14 roLTASDUIA DI-PENTAGYNiA 



parted? — Was it not of more importance to have given a 

 figure of this very interesting plant than of J/o?zfirc/a if aJ^ 

 tniana, or Lupiniis villosusP 



Order II.— DI-PEjSTAGYNIA. (2lo 5 styles.) 



G71. DELPHINIUM. /.. (Larkspur.) 



Calix none. Petals 5. Lepmithium (necta- 

 ry) bifid, cornutcly produced behind. Siliqiies 

 o or 1. 



Herbaceous, lower leaves digitate or palmate, upper 

 ones often undivided; flowers closely spiked or paniculate, 

 blue, violaceous or yellowish. 



Species. 1. D. tricome. 2. aziireum. 3. exaltatum. 4. eon- 

 aolida. Naturalized. 5- *virescens. Perennial, pubescent; 

 lepanthium 4-leaved, shorter than the 5 calicine petals, 

 interior laminae densely bearded; leaves 3-partecl, segments 

 linear, subtrifid, lower ones divaricate. Hab. On the 

 plains of the Missouri. Obs. Stem simple about 8 to 12 

 inches, pubescent; leaves u)X)n long petioles, partly digi- 

 tate or 5-parted, 10 to 15 lines widt; spike few-flowered, 

 flowers greenish white, petaloid calix, 5-leaved, leaves 

 ol)long, spur longer than the flower, nearly straight. Pe- 

 tals of the lepanthium 4; the 2 internal ones irregularly 

 concave, small, the 2 lateral larger, flat, and unguiculate , 

 bearded, claw sending out a short spur at the base; cap- 

 sules 3. Flowering in June. 



A genus almost equally divided betwixt Siberia and the 

 south of Europe. 



672. ACONITUM. L. (Wolf's-bane.) 



Calix none. Petals 5, the uppermost om 

 arched. Lepanthia 2, pedunculate, recurved. 

 Siliques 3 or 5. 



Leaves digitate or palmate; flower.- paniculate or loose- 

 ly spiked, terminal, violaceous or 3el]owish. 



Species. \. k.iaicinatum. Probably poisonous in com- 

 mon with many other species of this genus. The flowers 

 considerably resemble those of the common Monk's-hood, 

 A. J>apeIlMs. 



