10 KANLNCLLACK.K. (c'llOWKOOT FAMILY.) 



ovulod. Styk' siitmlatc. Follicles Kcssilc, slioit-pointcil. Seeds in two rows, 

 lioii/ontai. — Kiret liirhs, with altiniate potioled and pulmatcly (liviiUd leaves, 

 and siiowy flowers in terminal raeenu-s or panicles. 



1. D. azureum, Midix. Stem mostly sinnple, downy; leaves 3 - 5-pnrted, 

 tlic divi.-iions deft into 3-5-liiiear, toothed or entire, acute lobes; racemes many- 

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

 calyx. (D. viresccns, Ntttt., with wider-lolud leaves, and larger greenish flow- 

 ers ) — Rich soil, Florida and northward. May. U. — Stems \°-2^ '"g't- 

 Leaves 2'-.T wide. Sepals sky-hlue, or soinetinus wliiiisii, tipped with brown. 

 Lower petals 2-clt'ft, bearded. 



2. D. tricorne, Midi.x. Stem simjjle, downy ; leaves as in No. 1 ; ra- 

 ceme fcw-tluwurod ; 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 C - 12-flowered. Sepals blue. 

 Lower petals 2-eleft and bearded. 



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

 large, the lower 3 - .^j-partcd, the divisions cleft into 2 -3-lanceolate or oblong 

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

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

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

 Augiist. IJ.. — Stem 2° -4° high. Leaves 4'-G' wide. Sejials blue. Lower 

 petals 2-cleft and bearded, brownish. 



]). CoxsoLiBA, L., the common annual Larkspur of the gardens, is becom- 

 ing naturalized in some places. 



13. ACONITUM, L. jroNKsnooD. Wolfsbaxe. 



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

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

 Petals 2 or ty, 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, palmately divided leaves, and showy flowers in terminal 

 racemes or panicles. 



1. A. uncinatum, L. Stem smooth, vine-like, erect; leaves 3-5-cleft, 

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

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

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

 rather rigid. 



2. A. reelinatum, Gray. Stem smooth, reclining; leaves deeply 3 - 7- 

 cleft ; the lobes cuneate, acutely tootlied ; racemes numerous, few- many-flow- 

 ered, flowers white ; upper sepal elongated-conical, soon becoming horizontal. — 

 High mountains of North Carolina. July and August. — Stems 4° - 8° long. 

 Leaves thin. 



