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; 2nd ed. . r. i Genus 24. CROWFOOT FAMILY, 9. Thalictrum polygamum Muhl. Fall r^Ieadow-Rue Thalictruin polygamum Muhl. Cat. 54. Cornuti T. & G. Fl. X. A. i : j8. L. 1753. Stout, 3°-ii° high, branching, leafy, smooth orpubescent but not glatjdular nor waxy. Leaves3-4-ternate; leaflets moderately thick, light greenabove and paler beneath, oblong, obovate o
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; 2nd ed. . r. i Genus 24. CROWFOOT FAMILY, 9. Thalictrum polygamum Muhl. Fall r^Ieadow-Rue Thalictruin polygamum Muhl. Cat. 54. Cornuti T. & G. Fl. X. A. i : j8. L. 1753. Stout, 3°-ii° high, branching, leafy, smooth orpubescent but not glatjdular nor waxy. Leaves3-4-ternate; leaflets moderately thick, light greenabove and paler beneath, oblong, obovate or or-bicular, with 3 main apical pointed or obtuselobes; panicle compound, leafy, a foot long ormore; flowers polygamous, white or purplish;filaments broadened, narrowly clavate; anthersoblong, short; achenes ovoid, short-stipitate, 6-8-winged, glabrous or pubescent. Newfoundland to Florida, Ontario and Ohio. Itsfavorite habitat is in open sunny swamps, .•\scendsto 2500 ft. in Virginia. Silver-weed. Rattlesnake-bite. Musket- or musquash-weed. Celandine. Several additional species of Thalictrum fromwithin our range have been described by ProfessorGreene, at least some of which are referable to as 25. ADONIS [Dill.] L. Sp. PI. 547. , annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnately dissected into numerouslinear 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 persistentstyles. [Mythological name for a favorite of Venus, changed into a flower.] A genus of showy-flowered plants, natives ofthe north temperate regions of Europe and Asia,consisting of the following and about five otherspecies. Type species; Adonis annua L. I. Adonis annua L. Pheasants orBirds Eye. Fig. 1941. Adonis annua L. Sp. PI. 547. 1753. Adonis aulumnalis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 771. 1763. Annual, erect, i°-2° high, branched, gla-brous. Leaves finally dissected,
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