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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  terminal 
  racemes 
  or 
  panicles, 
  showy. 
  Sepals 
  5, 
  colored, 
  irregu- 
  

   lar, 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  prolonged 
  into 
  a 
  spur. 
  Petals 
  4, 
  unequal, 
  

   the 
  two 
  upper 
  ones 
  with 
  long 
  spurs 
  which 
  are 
  inclosed 
  in 
  the 
  

   spur 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  sepal, 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  short-stalked. 
  Pistils 
  

   1-5 
  ; 
  ovaries 
  many-seeded.* 
  

  

  1. 
  D. 
  tricorne 
  Miclix. 
  DWARF 
  LARKSPUR. 
  Perennial. 
  Stem 
  simple, 
  

   from 
  a 
  tuberous 
  root, 
  usually 
  low 
  (^-1 
  ft. 
  high), 
  but 
  sometimes 
  

   2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  deeply 
  .^-parted, 
  the 
  divisions 
  irregularly 
  3-5-cleft. 
  

   Racemes 
  few-flowered, 
  loose. 
  Flowers 
  blue, 
  sometimes 
  -white. 
  Pods 
  

   diverging. 
  Southward. 
  

  

  2. 
  D. 
  azureum 
  Michx. 
  BLUE 
  LARKSPUR. 
  Perennial. 
  Stem 
  usually 
  

   simple, 
  slender, 
  downy, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  2-3 
  in. 
  wide, 
  3-5-parted, 
  

   the 
  divisions 
  cleft 
  into 
  3-5 
  narrow, 
  toothed, 
  or 
  entire 
  lobes. 
  Flowers 
  

   in 
  a 
  strict, 
  many-flowered, 
  terminal 
  raceme, 
  showy, 
  blue 
  or 
  whitish. 
  

   Spur 
  ascending, 
  curved; 
  lower 
  petals 
  bearded, 
  2-cleft. 
  Pods 
  erect. 
  

   On 
  rich 
  or 
  rocky 
  soil 
  in 
  open 
  places, 
  N.* 
  

  

  XIII. 
  ACONITUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Erect, 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  palmately 
  lobed 
  

   or 
  cut. 
  Flowers 
  irregular, 
  in 
  panicles 
  or 
  racemes. 
  Sepals 
  5, 
  

   the 
  back 
  one 
  large, 
  arched, 
  and 
  hooded, 
  the 
  front 
  one 
  the 
  

   narrower. 
  Petals 
  2-5, 
  small, 
  the 
  2 
  back 
  tones 
  clawed 
  and 
  

   covered 
  by 
  the 
  hood 
  of 
  the 
  sepals 
  ; 
  3 
  lateral 
  ones 
  small 
  or 
  

   wanting. 
  Follicles 
  3-5. 
  Seeds 
  many, 
  wrinkled. 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  Napellus 
  L. 
  MONKSHOOD. 
  An 
  erect, 
  poisonous 
  plant, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  

   high. 
  Raceme 
  simple 
  and 
  densely 
  flowered. 
  Flowers 
  dark 
  blue. 
  Cul- 
  

   tivated 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  Several 
  native 
  species 
  of 
  Aconitum 
  occur 
  within 
  our 
  limits, 
  but 
  

   they 
  are 
  not 
  common. 
  

  

  XIV. 
  ACTJEA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial. 
  Stem 
  simple. 
  Leaves 
  2-3, 
  compound 
  in 
  threes 
  ; 
  

   leaflets 
  ovate, 
  sharply 
  cut 
  or 
  toothed. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  in 
  a 
  

   short 
  and 
  thick 
  terminal 
  raceme. 
  Sepals 
  4-5, 
  soon 
  deciduous. 
  

   Petals 
  4-10, 
  small. 
  Pistil 
  single 
  ; 
  stigma 
  2-lobed. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  

   many-seeded 
  berry.* 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  rubra 
  Willd. 
  RED 
  BANEBERRY. 
  Stem 
  about 
  2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

   Raceme 
  ovoid 
  or 
  hemispherical. 
  Petals 
  acute. 
  Pedicels 
  slender. 
  

   Berries 
  usually 
  red, 
  sometimes 
  white, 
  ovoid. 
  Common 
  N. 
  

  

  