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++ ++ Petals always much longer than the calyx. Dry ground, except No. 8. 



7. Eaely C. Low, 4' to 9' high; root-leaves nearly pinnate ; petals narrow. Fl. spring. E./ascicularis, 



8. CitEEPiNG C. Stems reclining, making long runners in summer; leaves variously divided ; petals 



obovate. Wet places. Ji- rejpens. 



9. BuLuous C, or Eakly Buttercup. A solid bulb at the base of the upright stem ; leaves divided 



and cut; petals round, large, and bright yehow. Isaturalized, K. in meadows. Fl. spring. 



R. bulbbsus. 



10. Tall C, or Later Buttekcup. Stem upright, 2° or 3° high, no bulb at the bottom; leaves di- 

 vided and cut; petals obovate, not so large and bright-colored as the last. Fl. summer. R. acris, 



Globe=f!owei'. TrdlUus. 

 Appears like a large Crowfoot or Buttercup, but the yellow leaves of the blossom are sepals ; within 

 are the petals, small, and of peculiar shape, appearing like larger stamens. And the nine or more pistils 

 make several-seeded pods. 



1. European G. Sepals 10 to 15. golden-yellow, converging, and so making a rather globe-shaped 



flower; petals longer than the stamens. Cult, in gardens; fl. spring. T. Europhm. 



2. A:merican G. Sepals 5 or G, spreading, pale greenish-yellow; petals shorter than the stamens, and 



liable to be overlooked. Swamps, N. T. Americamis. 



Columljiiie. Aqmlhjia. 

 Sepals 5, petal-like, all similar. Petals 5, in the form of large hollow spurs. Pistils 5, making many- 

 seeded pods. — Leaves twice or thrice compound; leaflets in threes. (Fig. 247.) 



1. Wild C. Flowers scarlet, yellow inside, nodding; spurs hooked. Rocks. A. Canadensis, 



2. Garden C. Flowers blue, purple, or v/hite; spurs straight. In all gardens. A. vuUjaris, 



Larkspur. Delplwiium. 

 Sepals 5, petal-like, dissimilar, the upper one prolonged behind into a hollow spur. Petals 4, small; 

 the upper pair with hardly any claws, but with long spurs which run back into the spur of the calyx; 

 the lower pair with short claws and no spur ; in some species all the petals grow together into one 

 body. Pistils and pods 1 to 5, many-seeded. — Flowers showy, in racemes or panicles, mostly white, 

 blue, or purple. (Fig. 251, 252.) 



* Gai-den annuals: leaves finely cut: petals united into one body (Fig. 253): pistil only one. 



1. Common or Field Larkspur. Flowers scattered on spreading branches; pods smooth. D. ConsoUda. 



2. Rocket or Ajax L. Flowers crowded in along and close raceme; pods hairy. D. Ajacis. 



* * Garden perennials : pistils 2 to 5 : the four petals separate. Many varieties are cultivated, 



mostly of the two following species. 

 S. Great-Flowered L. Leaves cut into linear distant lobes ; pods downy. D. grandljlbrum. 



4. Bee L. Leaves cleft into 3 to 7 wedge-shaped and cut-toothed lobes; petals bearded. D. datum. 

 * * * Wild species at the West and South: perennials, with 4 separate petals and 3 to 5 pods. 



5. Tall Wild L. Stem 2° to 5° high; leaves parted into 3 or 5 narrow wedge-shaped pointed divis- 



ions; flowers many in a long raceme, blue-purple, in summer. D. exaltatum. 



6. DwARE L. Stem 1° high or less; the 5 divisions of the leaves cleft into linear lobes; flowers few, 



loose, and large, purple-blue, in spring; pods spreading. D. trkonit. 



