EAN0NCULACEJE. 21 l^ELPHINIUM. 



frequently in varieties of white and flesh-color. They are also sometimes 

 double. In respect to the form of the leaves there are two varieties : 



a., ohtuga, lobes obtuse, rounded; 



/3. acuta, lobes acute. 

 Grows in woods, the former variety prefering the south side of hills, the latter, 

 the north. In the garden, it makes a fine border flower. April. 



Livericort. Early Anemone. 



8. HYDRA'STIS. 



Calyx 3-sepaled; corolla ; berrj composed of one-seeded 

 acines. 



Gr. 'f^^g, water; in reference to the humid places in which it grows. 

 Cal. of 3, ovate, regular, colored leaves, a little longer than the numerous fil. 

 Sty. numerous. 



H. Canade'nsis. 



Stem with 2 alternate leaves above, which are petiolate, emarginate at base, 

 palmate with 3—5 lobes; peduncle terminal, solitary, 1-flowered. The only 

 species. In bog meadows. The root is of a deep yellow color internally. 

 Stem 6 — 9 inches high, becoming purplish, hairy above. Flowers solitary, 

 white, of short duration. Fruit resembling the raspberry, red and juicy. 

 May. June. Turmeric-root. 



9 . C A L T H A . 



Sepals 5, orbicular; petals 0; capsules 5 — 10, one-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



Gr. y.aXct.&oi, a goblet ; in allusion to the form of the yellow calyx which 

 may be well compared to a golden cup. Sep. petaloid, inf. Nee. ; Fil. many, 

 shorter than sep. Ova. 5 — 10, obi. compr. erect. Styles 0. — Aquatic herbs. 



C. PALU'STRIS. 



Stem erect; leaves cordate, suborbicular, acute, crenate. A smooth, hand- 

 some, early flowering plant, native of wet meadows, which it adorns with a 

 profusion of dark green leaves and bright yellow flowers. Root large, branch- 

 ing. Stem about a foot high, hollow, round, dichotomous. Lower leaves on 

 loner, semi-cylindric foot-stalks. Upper ones sessile, all of a deep, shining 

 green, veiny and smooth. Flowers of a golden yellow in all their parts, on 

 simple, axillary stalks. The outer row of filaments twice as long as the inner, 

 club-shaped. The young leaves are in great request in spring for greens. A 

 variet}', with double flowers is cultivated in gardens. May. Per. 



Cowslips. Mci^sh Marygold. 



10. DELPHI'NIUM. 



Calyx of 5 sepals, colored, the upper one spurred ; corolla 

 4-petaled, very irregular, terminating behind in a tubular, 

 nectariferous spur, enclosed in the spur of the calyx; styles 

 1 or 3; follicles 1 or 3. 



Gr. 2i\<pi,v, a dolphin, on account of the fancied resemblance of the flower 

 to that animal. The species are showy, annual or perennial herbs, with much- 



