Tab. 5477. 



AQUILEGIA c^erulea. 



Long-spurred California* Columbine. 



Nat. Ord. Kanunculaceje. — Polyandria Pentagynii. 



Gen. Char. Calyx coloratus, pentaphyllus, a?qualis, foliolis acstivatione imbri- 

 catis, deciduis. Corolla petala 5, hypogyna, bilabiata, hiantia, labio exteriore 

 maxiino piano, inferiore minimo, deorsum in calcar cavum, apice callosum, inter 

 calycis foliola exsertum producta. Stamina plurima, hypogyna, in phalanges 

 5-10 disposita, intima abortiva, membranaceo-squamaeformia. Ovaria 5, libera, 

 uniloeularia, ovulis ad suturam ventralem plurimis biseriatis. Capsules mem- 

 branaceae, conniventes, stylis rostratae, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes, poly- 

 spermae. Semina oblique ovata, nitida. — Herbse in montibus Europe et Asia, in 

 America boreali rarce, erectce tit plurimum ramosce ; foliis biternatis, radicalibus 

 vel caulinis, inferioribus longe petiolatis ; floribus terminalibus solitariis, cceruleis, 

 roseis, purpureis, albis vel interdum sordide flavis. Endl. 



Aquilegia ccerulea ; foliis radicalibus biternatis subtus prsecipue glaucis, foliolis 

 late cuneatis lobatis, calcaribus rectiusculis gracilibus limbo cuneato sub- 

 duplo longioribus, sepalis rhombeo-lanceolatis. 



Aquilegia cserulea. James, in Long's Exped. to the Rocky Mountains, v. 2. p. 

 204 et p. 345 (Engl. ed). Torr. in Rocky Mount. PI. p. 164. Torr. et 

 Grev. Ft. N. Am. v. l.p. 30. Walpers, Repert. Bot. v. 1. p. 51. 



Aquilegia macrantha. Hook, et Am. Bot. of Beech. Voy.p. 317. /. 72. 



Var. ochroleuca; floribus ochroleucis. (Tab. Nostb. 5477.) 



Aquilegia leptoceras. Nutt. in Journ. Acad. Philad. v. 7. p. 8 (not Fisch. et 

 Mey.). Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4407. 



We are glad to have an opportunity of figuring a very hand- 

 some variety, that is the to-flowered (and we presume the 

 normal-coloured) variety of a fine Rocky Mountain Columbine, 

 already given in our Vol. XXIV. Tab. 407, under the name of 

 Aquilegia leptoceras, and still more glad to be able to correct an 

 error into which we have fallen, by restoring the original name 

 of Mr. James (in Long's 'Travels in the Rocky Mountains,' I.e.) 

 namely, that now accepted. Our first acquaintance with the living 

 plant showed us that the flowers were white or cream-coloured, 

 and we considered Nuttall's name most expressive. The name 



NOVEMBER 1ST, 1864. 



