10 IiANLXC I'LACK.K. ( CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 



ovuled. Style subulate. Follicles sessile, short-pointed. Seeds in two row?;, 

 horizontal. — Erect herbs, with alternate pctiolcd and palmately divided leaves, 

 and showy Mowers in terminal racemes or panicles. 



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

 the divisions cleft into 3-5-linear, toothed or entire, acute lulus ; racemes many- 

 flowered ; pedicels and follicles erect ; spur slightly curved, twice as long as the 

 calyx. (D virescens, Nutt., with wider-lobed leaves, and larger greenish flow- 

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

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

 Lower petals 2-cleft, 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 May. \[. 

 — Root tuberous. Stems 1° high. Raceme 6 - 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-lanceolate or oblong 

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

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

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

 August. U- — Stem 2°-4°high. Leaves 4'-G' wide. Sepals blue. Lower 

 petals 2-cleft and bearded, brownish. 



I). Consolida, L., the common annual Larkspur of the gardens, is becom- 

 ing naturalized in some places. 



13. ACONITUM, L. Monkshood. "Wolfsbane. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored, imbricated in the bud, deciduous ; the outermost 

 large and helmet-shaped, the two lateral rounded, the lower smaller and oblong. 

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

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

 Bhort, subulate. Ovaries3-5, 1 -celled, many-ovuled. Style subulate. Follicles 

 . Bhorl pointed. Seed horizontal, rugose. — Erect or trailing, perennial 

 herbs, with alternate, palmately divided haves, and showy flowers in terminal 

 racemes or panicles. 



1. A. UllCinatUm, L. Stem smooth, vine like, civet; leaves 3-5-cleft, 



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

 large, blue; upper sepal helmet-shaped. — Shady banks of Btreams anion- the 

 mountains and northward, rare dune and duly. — Stem 2°- G° long. Leaves 



rather rigid. 



2. A. reclinatum, Gray. Stem Bmooth, reclining ; leaves deeply 3-7- 

 cleftj the lobes cuneate, acutely toothed ; racemes numerous, few- manj flow- 

 ered, flowers wlnic ; upper sepal elongated conical, bood becoming horizontal — 

 High mountain! of North Carolina, duly and August — Sterna 4° -8° long. 



thin. 



