RANUNCULACE^. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 



12. DELPHINIUM, L. LARKSPUR. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored, the upper one prolonged backward into a hollow 



spur. Petals 4, and separate, or 2 aud united, the 2 upper with spurs which 



are received in the spur of the sepal. Ovaries 1-5. Follicles many-seeded. 



- Erect herbs, with alternate palmately divided leaves, and showy flowers in 



terminal racemes. 



* Petals 4 ; follicles 3. Perennial. 



1. D. exaltatum, Ait. Stem 2 -4 high, branching and hairy above ; 

 leaves 4' -6' wide, the divisions lanceolate or oblong ; racemes many- flowered ; 

 flowers blue; spur straight, rather longer than the calyx; follicles erect. 

 Mountains of Alabama to N. Carolina. June- August. 



2. D. azureum, Michx. Stem mostly simple, downy, l-2 high; 

 leaves 2'-3' wide, the divisions linear ; racemes many-flowered ; flowers bine ; 

 spur curved, twice as long as the calyx; follicles erect. Light soil in the 

 middle and upper districts. May -June. 



3. D. tricorne, Michx. Stem sinoothlsh, 1-U high from small clus- 

 tered tubers; leaves 2' -3' wide, with oblong-linear divisions; racemes many- 

 tlowered. the pedicels shorter than the deep-blue flowers; spur straight, 

 equalling the calyx ; follicles arcuate spreading. Mountains of Georgia and 

 Tennessee. April - May. 



4. D. virescens, Nutt. ? Stem downy, slender, 6'- 10' high; leaves 1' 

 wide; racemes 3 G-flowered, the pedicels longer than the yellowish white 

 flowers ; spur longer than the calyx, curved at the summit ; follicles arcuate- 

 spreading. Valley of the Coosa River, Georgia. May- June. 



* * Petals 2, and united ; follicles single. Annual. 



5. D. COnsolida, L. Smooth; divisions of the leaves narrow-linear; 

 flowers white or various shades of blue or purple ; follicle glabrous. Grain- 

 fields aud around homesteads. Introduced. 







13. ACONITUM, L. MOXKSIIOOD, WOLFSISAXE. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored, the uppermost large, helmet-shaped, the 2 lat- 

 eral large and rounded, the lower oblong. Petals 2 or 5, the 2 upper long- 

 stalked, produced backward into a short spur, the three lower minute or 

 wanting. Stamens numerous. Ovaries 2-5. Follicles many-seeded. Seed 

 rugose. Perennial herbs, with alternate palmately dissected leaves, and 

 racemose showy flowers. 



1. A. uncinatum, L. Stem slender, 2 -6 long; leaves 3- 5-cleft, the 

 ovate-lanceolate lobes coarsely toothed ; raceme few-flowered ; sepals blue, the 

 upper helmet-shaped. Mountains of N. Carolina. June- August. 



2. A. reclinatum, Gray. Stem reclining, 4 -8 long; leaves deeply 

 3-7-cleft, the cuneate lobes acutely toothed; racemes few many-flowered; 

 sepals white, the upper long-conical. Mountains of N. Carolina. July- 

 August. 



