RANUNCULACEAE 91 



1. I. biternatum (Raf. ) T. & G. False Rue-anemone. An erect 

 pereDoial from tuberous tliickened roots: leaves 2-3, ternately compound, 

 the leaflets 2-3-lobed. — Abundant in moist woods. April-May. 



3. AQUILEGIA L. 



Leaves ternately decompound. Sepals 5, regular. Pet;ils 5, produced 

 backward into hollow spurs. Stamens numerous. Pistils 5. 



1. A. Canadensis L. Columbine. Wild Honeysuckle. 1°-22° 

 high. Flowers nodding, V-2^ long, scarlet without, yellow within. — 

 Abundant on rocky hillsides. May. 



4. DELPHINIUM L. Laekspur. 

 Leaves palmately lobed. Flowers in terminal racemes. Sepals 5, 

 petal-like, the posterior one prolonged into a spur. Petals 2 or 4, the 

 two posterior ones spurred, the lower with short claws, if present. 



Annual : pistil solitary. 1. D. Ajncis. 

 Perennial : pistils three. 



Flowers Viearly white. 2. D. camporum. 



Flowers bright blue. 3. D. tricorne. 



1. D. Ajacis L. Leaves dissected into narrow lobes : flowers panicu- 

 lately-racemose : pods pubescent. — In waste places around Independence. 

 Sometimes abundantly escaped. June-July. 



2. D. camporum Greene. l°-4° high : racemes strict, erect : follicles 

 erect. — Rather common in barrens and rocky prairies. May-June. 



3. D. tiicorne Michx. Roots tuberous, l°-3° high : racemes rather 

 few-flowered : follicles widely spreading. — Moist prairies. Atherton, 

 Little Blue Tank to Greenwood, Dodson. Locally common. May. 



5. ANEMONE L. 



Perennial herbs with dissected leaves, those of the stem opposite or 

 verticillate. Sepals 4-20, petal-like. Achenes compressed, 1-ovuled, 

 hairy (in ours). 



Stems 3^-10' high from tubers. 1. A. Caroliniana. 

 Stems 1° or more high from rootstocks. 

 Stem leaves petioled. 



Head of fruit cyliudric, V long. 2. A. ci/Iindrica. 



Head of fruit oblong, 9^^-12'^ long. 3. A. Virginiana. 



Stem leaves sessile. 4. A. Canadensis. 



1. A. Caroliniana Walt. Root leaves 3-divided, the lobes cleft : stem 

 leaves 3-cleft : sepals 10-20, narrow, light purple. — Rocky woods and 

 prairies. Greenwood and north of Lee's Summit. Very local. April. 



2. A. cylindrica A. Gray. Silky-pubescent : leaves 3-5-parted, their 

 divisions cuneate-oblanceolate and cleft and toothed at the apex : sepals 

 5, greenish- white, obtuse. — In dry woods south of Raytown along Jones' 

 Creek. June-July. 



