and flowering in great beauty during the’summer and au- 
tumn of 1841. Its nearest affinity is with A. Canadensis 
(Bot. Mag. tab. 246.) 
Descr. Root perennial. Leaves mostly radical, glau- 
cous, on long petioles, biternate ; the leaflets petiolulate and 
cordate, deeply three-lobed, the lobes variously incised, the 
teeth or segments blunt and rounded. Stem two to three 
feet high, panicled above, and bracteated ; bracteas linear- 
subulate, leafy. Pedicels curved, so that the flowers are 
drooping. Sepals ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, keeled, 
reen, erect with regard to the axis, more than twice as 
ong as the limb of the petals. Petals with the limb yellow- 
green and rounded, prolonged at the base into a very 
long, nearly straight, hollow, tubular, lively red spur, com- 
pressed, but gradually attenuated into a slight, curved, 
clubbed extremity. The great length of this spur, nearly 
two inches, essentially characterizes the species. Stamens 
numerous, much protruded, so that the base of the calyx is 
near the centre of the flower. Germen with broad, mem- 
branous, crisped wings. Styles 3.—After flowering, the 
young fruit-bearing flower-stalks become erect. 
Fig. 1. Petal; seen from within; nat. size. 2. Pistils ;—magnified. 
eg Ling $$ 
