30 — Aquilegia Eximia. [ZOE 
I append the original descriptions of A. eximza and A. truncata. 
AOQUILEGIA EXIMIA Planch, Fl. Serres, XII. 13, t. 1188. A. 
tota, flore excepta, viscoso-puberula, foliis biternatis segmentis 
tripartitis v. trilobis inciso-dentatis, floribus longe pedunculatis 
cernuis aurantiacis, sepalis lanceolatis reflexis, petalorum limbo 
brevissimo integro, caleare recto quam sepala paulo longiore sty- 
lis stamina superantibus. 
The type was raised from seed in the establishment of Van 
Houtt at Ghent, Belgium. It flowered for the first time in 1856. 
The author, in the notes following the description, likens the 
flower to a crown with ten points surmounted with five gems. 
These gems are the little spherical honey glands which terminate 
each horn. 
AQUILEGIA TRUNCATA Fisch. & Meyer, Linnea 18, 206, 
transcribed from Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. ix. 1843, Suppl. 8. 
A. calcaribus rectis sepalorum longitudine; sepalis oblongo- 
lanceolatis patentissimis; nectariis fauce truncatis: limbo (petalo 
DC) nullo! genitalibus longissime exsertis: antheris ellipticis: 
capsulis 5 pubescentibus. Species e serie 4. Canadensis, formosae, 
Skinneri et coeruleae, nectariis ad faucem truncatis, limbo (petalo) 
omnino nullo ab omnibus Aguilegie speciebus diversa; differt 
praeterea ab A. Canadensi, cui proxima, et ab A. Skinneri cal- 
caribus brevioribus et sepalis patentissimis; ab A. formosa sep- 
alis multo minoribus, genitalibus longissime exsertis et antheris 
ellipticis (in illa linearibus). 
Habitu, pubescentia minuta tenui et foliis cum 4. Canadenst 
convenit. Flores sordide coccinei unicolores. Sepala A. Cana- 
densis patentissima, unicolora vel apice subdiscolora, 8 lin. circ. 
longa, Nectaria (calcaria) 8% lin. longa, quam in A. Canadenst 
crassiora, recta, apice incrassata, ad faucem sub angulo recto 
truncata. Stamina stylorum longitudine. Anthere breves, el- 
lipticee. Hab. in California, prope coloniam Ross. 
