TWO SPECIES OF AQUILEGIA. 561 



According to the Index Kewensis, A. ecalcarata is a 

 synonym of A . vulgaris L. As I am not in sympathy 

 with the movement that is producing such chaos in nom- 

 enclature and do not care to become a name changer my- 

 self, I here leave it with the name under which it has 

 been described and add a general description, so as to 

 bring together all that is known about it. 



Aquilegia ECALCARATA Eastwood. Perennial, from 

 a long woody tap-root, stems numerous from a tufted 

 base which is covered with the brown sheaths of dead 

 leaves, glaucous, slightly viscid, above angled, below 

 ribbed, above sparingh^ villous and more viscid; leaves 

 on long slender petioles which are dilated at base into 

 stipule -like sheaths, triternate with filiform petiolules; 

 leaflets cuneate, irregularly lobed or divided with lobes 

 obtuse, often the upper one acute, paler on the under 

 side, thin and wavy; upper leaves with broad sheathing 

 petioles; flowers numerous, panicled, on long slender 

 pedicels; upper bracts few, linear - lanceolate 5 mm. 

 long; low^er bracts similar to the upper leaves but small- 

 er; flowers 2 cm. broad, pink or white, of delicate text- 

 ure, with a strong sweet perfume; sepals ovate-lanceo- 

 late, with a short claw which is thickened in the middle 

 b}^ the veins which spread out on the lamina, slightly 

 viscid and villous on the back, ciliate with rather coarse 

 hairs; petals 12 mm. long and about 2 mm. broad, ter- 

 minating at base in a small sac-like spur, emarginate, cil- 

 iate and veiny; stamens numerous, the filaments nearly 

 equal, hardly surpassing the petals; staminodia united, 

 shorter than the petals, ovary somewhat viscid and hairy, 

 styles smooth, curved at the apex, hardly surpassing the 

 stamens; fruit and seeds similar to A. micrantha. 



This was first described from a fragmentary specimen 

 sent me by Mr. Wetherill, who found it June, 1891. 



