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Californicum, T. & G-. Dull blue flowers velvety: raceme close, 

 glaucum, Watson. Glaucous: pale blue flowers: raceme narrow, 

 trollifolium, Gray. Smooth : leaves shining: flowers large. 

 nudicaule, T. & G. Follicles narrowed at base: 6 to 12 lines long, 

 cardinale, Hooker. Follicles broader at base, shorter: flowers larger. 



i2. ACONITUM, Toumefort. 

 1. A. Columbianum, Nutt. Blue flowers or rarely white: hood beaked. 



13. ACT.S}A, Linnaeus. 

 1. A. spicata, var. arguta, Torrey. Leaves 2-3-ternate: berries red. 



14. P.ffiONIA, Linn. 

 1. P. Brownii, Dougl. Leathery sepals persistent: seeds 5 or 6 lines long. 



BERBERIDACE^. 



Low shrubs with spiny -toothed piunate leaves: flowers yellow 1 



Herb: leaves radical, ternately compound: flowers nodding, white 2 



Herb: radical 3-foliolate leaf solitary: sepals and petals wanting , . 3 



1. BEBBERIS, Linnaeus. 



1. B. repens, Lindley. Leaflets 3 to 7, ovate, not shiny: not a foot high. 



2. B. Aquifolium, Pursh. Leaflets 7 or more, shiny: berries globose. 



3. B. pinnata, Lag. Petiole short or leaflets at the base: fruit long-ovoid. 



4. B. nervosa, Pursh. Leaflets palmately nerved, 11 to 17. 



2. VANCOUVERIA, Morren & Decaisne. 

 1. V. hexandra, M. & D. Panicle of white flowers on a scape. 

 Var. aurea. Flowers yellow, larger. S. W. Or. ( V. aurea, Greene.) 



3. ACHLYS, DeCandoUe. 

 1. A. triphylla, DC. Scape ending in a slender spike of minute flowers. 



NYMPH^ACEJl. 



Leaves elliptic-peltate, floating: stems jelly -coated 1 



Leaves oblong-cordate, large: flowers large, globose, yellow 2 



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