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G Aquilegia L. Columbine. 
Perennial herbs with Short horizontal rootstocks. Leaves Chiefly 
basal, bi- or tri-ternately compound. Flowers Showy, solitary on the 
branches of the inflorescence. Sepals 5, plane, petal-like, Similar; 
petals 5, similar, produced backward into a long saccate spur Commonly ©)» 
longer than the sepals. Stamens numerous, the innermost sterile, expanded 
and chaffy, forming a sheath around the ovary. Pistils Commonly 5. Frauit ~ 
& Cluster of follicles. 
le A. flavescens Wats. SOE Soibiwe—, Stems 30-100 Cme tall from ~*.4 
Short rootstocks TPT tym Seal 
glandular-pubescent above; basal leaves several ,biternate, the leaflets. 
rotund-cuneiform, 2~2.5 cm. in diameter, variously 2-3 lobed, the lobes 
again incised or toothed, the teeth blunt, glabrous and rather pale, shortly 
Stipitate or subsessile, SP petioles 8-20 cm, 
long, cauline leaves trifoliate, the Segments cuneate or e¢ (the uppermosy, 
oblong “ i; flowers pendulous; sepals narrowly ellip- 
tical, oval or broadly ovate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, mostly acute at the apex, 
glandular on the margins,attenuate at the basey whitish or yellow to deep 3 
Trosé-color; lip of the petals clear yellow, 6-9 mm. long, roun ed-truncate, a 
4-5 mm. wide at the throat, the spur 15-18 m. long, glandular-pubescent, 4 
narrowed evenly save at the tip which is somewhat incurved; ovary glandular=e> Ry 
hirsute; follicles erect, 2-5 cm. long, lightly joined at the base, sparsely F 
hairy, tipped by the persistent styles; seeds dull black, 2 ma. long, 
lanceolate in outline, longitudinally rugose. 
Locally abundant throughout our regioh in Subalpine meadows and moist § 
Slopes 5000 to 7000 feet, rarely as low as 5000 feet. 
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