POLYANDRIA Dt— PENTAGVNIA. 



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Root perennial. Stem 3 — 5 feet high and grobably morej pubescent. 

 Leaves on short petioles^ pubescent; very n).uch dissected^ the segments 

 all linear. Flowers in long terminal racemes, on short pube'scent pedun- 

 cleSj pule b]ue, rather smaller than in the preceding specieSj^e three up-v 

 per petals^ sprinkled with hair^ particularly along the margnis, the twa 

 lower^ as described by Walter^ spotted svith yellow and very villous. 



Grows in the middle clistrictstof Carolina. 

 Flowers May;, June. 



3. EXALTATUM, . 



D. petiolis basi non I Petioles not dilated 

 dilatatis; foliis planis al base; leaves flat, 3- 



iiltra medium 3-fidis^ cleftbelow the middle 



lobis cmieiformibiis.a 



pice trifidis, acumina- 

 ^ lateralibus saepe 



lis 



bilobis; racemo stric- 



to: calcare recto lon- 



3 



5 



gitudine corollae. 



lobes wedge shaped 

 3 cleft at the summit 



1 



and acuminate, the la- 

 teral ones often 2-Io- 

 bed; racemes straight; 

 spur straight, as long 

 as the corolla. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1230. Pursh. 2. p. 371 • 'D^ Candolle 1. p. 357- 

 D. tridactylum, Mich 1. p, 314. 



Stem 2—4 feet high, braTiChing, pubescent towards the summit. Peti- 

 files 2 — 5 mches long^ pubescent when young, lower leaves divided into 3 

 — 5 segments, segments generally tripartite, upper leaves tripartite, seg- 

 ments lanceolate or entire, all pubescent. Corolla bright blue, pubescent 

 on the outer surfoce, the lower petals fringed. Simr straight, horizontal,, 

 as long as the calyx- Capsules 3, straight and pubescent. 



Grows among the mountains of Carolina. i 



Flowers June to August, 



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ACONITUM. Gen. Pl. 



Calyx 0. Petala 5 



Calyx 



Petals 5 



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supremo foriiicato. — the upper one vaulted. 

 Nectaria 2, peduncu- Nectaries 2,oii pedun 



lata, recur V a. 

 sulae 3 seu 5. 



Cap 



cles, recurved. 



sides 3 or 5. 



Cap 



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