AQUILEGIA SKINNERI, 
Ka += 
Ranunculacee  Helleboreæ. 
CHARACT, GENERIS. — Calyx coloratus Peg 
phyllus emend og? »stivatione imbricatis de- 
eiduis. Co gi dme gyna bi labiata | ra 
bio iim. inci o, interiore minimo, 
deorsum in calcar OR ani callosum, inter ca- 
lycis er. korpar, producta. Stamin: a 
ypogyna, in phalanges 5-10 Dé intima abor- 
tiva me Dex + عاك‎ Gerbe tech rmia. ia و‎ T 
uniloeularia; ovulis ad suturam ویر‎ Ai plu rimis 
biseriatis. Caps sulæ ph rt o conniventes, 
stylis rostratæ, ing Er ger dehiscentes 
polyspermæ. Sem oblique ovata 
Herbæ in montibus Europe et Asù 3 vie 
America tore ey e : Doug plurimum. ra- 
nose , foliis adie radica ca infe- 
rioribus Sege per پوس بای رد‎ soli- 
— Polyandria-Pentagynia. 
ein cœæruleis roseis purpureis albis v. interdum 
ordide flavis 
Exouicu. Gen. pl. 4795. 
aditu eg ia Tounxeronr inst, 428. Linn. Gen. n. 684. Jussieu 
. 234. Ng oe 11. 175. t. 118. Fred Ic. rar. t. 102. E. B. 
3 “297. Bot. TE S وس‎ 1221. Bot. Reg. t. 922. Swzzr. Fl 
ard. II. t. 55. C. Fl d IV. 912, Syst. I. 333. Prod 
te, | cde p sl, 48. — Fl. er 
. 47. 294. 
Koch. Fl. Germ, ed. 2.p 33. iV. 88. Meisner, Gen. I. (4). ete. 
CHARACT. mee A. glabra, calcaribus paten- 
tirectis longissimis limbo quint mag une 
eg: lanrolai "petalo rum limbo d ongiori- 
bus; staminibus longissime exsertis ee 3-5 exce- 
dentibus. 
Aquilegia Skinneri Hoox. Bot. Mag. t. 3919. 
(Sub A. mexicana!). 
Texte du Magazine of Botany de M. Paxton. 
AQUILEGIA SKINNERI. 
MT SKINNER'S 
GENERIC CHARACTER 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
COLUMBINE. 
| see above. 
This fine species was sent to Woburn Abbey by 6. U. Skinner, Esq., from Guatemala; and it 
flowered in the gardens 
great lenght of the spurs in the flowers, the protrusion of the stamens, and t 
at Woburn for the first time. Its most prominent characteristic cs are the 
the 
brilliant red colour 
of the lower part of the flower-spurs. It ranks with the admirable A. glandulosa among the best 
members of the ae 
Haying, in some pla 
house, and forced too Mid into 
has been far 
and altogether deprived of t 
, been very improperly treated by being placed in a stove 
flower, its appearance 
from favourable or natural. The flowers have been m 
t splendid colour which constitutes their leading E Hence it 
or warm green- 
in a few of the London cllections this year 
uch impoverished in regard to size, 
has been qe inferior even to A. canadensis. It should be remembered , however, that a Won 
specimen 
rdy 
this et Cen blossom in the months of August and September, while its proper p 
open grou 
Our david portrays a specimen which flowered vigorously with 
the end of last July. Being very correctly coloured, a good notio 
Turnham Green, towards 
gained from it of the plant's beau 
ty. 
Although the species seems to be purely hardy, 
osed o 
sunny border, thoroughly drained, and com 
unworthy to be grown 
place, it will bloom too soon 
generate into something very little tite than a dingy comp: 
TOM. 1, 
in pots for the greenhouse or conservatory. 
manner, it should be kept in ten light and airy situation; for, u 
m finely, and without plenty of sun, 
plant affords no criterion of its merit; and that the proper season at wi 
osition is the 
Mr Glendinning, provi mtd of 
n may be 
and will therefore attain its best character in a 
free loamy soil, it may not be considered 
Where managed in the last-named 
unless it be grown in a cool 
its glowing hues will de- 
ound of red, green, and yellow 
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