RANUNCULACEAE 515 
. D. Ajacis L. Plant 1 m. tall or less, branched: leaf-blades with short and 
diverging segments: sepals blue, ile subo rbieular to reniform or va ovate 
blades: eee petals 10-12 mm. long, ex- 
eluding the spur: follicle-body Ez) 2 
long, pubescent, stout-tipped. — (Ro 
LARKSPUR. )— Fields Har BL "plates, poen 
ous provinees, S. C. , Mont., and 
N. S. Nat. of Eu. Sum 
2. D. Consolida L. Plant 3-9 dm 
toothe segments:  sepals with 
blades: folliele-body 7—10 mm. long, slen 
tipped.— (FIELD-LARKSPUR. KNIGHT’S-SPUR. 
and pur vus places, various pr 
inces, E U. S. Nat. of Eu.—5um. 
3. D. carolinianum bias ciu - Ko e minutely pubescent above; seg- 
mo 
f the upper na 
other sepals: uide ‘body 14318. mm. lon pes [D. azureum Miehx.]—Sand- 
hills, open woods, and rocky soil, various provinees, Fla. to Tex., Mo., and 
um. 
4. D. vimineum D. Don. Plant 5-7 dm. tall, elosely pubescent above: seg- 
ments of the upper leaves narrow: spur mostly stout, shorter than the uc 
sepals: follicle-body 13-16 mm. long.—Dry soil, Coastal Plain, and adjoining 
provinces, Ala. to Tex.—spr. 
D. exaltatum Ait. Plant 5-20 dm. tall, minutely pubescent above: le 
divisions cuneate to lanceolate, thin: flowers 16-22 mm. long: follicle- had 
8—10 mm. 
long: seeds wingless.—( TALL-LARKSPUR.)— —Woods and rocky soil, 
various provinces, chiefly W of ‘Blue Ridge, a to Nebr., Minn., and Pa. 
Sum.—Has been mistaken for D. urceolatum Jac 
D. tricorne Michx. Plant 3-9 dm. tall, minutely pubescent above: leaf- 
divisions linear or nearly so, thick: flowers 25 -35 mm. long: follicle-body 12—17 
mm. Jong or dla shorter: seeds winged.—(DWARF-LARKSPUR. ROCK-LARK- 
STAGGERWEED.)— Woods, thickets, and rocky slopes, often in calcareous 
soil, various ee N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Ark., Minn., and Pa.—Spr. 
11. ACONITUM L. Perennial reclining or procumbent herbs. Leaf- 
blades palmately lobed or divided. Flowers somewhat nodding. Sepals 5, 
the posterior one hooded or helmet-like. Petals 2-5, the 2 posterior ones con- 
cealed in the helmet. Filaments dilated below. Carpels 3-5, many-ovuled, 
becoming follieles.—About 70 species, mostly in the higher parts of the north 
temperate zone.—MONKSHOODS. WOLFSBANES. ACONITES. 
Flowers blue or purplish: hood helmet-shaped. 1. A. uncinatum. 
Flowers white or yellowish: hood elongate-conic. 2. A. reclinatum. 
A. uncinatum L. Stem guru or reclining, 6-12 dm. tall: leaf-blades 
thick, the larger ones 8-10 em. wide, the divisions mostly few-toothed: follicle 
14-16 mm. long.— (C v -MONKSHOOD. WILD-MONKSHOOD.)—Woods, vari- 
