106 NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



Bessey, Contr. to the Flora of Iowa, p. 91; Arthur, Contr. to the Flora 

 of Iowa, p. 6; Nagel and Haupt, Proc. Davenport Acad, of Nat. Sci- 

 ences, vol. 1, p. 154; Fink, Proc. Iowa Acad, of Sciences, vol. 4, p. 83; 

 Rigg, Notes on the Flora of Calhoun county, p. 10; Fitzpatrick, Manual 

 of the Flowering' Plants of Iowa, p. 6. 



** Annuals; petals 2, pistils 1. 



Delphinium ajacis L. Sp. PL, p. 531. 1753. 



Leaves nearly sessile; the divisions narrow, numerous; 

 flowers numerous; spur long and narrow; follicle erect, 

 pubescent. 



This species has not infrequently escaped from gardens in 

 Johnson county where our specimens were obtained. Prof. 

 Fink reports it as occurring under similar conditions in 

 Fayette county. 



Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad, of Sciences, vol. 5, p. 135; Manual of 

 the Flowering Plants of Iowa, p. 6; Fink, Proc. Iowa Acad, of Sciences, 

 vol. 4, p. 83. 



Delphinium consolida L. Sp. PI. p. 530. 1753. 

 Field Larkspur. 



This species differs from the preceding only by its 

 glabrous follicles, longer and slightly bent spurs, and 

 shorter and more open racemes. Prof. Pammel reports it 

 as occurring at Corning, Adams county in Proc. Iowa Acad, 

 of Sciences, vol. 4, p. 111. 



ANEMONE L. Sp. PI. p. 538. 1753. 



Perennial herbs, with the leaves mostly radical, long- 

 petioled, the fewcauline whorled so as to form a foliaceous 

 involucre remote from the flower, all compound or dis- 

 sected. Peduncle 1-flowered. Sepals 5-20, petaloid. Petals 

 none. Fruit compressed, 1-seeded achenes. 



* Adicnes densely woolly . 



t Leaves of the involucre sessile , 3 -cleft . 



Anemone caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car., p. 157. 1788. 



Stem 3-8 inches high, pubescent, from a small tuber; root- 



