10 KANUNCULACE^K. (cnoWl-OOT FAMILY.) 



ovulcd. Style Fuliulatc. Follicles sessile, siioit-pointcd. Seeds in two rows, 

 horizontal. — Krect licrl)s, with alternate i)etioied and palmatcly divided leaves, 

 and showy flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. 



1. D. azureum, Michx. Stem mostly simple, downy; leaves 3 - 5-partcd, 

 the divisions cleft into 3-5-lincar, toothed or entire, acute lobes ; racemes many- 

 flowered ; pedicels and follicles erect ; spur sli;:litly curved, twice as long as the 

 calyx. (D. virescens, Nttlt., with wider-lobcd leaves, and larger greenish flow- 

 ers ) — Rich soil, Florida and northward. May. y.. — Stems l°-2° high. 

 Leaves 2' - 3' wide. Sepals sky-blue, or sometimes whitish, tijiped with brown. 

 Lower petals 2-eleft, bearded. 



2. D. tricorne, Michx. Stem simple, downy ; leaves as in No. 1 ; ra- 

 ceme few-flowered ; pedicels and follicles diverging ; spur straight, as long as 

 the calyx. — Mountains of North Carolina and northward. April and ^lay. y.. 

 — Root tuberous. Stems 1° high. Raceme C - 12-flowered. Sepals blue. 

 Lower petals 2-cleft and bearded. 



3. D. exaltatum, Ait. Stem tall, branching 'and hairy above; leaves 

 large, the lower 3 - 5-parted, the divisions cleft into 2 - 3-lanccolatc or oblong 

 coarsely-tootiicd lobes, the upper 3-parted with sparingly toothed or entire lobes; 

 racemes many-flowered; pedicels diverging; follicles erect ; spur straight, rather 

 longer than the calyx. — Mountains of North Carolina and northward. June- 

 August. y. — Stem 2° -4° high. Leaves 4'-C' wide. Sepals blue. Lower 

 petals 2-cleft and bearded, brownish. 



D. CoNSOLiDA, L., the common annual Larkspur of the gardens, is becom- 

 ing naturalized in some places. 



13. ACONITUM, L. INIonksiiood. "Wolfsbane. 



Sepals 5, iiTCgular, colored, imbricated in the i)n(l, deciduous ; the outennost 

 large and helmet-shaped, the two lateral rounded, the lower smaller and ol)long. 

 Petals 2 or .5, the two upper long-stalked, produced backward into a short in- 

 curved spur, the three lower minute or wanting. Stamens numerous ; filaments 

 short, subulate. Ovaries 3-5, 1 -celled, many-ovuled. Style subulate. Follicles 

 sessile, short pointed. Seed horizontal, rugose. — Erect or trailing, perennial 

 herbs, with alternate, palmatcly divided leaves, and ijhowy flowers in terminal 

 racemes or panicles. 



1. A. uncinatum, L. Stem smooth, vine-like, erect; leaves 3-.')-clcft, 

 with the lobes ovate-lanceolate, coarsely toothed ; raceme few-llowercd ; flowers 

 large, blue ; upper sepal helmet-shaped. — Shady banks of stirams among the 

 mountains and northward, rare. June and July. — Stem 2°- C° long. Leaves 

 rather rigid. 



2. A. reclinatum, Cray. Stem smooth, reclining; leaves deeply 3 - 7- 

 ehft; the lobes < uncntc, acutely loollied ; racemes numerous, few - nnuiydow- 

 cred, flowers white ; u|)j)cr .';epal elongated-conical, soon hcconiing hoii/otifal. — 

 Iligli mountains of North Carolina. July and August. — Stems 4° - ti° long. 

 Leaves thin. 



