RANUNCULACE^. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 



12. DELPHINIUM, L. Larkspur. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored, the upper oue prolonged backward iuto a hollow 

 spur. Petals 4, and separate, or 2 and united, the 2 upper with spurs which 

 are received in the spur of the sepal. Ovaries 1-5. Follicles many-seeded. 

 — Erect herbs, with alternate palmately divided leaves, and showy flowers in 

 terminal racemes. 



* Petals 4 ; follicles 3. Perennial. 



1. D. exaltatum, Ait. Stem 2° -4° high, branching and hairy above; 

 leaves 4'- 6' wide, the divisions lanceolate or oblong ; racemes man v- flowered ; 

 flowers blue; spur straiglit, rather longer than the calyx; follicles erect. — 

 Mountains of Alabama to N. Carolina. June - August. 



2. D. azureum, Michx. Stem mostly simple, downy, l°-2° high; 

 leaves 2' -3' wide, the divisions linear ; racemes many-flowered; flowers blue; 

 spur curved, twice as long as the calyx ; follicles erect. — Light soil in the 

 middle and upper districts. May -June. 



3. D. trieorne, Michx. Stem smoothish, 1°- U° high from small clus- 

 tered tubers; leaves 2' -3' wide, with oblong-linear divisions; racemes many- 

 flowered, the pedicels shorter than the deep-blue flowers; s])ur straight, 

 equalling the calyx ; follicles arcuate spreading. — Mountains of Georgia and 

 Tennessee. Ajiril - May. 



4. D. virescens, Nutt. ? Stem downy, slender, 6'- 10' high; leaves 1' 

 wide ; racemes 3 - 6-flowered, the pedicels longer than the yellowish white 

 flowers ; spur longer than the caly.x. curved at the summit ; follicles arcuate- 

 spreading. — Valley of the Coosa Kiver, Georgia. May -June. 



* * Petals 2, and united ; follicles single. Annual. 



5. D. COnsolida, L- Smooth; divisions of the leaves narrow-linear; 

 flowers white or various shades of blue or purple ; follicle glabrous. — Grain- 

 fields and around homesteads. Introduced. 



13. ACONITUM, L. Monkshood, Wolfsbane. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored, tlie uppermost large, helmet-shaped, the 2 lat- 

 eral large and rounded, the lower oblong. Petals 2 or 5, the 2 upper long- 

 stalked, produced backward into a short spur, the three lower minute or 

 wanting. Stamens numerous. Ovaries 2-5. Follicles many-seeded. Seed 

 rugose. — Perennial herbs, with alternate palmately dissected leaves, and 

 racemose showy flowers. 



1. A. uncinatum, L. Stem slender, 2° -6° long; leaves 3 - 5-cleft, the 

 ovate-lanceolate lobes coarsely toothed; raceme few-flowered; sepals blue, the 

 upper helmet-shaped. — Mountains of N. Carolina. June- August. 



2. A. reclinatum. Gray. Stem reclining, 4° -8° long; leaves deeply 

 3 - 7-clef t, the cuneate lobes acutely toothed ; racemes few - many-flowered ; 

 sepals white, the upper long-conical. — Mountains of N. Carolina. July - 

 August. 



