Crowfoot jfamili^. 



Tall Meadow Rue. ThaUcmtm polygamum. 



Found in June in wet meadows, both in the shade of thickets and 

 in unsheltered fields. 



The stalk, usually 3 or 4 feet high, attains, it is said, to even 9 feet 

 sometimes; it is branching, and somewhat zigzag in growth; round, 

 slightly ribbed, and smooth ; green or purple, especially near the Joints. 



The leaf is highly compound, being composed of 3 long-stemmed 

 divisions which are parted into 3 or 5 short-stemmed groups of 3 leaflets 

 each ; these leaflets are rounding in shape, entire, — save for the 1 to 3 

 round scallops at the tips, — of a fine and thin texture, and smooth sur- 

 face ; a network of delicate veins shows underneath ; the color is a 

 beautiful, cool, dark green, lighter underneath. The arrangement is 

 alternate. 



The flower is without petals; the numerous thread-like, white 

 stamens, with their green tips, spread into feathery tufts, and are set 

 on tiny stems in loose terminal clusters, and also in lesser groups on 

 stems from the angles of the upper leaves. 



An elegant plant, beautiful at all seasons with its distinguished- 

 bearing, charming flower clusters, and quaint lavender-hued seed-heads ; 

 and especially attractive at the turn of the leaf, when its foliage takes 

 on a delicate crimson tint toned by a grayish bloom. 



