RANUNCULUS TRIBE 9 



11. Delphinium (Larkspur) 



I. D. ajacis (Common Larkspur). Flowers blue, pink, or white, 

 in racemes, easily distinguished from other flowers by their spurred 

 calyx. A not uncommon weed in cornfields, but not a native. 

 Height i-ii feet. Many very beautiful species are cultivated in 

 gardens. Fl. June to August. 



Delphinium (Larkspur) 



Aconitum (Monk's-ho >d) 



II- Aconitum (Monk's-hood) 



I. A. napellus (Common Monk's-hood, Wolf's-bane). A com- 

 f^ * n mon garden plant, 1-2 feet high, with handsome 



dark blue flowers. The whole plant, especially 

 the root, is very poisonous, and derives its name, 

 Woolf's-bane, from being used to poison the 

 meat used as bait in wolf-traps. A doubtful 

 native in parts of England and Wales. Fl. June, 

 July. Perennial. 



13. Act^a (Banc-berry) 

 1. A.spicata (Bane-berry, Herb Christopher). 

 Act^a (Bane-berry) The only British species. Stem triangular, 1-2 



feet high ; flowers white ; fruit almost black. 

 Poisonous. A rare plant, found only in a few 

 limestone localities in 

 Fl. May. Perennial. 



the north of England. 



14. Pjeonia (Peony) 



1. P. corallina (Entire-leaved Peony). A 

 handsome, herbaceous plant, 1-2 feet high. 

 Flowers deep red ; seed-vessels downy. Not a 

 native of Britain, but naturalized on the slopes 

 of the Steep Holmes, an island in the Severn. 

 Many beautiful species and varieties are culti- 

 vated in wardens. Fl. May, June- Perennial. 



P^onia (Peony 1 



