514 RANUNCULACEAE 
9. AQUILEGIA [Tourn.] L. Perennial herbs. Leaf-blades ternately 
compound, the segments broad. Flowers inverted on nodding pedicels, of many 
different colors, but ours scarlet and yellow. Sepals 5, equal, petal-like. 
Petals 5, cornucopia-like. Stamens numerous, the inner ones staminodia. 
Carpels 5, sessile, many-ovuled, in fruit forming a capsule-like erect head of 
follieles.—A bout 50 species, widely distributed in the north temperate zone.— 
—CoLUMBINES.—Several species are widely cultivated. 
Sepals ovate, sometimes broadly YU mostly less than 14 mm. long: Spurs ba 5c 
long: follicles with spreading .l. A. iene. 
Sepals lanceolate or elliptic- “lanceolate mostly more than 15 mm. 
long: follicles with e ti 
Sepals "elliptic lanceolate: follicle-body fully 2 c pone 2. A. coccinea. 
Sepals lanceolate: follicle-body about 1.5 cm. lon 3. A. australis. 
A. canadensis L. ae i 2-6 dm. re leaflets or their divisions ee 
aa als ovate, scarlet w , 10-14 m ong: spurs scarlet without, 2.5-3 e 
long, swollen at the hus Follicle. body mon 
1.5-2 em. long.—(RED-BELLS. OCK-BELLS. 
.) — Woods 
banks, often in calcareous soil, various 
provinces, Ga. to Tex., Ont., and N. S. 
2. E coccinea Small. Plant usually larger 
than in A. er nsis: leaflets or their di- 
visions EA er and often diris at the base: 
iid aa ae 3 mm. long: 
urs ve t: follicle- body 2-2.5 cem. 
long. — Rillsides, woods, and cliffs, various 
NA N a ~ stal Plain, Ala. to Tex., 
Nebr., and S 
3. A. australis Small. Plant 3-9 e 
paler-green or more glaucous than in 
late, 16-18 mm. long: spurs sle Rd “follicle: -body 1 
blufts, in caleareous soil, Gulf Coastal Plain, Fla. to "Tex. 
oo m sepals lanceo- 
long.—Cliffs and 
10. DELPHINIUM [Tourn.] L. Annual or perennial erect herbs. Leaf- 
blades palmately lobed or dissected, the segments narrow. Flowers spreading, 
ub o purple, or nearly white. Sepals 5, the posterior one spurred. Petals 
or 4, the 2 posterior ones pas Filaments dilated below. Carpels few 
or solitary, sessile, many-ovuled, becoming dry follicles—-About 125 species, 
natives of the north temperate zone.—LARKSPUR.—Several species are favorite 
garden flowers. Albinos occur in some species. . 
Plant annual: ales 1: petals 2, united. 
Follicle pubescent 1. D. Ajacis. 
i ous. 2. D. Consolida. 
Plant perennial: carpels 3: eae 4, distinct. 
Follicles erect: raceme elongated. 
af-segments narrow, the ultimate divisions linear or 
narrowly oblon 
Seeds To wing-margined, slightly rugose- 
squamellat 3. D. carolinianum. 
Seeds not w wien argined, strongly squamellate. 4. D. vimineum. 
eafsegments relatively broad, the ultimate divisions 
S A exaltatum. 
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Follicles. idee spreading: raceme short. 
