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Geuus XI.— AQUILEGIA, Linnœus. 



Beutham aud Hooker, Genera Plantarum, I., \}. 8. 

 List of Species : — 



1. A. Canadensis. 



2. A. formosa. 



3. A. truncata. 



4. A. caerulea, var. flavesceus. 



5. A. brevistyla. 



6. A. vulgaris. 



1. — Aquilegia Canadensis, Linnœus. 



Segments of leaves trifid. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, scarcely spreading, of an orange- 

 scarlet colour. Petals nearly straight and trumpet shaped, the spur orange-scarlet (as the 

 sepals), lamina pale yellow, the fleshy attachment white, lamina not thrown back but 

 continuous in direction with the spur ; spur twice the length of the lamina, its end infla- 

 ted with an almost colourless polished intvimescence. Stamens and styles much exserted, 

 or produced beyond the floral envelopes. Follicles downy, with very long thread-like 

 beaks. 



Aquilegia Canadensis. Linn. Sp. PI., p. 152. (1*753.) Bot. Mag., t. 246. Loddiges, Bot. 

 Cabinet, t. 888. Michaux, Fl., I., p. 316. Pursh, Fl., p. 3*72. DC. Syst. Nat., I., p. 33*7. 

 Prod., I., p. 50. Hook, Fl. B.-A., I., p. 24, in part. Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A., I., p. 29, 

 (excl. fL hybrida. Hook., and yS. violacea, Nutt.) Gray, Manual, p. 45. 111., Gen. I., t. 13. 

 PI. Feudl., p. 4. C. A. Meyer, Sertum Petropolitanum, under t. 11. Chapman, Fl. S. U.S., 

 p. 9. Wood, CI. Bk. Sz Fl., p. 210. Provancher, Fl. Canadienne, p. 15. Hook, f , Arct. PI , 

 pp. 284 and 313. Baker, Gard. Chro., new series, X., p. 20. Lawson, Ranunc. Canad., p. 46, 

 Porter, Fl. Colorado, p. 4. Watson, Bibl. Index, p. 6. Macoun, Cat., No. 59. 

 A. variegata. Moeuch, Meth. Marburg., p. 311. (1*794,) 

 A. elegans. Salisb. Prod., p. 3*74. (1796.) 

 A. flaviflora. Tenney, Am. Nat., I., p. 388. 



A. corolla simplici, nectariis fere redis. Gronovius, Virg., p. 59. (1*743.) 

 A. pumila prœcox Canadensis. Cornuti Canad., p. 60, t. 60. (1635.) 



A. prœcox Canadensis, flore externo rubicundo, medio lufeo. Moris., Hist., HI., p. 45*7. (1680.) 

 A. Virginiana flore ruhescente. Plukenet, Almagestum, 38. (1*796.) 

 The Early Red Columbine of Virginia. Parkinson's Theatrum Botanicum, 136*7. (1640.) 

 In woods and open clearings, chiefly where the soil is dry and sandy, in Ontario, but 

 most writers speak of its growing on rocks, or in rocky places. Near Toronto, June 2nd, 

 1862, a robust leafy form, much branched above. Abimdant about Kingston, especially 

 near Kingston Mills, Waterloo, and Wolfe Island. — Lawson. Montreal Mountain, May, 1848, 

 and Niagara. — James Adie. Eear of Ernestown, 1860. — Dr. Dupuis. Caledon, rather rai-e. — 

 Rev. C. I. Cameron. Nicolet, Montreal, Kingston, Niagara River, and Maiden. — Dr P. W. 

 Maclagan. Pied du Cap Tourmente. — Provancher. Belœil Mountain. — Dr. John Bell. Moun- 

 tain side, west of Hamilton, Out., common. May, 24th, 1859. — Judge Logic. Prescott district, 

 common. — B. Billings Jr. Falls of Montmorenci, Point Levis, and Orleans Island, P.Q. — 

 Brunei. Gneiss rocks. Sixteen Mile Lake, Eiver Eouge, P.Q. — D' Urban. Belleville, com- 

 mon in rocky or sandy open woods ; Kaministiqua Eiver, — Macoun. Near Emerson, 



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