210 Order 1.— RANUNCULACEjE. 



mouth, the outer margin erect, the inner attached to the torus, extend- 

 ing behind into a long spurred nectary ; stamens 30 — 40, the inner 

 ones longer and sterile ; styles 5, follicles 5, many-seeded. Lvs. 2 — 3- 

 ternate. Fls. nodding. 

 ~1 A. Canadensis L. Glabrous ; spurs straight, longer than the limb ; sta. and 

 sty. exserted. — This beautiful plant grows wild in most of the States, in dry 

 soils, generally on the sunny side of rocks. It is cultivated with the greatest 

 case, and is much more delicate in its foliage and iu the hues of its flowers than 

 the common blue columbine. St. branching, a foot high. Lfts. 3 — 9, cuneate, 

 lobed. Fls. terminal, scarlet without and yellow within, pendulous, much 

 embellished by the numerous descending, yellow stamens and styles. Fruit 

 l erect. Ma}'. 



2 A. -vulgaris L. Spurs incurved; lvs. nearly smooth, glaucous, biternate; 

 sty. a little longer than the stamens. — Gardens. St. 1 — 2f high, with a profu- 

 sion of handsome, smooth foliage and large purple flowers. Lfts. bifid and trifid, 

 with rounded lobes. In cultivation the flowers become double, by the multipli- 

 cation of the hollow, spurred petals. They also vary in color through all shades 

 from purple to white. Jn.f § Eur. 



17. DELPHINIUM, L. Larkspur. Fig. 280. (Gr. defyiv, a dol- 

 phin, from the fancied resemblance of the flower.) Sepals 5, colored, 

 irregular, the upper one spurred behind ; petals 4, very irregular, tho 

 two upper ones protracted into a tubular, nectariferous spur, enclosed 

 in the spur of the calyx ; styles 1 — 5 ; follicles 1 — 5. — Showy herbs. 

 Lvs. palmately divided. Fls. of the cyanic scries, never yellow. 



§ Leaves many-cleft into linear or subulate divisions Nos. 1, 4 



§ Leaves 3 — 5-parted, thp segments lobed. (*) 



* Spur u< Ions; as lliu sepals, ascending, straight Nos. 3, 4 



* Spar longer than tho sepals, deflexed at end Nos. 5, 6 



1 D. Consolida L. Glabrous, with spreading branches; fls. few, loosely 

 racemed. ped. longer than the bracts: sty. solitary, smooth. — Tho common lark- 

 epur of the gardens, sparingly naturalized, fields and roadsides. Lvs. in nume- 

 rous linear divisions. Jn., Jl. It has numerous varieties of double aud semi- 

 doub'.o flowers of various colors. \ § Eur. 



2 D. azurcurn Ms. Pubescent or nearly smooth ; st. erect ; lvs. 3 — 5-parted, 

 many-cleft, with linear-stalked lobes; petioles some dilated at base; rac. strict; 

 petals shorter thin sepals, lower one densely bearded, 2 -cleft ; spur ascending; 

 ovaries 3 — 5. — If Native in Wis. and Ark. A very variable species cultivated 

 in gardens. St. 2 — if high. Fls. azure colored.f 



3 D. csaltitum L. Petioles not dilated at base ; lvs. flat, 3-cleft below tho 

 middle, segno, cuneiform, 3-cleft at tho end, acuminate, the lateral ones often 

 2-lobed; rac. strict, many-flowered; spur slightly longer than the calyx; pods 3, 

 erec t — 2f Native of tho Middle States, rarely of the Northern. St. 3— 4f high, 

 straight, erect. Fls. of a brilliant purplish blue. It is deservedly esteemed in 

 the flower garden, and is of the easiest culture. Jl., Aug.f 



4 D. tricorne Mx. Petioles slightly dilated at base; lvs. 5-parted, divisions 

 3 — 5 cleft, lobes linear, aeutlslx; rac. fevj-flowered, loose; petals shorter than 

 sepals, lower ones 2-cleft, densely bearded inside ; spur ascending, straight, aa 

 long as the calyx; p>ods 3, spreading in fruit. — U Uplands, Penn. to Mo. and Ark. 

 Plant C— 18' high, nearly smooth. Lvs. roundish in outline, on long petioles. 

 Fls. 6 — S, light blue, in a rather looso panicle. 



5 D. virtscens Nutt. Pubescent; rac. loose, few-flowered; spur longer than 

 the sepals, ascending, straight, or but slightly deflexed ; lower petals deeply 2- 

 cleft; fls. greenish white; ovaries 3. — N. Car. to Ga. "W. to Kansas. Plant 8— 

 12' high. "Lvs. 3— 5-parted, lobes lanceolate, 2— 3-cleft, the middle one mostly 

 entire! Petals much shorter than the sepals, tho lower densely bearded. 



6 D. elatum L. Bee Larkspur. Lvs. downy, 5-lobed, lobes cuneate at base, 

 bifid, cut-dentate ; spur curved downwards. — If Gardens. St. 5 or 6f. high. Fla. 



