most part five, sometimes only four petals. By the character of 

 straight fruit, Linnaeus did not mean that it was not somewhat 

 curved, but that it was not twisted ; (a character intended to 

 distinguish it from contortum) : but, as Willdenow has ob- 

 served, that the fruit in the latter species, when perfect, is 

 exactly similar to that of aquilegifolium, and that it is only 

 twisted when imperfect : of course this character is of no 

 use. 



The Columbine-leaved Meadow-Rue, or, as it is some- 

 times called, the Feathery Columbine, is a native of moun- 

 tainous pastures and woods in Switzerland, Austria, Carniola, 

 Piemont, Dauphiny, Ingria, and Silesia. 



Cultivated by Miller in 1731. Flowers from May to 

 July. Communicated by John Walker, Esq. Arno's Grove. 



