HAXUNCULACEE. 15 



A. vulgaris, Tiin. Common Columhino. — e.b. 297. l.b.s.31. 

 7\. 13. C. 3.5. Lat. 50-5.5°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 51-47°. 



Root thick, oljliqiie. Stems solitary, branched above, 12-24 

 inclics or more, erect, many-flowered. Leaves bi-ternate (twice 

 tci-nate) , the lower on long petioles, the upper nearly sessile ; the 

 floral leaves trifid. Sepals erect. Petals truncate above, the 

 upper part above their insertion shorter than the spur. Spur 

 involute, like a crook. Follicles oblong, with a slender beak. 



Woods and bushy places. Per. ; June-July. 



Delphinium, Lin. — Annual plants, with capillary or linear 

 leaves and very irregular flowers. Sepals pctaloid, caducous, un- 

 equal, the upper with a hollow spur. Petals 4 by abortion, 

 forming a gamopetalous corolla by cohesion, prolonged into a 

 spur which is contained in the hollow spur of the upper sepal. 

 Follicles 5, or 1-3 l)y abortion, free. 



D. Consolida, Lin. Larkspur. — e.b. 1839. l.b.s. 32. 

 A. 1. C. 4. Lat. 53-58°. Alt. 0-50 yds. Tern. 49-48°. 



Stems erect, 12-18-24 inches, with divergent branches. Lower 

 leaves petiolate, the upper sessile or nearly so. Peduncles brac- 

 teate, one-flowered. Sepals pubescent, with a green dorsal nerve; 

 spur elongate and horizontal, lateral sepals tapering below. Pe- 

 tals united and forming a one-lipped monopetalous (gamopeta- 

 lous) corolla. Follicles often solitary, terminated by a slender 

 beak. 



Corn-fields. Cambridgeshire, Kent, Surrey (Weybridge^ Ba- 

 tersea, Wandsworth). Annual; June-September. 



AcoNiTUM, Lm.' — Herbaceous, nearly glabrous plants. Leaves 

 palmate. Flowers very irregular. Sepals petaloid, rarely per- 

 sistent, unequal, the upper one hooded, the two lateral roundish. 

 Petals 2-5, the upper two filiform and dilated above, where they 

 are shut up in the hood of the upper sepal, the lower ones small. 

 Follicles 3-5, free. 



A. Napellus, Lin. Monkshood. — e.b. 2730. l.b.s. 33. 

 A. 4. C. 6. Lat. 53-54°. Alt. 0-300 yds. Tern. 49-47°. 



Root thick, turbinate, rhizomatous. Stems 2-3 feet, erect, 

 simple or branched above. Leaves shining above, palmate, in 

 5-7 sections, with cuneate incised lobes. Flowers in terminal, 

 spike-like, many-flowered clusters, on erect peduncles. Sepals 

 downy, the upper one arched (hooded). The coruettes (necta- 



