. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Gexus 24. CROWFOOT FAMILY. 9. Thalictrum polygamum Muhl. Fall Meadow-Rue. Fig. 1940. Thaliclrum polygamum Muhl. Cat. 54. 1813. Thalictrum Cornuti T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: j8. 1838. Not L. 1753. Stout, 3°-ii° high, branching, leafy, smooth or pubescent but not glandular nor waxy. Leaves 3-4-ternate; leaflets moderately thick, light green above and paler beneath, oblong
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Gexus 24. CROWFOOT FAMILY. 9. Thalictrum polygamum Muhl. Fall Meadow-Rue. Fig. 1940. Thaliclrum polygamum Muhl. Cat. 54. 1813. Thalictrum Cornuti T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: j8. 1838. Not L. 1753. Stout, 3°-ii° high, branching, leafy, smooth or pubescent but not glandular nor waxy. Leaves 3-4-ternate; leaflets moderately thick, light green above and paler beneath, oblong, obovate or or- bicular, with 3 main apical pointed or obtuse lobes; panicle compound, leafy, a foot long or more; (lowers polygamous, white or purplish; tilaments broadened, narrowly clavate; anthers oblong, short; achenes ovoid, short-stipitate, 6-8- winged, glabrous or pubescent. Newfoundland to Florida, Ontario and Ohio. Its favorite habitat is in open sunny swamps. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Silver-weed. Rattlesnake- bite. Musket- or musquash-weed. Celandine. Several additional species of Thalictnim from within our range have been described by Professor Greene, at least some of which are referable to T. polygamum as ADONIS [Dill.] L. Sp. PI. 547. 1753- Erect, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnately dissected into numerous linear segments. Flowers yellow or red, solitary, terminal. Petals 5-16, conspicuous. Car- pels 00, i-ovuled. Achenes capitate or spicate, rugose-reticulated, tipped with the persistent styles. [Mythological name for a favorite of Venus, changed into a flower.] ; ~(/," A genus of showy-flowered plants, natives of ^ '•''\ _ the north temperate regions of Europe and Asia, consisting of the following and about five other v- " - species. Type species : Adonis annua L. I. Adonis annua L. Pheasant's or Bird's Eye. Fig. 1941. Adonis annua L. Sp. PI. 547. I753- Adonis autumnalis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 771. 1763. -Annual
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