly drooping 
leaflets are generally formed in groups of three. They : 
are broader and more rounding than those of the Tall 
species, and their margins are partly scalloped. The 
staminate and pistillate flowers are borne on sepa- 
rate plants and contrast noticeably with each other. 
The pretty, tasselled blossoms of the former have many 
long, brown-tipped, pale green stamens. The pale 
green pistillate flowers are less conspicuous, with their 
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